The Halden Reactor Project has been in operation at the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) in Norway since 1958 and is the oldest NEA joint project. It brings together a large international techni...

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Exploring how innovative nuclear systems require innovative waste management solutions

The new NEA Joint Project on Waste Integration for Small and Adv...

Fire protection layer for electrical cables

The Stress Corrosion Cracking and Cable Ageing Project (SCAP) lasted four years (2006-2010). The project’s main objectives were to:

• establish two comple...

Long-handled tools are used to remove the damaged core from the TMI unit 2 reactor in the US. Samples taken from the fuel and the reactor vessel are examined to provide information about the Behaviou...

Cable samples of Beznau NPP

In 2006, two subjects, stress corrosion cracking and the degradation of cable insulation were selected as the focus of the Stress Corrosion Cracking and Cable Ageing Pro...

Pipe Degradation & Failure as a Function of In-Service Time (Years) at the time of the OPDE project closure

The goals of the Piping Failure Data Exchange (OPDE) Project were to:

• collect and analys...

PAKS control room.

Under an agreement with the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, (JAERI), the NEA supported an international research project with the goal of developing a plant safety monito...

The Fire Incidents Records Exchange (FIRE) Project started in 2002 and phase 7 of the project began in 2023 for a duration of three years, with 14 countries currently participating. The main purpose ...

RASPLAV-A-Salt Facility, EREC.

The RASPLAV* Project was regarded as a successor to the Three Mile Island Vessel Investigation Project (TMI-VIP) completed in 1993. The TMI-VIP Project was set up t...