Nuclear development
The goal of the NEA in this area is to provide authoritative, reliable information on nuclear technologies, economics, strategies
and resources to governments for use in policy analyses and decision making, including on the
future role of nuclear energy in a sustainable development perspective and within the broad
context of national and international energy policies.
Objectives
- To analyse the impact of changes in electricity markets on nuclear power and assist member countries in assessing the role of nuclear energy in their energy policies;
- To promote international co-operation for the development of innovative nuclear energy systems;
- To review nuclear power in the broader perspective of sustainable development;
- To assess the availability of nuclear fuel and infrastructure required for the deployment of nuclear power and identify the eventual gaps;
- To establish a communication network within and outside the OECD framework aiming at providing factual information on nuclear issues.
Programme of work
A wide range of studies on the economics and technology of nuclear power is carried out and seminars are organised for the exchange and consolidation of information.
Programme of work
Working methods
Committees, ad hoc working groups and ongoing studies
The Nuclear Development Committee
Nuclear development documents
Ad Hoc Expert Group on Financing of Nuclear Power Plants (FNPP)
Ad hoc Expert Group on Limits to the Development of Nuclear Energy (LIMITS)
Ad hoc Expert Group on Market Competition in the Nuclear Industry
Ad hoc Expert Group on Nuclear Energy and Security of Supply (SOS)
Ad hoc Expert Group on Radioactive Waste in Perspective (RAWP)
Ad hoc Expert Group on Transition Scenarios from Thermal to Fast Reactors (TSTFR)
Joint NEA/IAEA Group on Uranium (UG)
Licensing Processes and Nuclear Energy in a Competitive Electricity Market
Nuclear Energy Data
Partitioning and Transmutation
Working Party on Nuclear Energy Economics (WPNE)
Ad hoc working groups which have completed their mandate
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Last updated: 30 July 2008
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