OECD Nuclear Energy Agency NewsThe Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is a specialised agency within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental organisation of industrialised countries, based in Paris, France. The mission of the NEA is to assist its Member countries in maintaining and further developing, through international co-operation, the scientific, technological and legal bases required for the safe, environmentally friendly and economical use of nuclear energy for peaceful...NEA nuclear safety project celebrates 50 years of operation- June 10, 2008 The OECDNEA Halden Reactor Project is celebrating 50 years of continuous operation today with a ceremony in Oslo, Norway. Under the auspices of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), the research being done in the project helps improve the safety of nuclear power plants. It is the Agency's longest-running and largest joint project with an annual budget of EUR 15 million. The unique capabilities of the Halden test reactor have been a major factor in the success of the project. The Halden...http://www.nea.fr/html/general/press/2008/2008-03.html Timing of High-level Waste Disposal- June 6, 2008 This study identifies key factors influencing the timing of high-level waste (HLW) disposal and examines how social acceptability, technical soundness, environmental responsibility and economic feasibility impact on national strategies for HLW management and disposal. Based on case study analyses, it also presents the strategic approaches adopted in a number of national policies to address public concerns and civil society requirements regarding long-term stewardship of high-level radioactive...http://www.oecd.org/bookshop?pub=978-92-64-04625-2 CSNI Collective Statement on Support Facilities for Existing and Advanced Reactors- June 6, 2008 The NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) has recently completed a study on the availability and utilisation of facilities supporting safety studies for current and advanced nuclear power reactors. The study showed that significant steps had been undertaken in the past several years in support of safety test facilities, mainly by conducting multinational joint projects centered on the capability of unique test facilities worldwide. Given the positive experience.http://www.nea.fr/html/nsd/docs/2008/csni-r2008-5.pdf NEA Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health (CRPPH)- June 6, 2008 The NEA Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health (CRPPH) met on 20-22 May 2008 at OECD headquarters in Paris, France. During the meeting, the 2009 CRPPH programme of work was reviewed, which includes three events of wide interest. In early 2009, the Fifth Asian Regional Conference on the Evolution of the System of Radiological Protection will be held. Later in 2009, the implications of stakeholder involvement for post-accident consequence management will be examined during a workshop.http://www.nea.fr/html/rp/ Joint European Fission and Fusion (JEFF) nuclear data evaluation project- June 6, 2008 Participants in the Joint European Fission and Fusion (JEFF) nuclear data evaluation project met on 21-23 May 2008 in Aix-en-Provence, France. Meeting participants reviewed feedback from the verification and validation of the current version of the JEFF data library and discussed evaluations to be incorporated into a future release of the library. A new release of JEFF-3.1.1RDD, the radioactive decay data library, is now available on CD-ROM. The full.http://www.nea.fr/html/dbdata/projects/nds_jef.htm Uranium resources sufficient to meet projected nuclear energy requirements long into the future- June 6, 2008 There is enough uranium known to exist to fuel the world's fleet of nuclear reactors at current consumption rates for at least a century, according to the latest edition of the world reference on uranium published today. Uranium 2007: Resources, Production and Demand, also known as the Red Book, estimates the identified amount of conventional uranium resources which can be mined for less than USD 130kg to be about 5.5 million tonnes, up from the 4.7 million tonnes reported in 2005. Undiscovered.http://www.nea.fr/html/general/press/2008/2008-02.html |