The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) is responsible for NEA programmes and activities that support maintaining and advancing the scientific and technical knowledge base of the ...

Electrical cable fire test, IRSN.

The NEA PRISME project addressed in a series of 3 phases from 2006 till 2022 fire risk research. Operating experience shows that fire is one of the highest risks i...

Scheme of the DIVA Facility, IRSN

The Fire Risk Assessment through Innovative Research Project is a follow-up of the PRISME project series which addresses new fire scenarios and new topics of inter...

Recent operating experience in nuclear power plants has shown that there is a safety concern associated with the use of new industrial devices, including digital devices, in safety power systems in b...

A cabinet containing copper bus before the HEAF test (left) and after the test(right). Source: NRC

Massive electrical discharges, referred to as high energy arcing faults (HEAF), have occurred in nuc...

The NEA Working Group on Electrical Power Systems (WGELEC) and the IAEA organised a joint workshop on the “Current Implementation Status of Measures to Manage Open Phase Conditions in Electrical Powe...