New publications
Nuclear safety
Radioactive waste management
Data Bank

Publications on sale can be ordered at the OECD bookshop: www.oecd.org/scripts/publications/bookshop/redirect.asp.

Dealing with Interests, Values and Knowledge in Managing Risk
Workshop Proceedings, Brussels, Belgium, 18-21 November 2003
ISBN 92-64-00731-8. Price: €40, US$52, £27, ¥5 400.

NEA News
ISSN 1605-9581. 2005 subscription (two issues): €49, US$56, £31, ¥6 600.

Disponible également en français :
AEN Infos
ISSN 1605-959X. Abonnement 2005 (deux numéros) : €49, US$56, £31, ¥6 600.

Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 74 + Supplement
ISSN 0304-341X. 2005 subscription (two issues and their supplements):
€90, US$103, £58, ¥12 200.

Disponible également en français :
Avis techniques du CSIN – N° 6
Analyse d'événements fondée sur l'EPS
ISBN 92-64-01045-9. 23 pages (98 ko).

Disponible également en français :
Le facteur humain : un défi pour les autorités de sûreté nucléaire
ISBN 92-64-02090-X. 23 pages (87 ko).

Nuclear safety

The NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) and the NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) met in December 2004. Both committees reviewed work accomplished during 2004 as well as proposed activities for the future. A number of workshops will be organised in 2005 and 2006 – for more details see the updated calendar of forthcoming workshops and seminars at www.nea.fr/html/nsd/calendar.html.

Both committees also approved a joint CSNI/CNRA strategic plan for 2005-2009. The plan identifies the main challenges for nuclear safety over the next five years. These are likely to be:

The two committees plan to address these issues in the course of their work over the next five years.

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Documents from the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI)
Documents from the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA)
Forthcoming workshops and seminars

Radioactive waste management

The Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) is the NEA's main technical advisory group on the deep geological disposal of long-lived and high-level radioactive waste. It focuses on assessing the technical safety cases for radioactive waste repositories, examining their underlying methodological and scientific bases. During the meeting of the IGSC core group on 10-11 January 2005 in Paris, France, two new initiatives in this area were elaborated for submission to the group's parent body, the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee. The IGSC plans to organise a symposium, currently entitled "Safety Cases for Deep Geological Disposal: Where do we stand?" at the end of 2006. The symposium will aim to gather practical experience of developing a safety case for geological radioactive waste repositories. The IGSC also plans to launch a new questionnaire-based exercise on the international experience of safety cases (INTESC). A major outcome of the INTESC exercise will be a report on the practical experiences of compiling safety cases for geological repositories and lessons learnt from current practices. The key findings of this report will be an important input to the proposed symposium. More information is available at www.nea.fr/html/rwm/igsc.html.

Data Bank

Computer program services

A page listing all new programs in the last 12 months can be found at: www.nea.fr/html/dbprog/cpsnew.html. Detailed news concerning the computer program service is available at: www.nea.fr/html/dbprog/Newsletter/Whatsnew.htm.