The use of medical radioisotopes is an important part of modern medical practice. Many millions of patients around the world benefit from nuclear medicine imaging.

Over the last few years, education, training and knowledge management in nuclear science and technology have been very high priority, topical issues for the international community, notably in the co...

The "Red Book", is a biennial publication produced jointly by the NEA and the IAEA under the auspices of the joint NEA/IAEA Uranium Group. It is the only government-sponsored publication tracking wor...

The Uranium group's primary area of work is producing the biennial publication of the Red Book. 

Adequacy of Funding Arrangements for Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management (ADEQ)

This study analyses the need for adjustments in or new developments of the fuel cycle for Small Modular Reactors.

The NEA Ad hoc Expert Group on Reducing the Costs of Nuclear Power Generation was established in 2018 to evaluate the construction cost reduction opportunities arising at different levels and timefra...

The Ad hoc Expert Group on the Economics of Long-term Operation of Nuclear Power Plants is responsible for studying the economics of upgrading and long-term operation of nuclear power plants, for fur...

The EGLTO was formed to assess the key factors from a policy, technical, operational, regulatory and economic perspective necessary to enable long-term operation decisions of nuclear power plants in ...

The study will investigate what are the cogeneration capabilities of various advanced reactor designs, as well as the flexibility they may have to switch from electricity generation to heat productio...

NEA support for countries interested in calculating their system costs and optimising their electricity system

The NEA is examining the regulatory and operational impacts of the crisis, and working closely with its members to enable exchanges of policy approaches and best practices around the world.

The goal of the Expert Group on Back-end Strategies (BEST) is to identify aspects of significant importance to countries’ decisions on whether to deploy partially and fully closed nuclear fuel cycles...

Environmentally sustainable uranium mining is not just a matter of interest for the uranium-producing companies and countries, but is also of concern to uranium-consuming countries and companies.

Ongoing Working Parties and Expert Groups