Nuclear safety and regulation

The goal of the NEA in this area is to assist member countries in ensuring high standards of safety in the use of nuclear energy, by supporting the development of effective and efficient regulation and oversight of nuclear installations, and by helping to maintain and advance the scientific and technological knowledge base.

Objectives

• To ensure an effective exchange of safety-relevant information among member countries and develop common understandings and approaches on current safety issues;
• To identify generic issues and trends that may affect the safety of nuclear installations and anticipate problems of potential safety significance;
• To assist member countries in the resolution of safety issues and strengthen confidence in the solutions and their implementation;
• To address safety issues associated with new technologies and reactor designs;
• To help maintain an adequate level of capability and competence necessary to ensure the safety of existing and future nuclear facilities;
• To help obtain better understanding of national regulatory requirements, encourage harmonisation of regulatory standards where appropriate, and enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the regulatory process.

Committees and ad hoc working groups

Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI)

• Full list of CSNI reports since 1973

Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA)

• Full list of CNRA reports since 1992

Joint research projects related to nuclear safety

Ongoing projects

• OECD/NEA Behaviour of Iodine (BIP) Project
  
  
• OECD/NEA Cabri Water Loop Project
  
  
• OECD/NEA Computer-based Systems Important to Safety (COMPSIS) Project
  
  
• OECD/NEA Fire Incidents Records Exchange (FIRE) Project
  
  
• OECD/NEA Halden Reactor Project
  
  
• OECD/NEA International Common-cause Failure Data Exchange (ICDE) Project
  
  
• OECD/NEA Melt Coolability and Concrete Interaction (MCCI) Project
  
  
• OECD/NEA Piping Failure Data Exchange (OPDE) Project
  
  
• OECD/NEA PKL-2 Project
  
  
• OECD/NEA Fire propogation in elementary, multi-room scenarios (PRISME) Project
  
  
• OECD/NEA PSB-VVER Project
  
  
• OECD/NEA Rig of Safety Assessment (ROSA) Project
  
  
• OECD/NEA Steam Explosion Resolution for Nuclear Applications (SERENA) Project
  
  
• OECD/NEA SESAR Thermal-hydraulics (SETH-2) Project
  
  
• OECD/NEA Stress Corrosion Cracking and Cable Ageing Project (SCAP)
  
  
• OECD/NEA Studsvik Cladding Integrity Project (SCIP)
  
  
• OECD/NEA Thermal-hydraulics, Hydrogen, Aerosols, Iodine (ThAI) Project

Completed projects

• OECD/NEA Bubbler Condenser Project
• OECD/NEA Material Scaling (MASCA) Project
• OECD/NEA MASCA-2 Project
• OECD/NEA PLASMA Project
• OECD/NEA RASPLAV Project
• OECD/NEA Sandia Lower Head Failure Project
• OECD/NEA SCORPIO Project
• OECD/NEA Sesar Thermal-hydraulics (SETH) Project

Multinational Design Evaluation Programme

The NEA has been invited to perform the technical secretariat functions for the Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP).

Databases

Upcoming events

Calender of NSD meetings and workshops

E-mail contact:nea@nea.fr

• Publications





•  Nuclear safety publications



• Meetings


•  Nuclear safety meetings and workshops