The NEA Behaviour of Iodine Project (BIP) was created to provide separate effects and modelling studies of iodine behaviour in a nuclear reactor containment building following a severe accident. This...

The Cabri International Project (CIP) began in March 2000 to study the behaviour of fuel rods, specifically cladding, during a reactivity-initiated accident (RIA) in a pressurised-water reactor (PWR)...

The main purpose of the project is to encourage multilateral co-operation in the collection and analysis of data relating to fire events. The objectives of the NEA Fire Project are to:

• collect fire ...

The acronym PRISME comes from the French phrase propagation d’un incendie pour des scénarios multi-locaux élémentaires, which in English can be translated as "fire propagation in elementary, multi-ro...

The Halden Reactor Project has been in operation since 1958 and is the oldest NEA joint project. It brings together an important international technical network in the area of nuclear safety ranging ...

The HEAF Project was planned as a three-year programme to be conducted by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) at a facility in the US. The project's aim was to conduct experiments i...

HYMERES phases

First phase (2013-2016)

The main objective of the first phase of the Hydro...

Common-cause failure (CCF) events can significantly affect the availability of nuclear power plant safety systems. In recognition of this, CCF data is systematically collected and analysed in several...

The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) Task Group on Advanced Reactor Experimental Facilities (TAREF) was established in 2007 and issued a report on the experimental facilities f...

The goal of the Rod Bundle Heat transfer (RBHT) Project is to conduct experiments in the RBHT facility in the United States in order to:

• simulate reflood scenarios in a prototypical PWR rod bundle s...