Image: Microscopic examination of U-bearing particles collected at Fukushima-Daiichi, JAEA

TCOFF Phases

First Phase (2017-2020)

The Thermodynamic Characterisation of Fuel Debris and Fission Products ...

CHIP experimental facility to study fission product transport and deposition in the primary circuit. Photo: ASNR

Following several years of experimental research on source term analysis conducted und...

Scheme showing the technical scope of NEA ICDE project activities, NEA 

Common-cause failure (CCF) events can significantly affect the availability of safety systems of nuclear power plants. In recog...

Image: QUENCH facility at KIT. Court. KIT. 

The purpose of the QUENCH-ATF project is to investigate the chemical, mechanical and thermal-hydraulics behaviour of ATF claddings in Design Basis Accident...

The NEA Second Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES-II) supports the fuel and material experimental needs of nuclear safety regulators, technical support organisations, research institutions ...

Photo of CEA VITI facility

The COrium Properties for reactor Simulation and uncertainties (COPS) project began in April 2024 its five-year programme to investigate the thermo-physical properties of c...

Multi-compartment THAI+ test facility, Becker Technologies GmbH.

In the wake of the NEA THAI project, conducted in three phases from 2007 until 2019, a new project, THAI Experiments on Mitigation m...

PKL facility. Photo: FRAMATOME, Germany

The Primärkreislauf-Versuchsanlage (Primary Coolant Loop Test Facility [PKL]) is a facility owned and operated by Framatome GmbH (formerly AREVA NP) in Erlange...

Left: Test facility for qualification of melt spreading tests. Photo: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL).
Right: Example of corium melt pouring for a melt spreading preparatory test. Photo: Argonne Nat...

Photo: RBHT Test Facility. US NRC.

Modelling reactor core behaviour under accident conditions with delayed re-introduction of cooling water (commonly referred to as reflood) is a challenge for safety...