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Burn-up credit criticality safety

Burn-up credit is a safety approach that accounts for the reduction in the reactivity of configurations with spent nuclear fuel due to the change in their composition after irradiation.

Criticality safety NSC Nuclear science Criticality WPNCS …
Published date: 2 June 2022
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Discussing scientific issues and uncertainty analysis of nuclear reactor systems

WPRS gathered 172 experts from 22 countries at the annual Benchmark Workshop.

Nuclear fuel Reactor physics News brief Sodium-cooled reactor Light water reactors WPRS Reactor physics Multiphysics …
Published date: 9 June 2022
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High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors

High-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs), also known as very-high-temperature reactors (VHTR) are Generation IV reactors that can operate at very high temperatures and use a graphite-moderated ga...

Cogeneration Generation IV reactors Nuclear science Gas-cooled reactors Multiphysics Reactor physics …
Published date: 22 June 2022
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FIDES Cross-Cutting Pillars

The FIDES framework is designed to do more than just produce data on transient fuel behavior and safety related issues. 

Fuel in nuclear safety Nuclear science Nuclear safety research Reactor fuel performance
Published date: 28 June 2022
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DATabase for IFpe (DATIF)

DATIF, the DATabase for IFpe, was first developed in 2018 in order to enhance accessibility to the IFPE legacy collection of integral fuel performance experiments data, jointly put together by the NE...

Nuclear fuel Physics Fuel studies NSC EGRFP Databases Ancillary data Reactor physics Integral experiments …
Published date: 23 July 2020
News
Momentum building in the Framework for Irradiation Experiments

Recent meetings of groups working under the aegis of the Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES) have demonstrated that the international community is enthusiastic and on a strong course to ful...

Nuclear fuel News brief Nuclear science Materials science FIDES Experimental needs …
Published date: 5 May 2022
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NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy

The Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy acts as an inclusive network of experts in the nuclear energy sector, primarily from academia, focused on enabling the generation...

Nuclear science Education Human resources development (HRD) International co-operation Training Nuclear knowledge management …
Published date: 26 May 2021
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Burst Fission Gas Release (FGR) Benchmark of the Expert Group on Reactor Fuel Performance (EGRFP)

This benchmark is organised to examine the models for fission gas release during anticipated operational occurrences (AOOs).

Nuclear science Validation EGRPF WPRS Benchmark Reactor fuel performance …
Published date: 30 June 2022
Joint project
Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES)

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

Fuel in nuclear safety Nuclear fuel Nuclear science FIDES Nuclear safety research Accident tolerant fuels Reactor fuel performance …
Published date: 28 June 2022
Publications and Reports
NEA brochure

The brochure provides background information about the NEA.

English Nuclear law Human aspects of nuclear safety Nuclear law Radiological protection Nuclear science Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Regulation Decommissioning and legacy management Radioactive waste management Nuclear safety research Radiological protection Technology Safety research Radioactive waste management Human action Data Bank Nuclear safety regulation Nuclear economics …
Published date: 10 September 2018