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New publications
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A Stakeholder Dialogue on the Implications of the ICRP Recommendations
Summary of the Three NEA/ICRP Conferences
ISBN 978-92-64-99033-3. 44 pages, 156 kb.
Disponible également en français :
Dialogue avec les parties prenantes sur les répercussions des
recommandations de la CIPR
Synthèse des trois conférences de l'AEN/CIPR
ISBN 978-92-64-99043-2. 48 pages, 174 ko.
Vient de paraître en français :
Réglementation de la sûreté à long terme du stockage géologique
Vers une compréhension commune des objectifs principaux et des
fondements des critères de sûreté
ISBN 978-92-64-99048-7. 88 pages, 3.9 mo. |
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Nuclear safety and regulation
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Heads of the nuclear regulatory agencies of ten countries met on 4 March
2008 at the NEA to discuss progress in an important international
initiative, the
Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP), for which the NEA
had been acting as Technical Secretariat of Stage 2. During the meeting
chaired by Mr. André-Claude Lacoste, Chairman of the French Nuclear
Safety Authority, and following the successful completion of the MDEP
pilot project launched in 2006, the regulators agreed to enter a new
phase of co-operation and to launch a programme of work, including
design-specific and issue-specific activities, where results are
expected in the short term. Design-specific activities will draw
participants from nuclear regulatory agencies of countries which are
actively reviewing, or preparing to review, a specific reactor design.
Issue-specific, cross-cutting activities will address specific
regulatory and technical challenges like the codes and standards for
nuclear power plant components, multinational vendor inspection
programmes, and digital instrumentation and control standards. The NEA
has been invited to continue its support for the MDEP in its role as
Technical Secretariat. More information is available at
www.nea.fr/html/general/press/2008/2008-01.html. |
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Radiological protection
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The NEA Expert Group on the Public Health Perspective in Radiological
Protection (EGPH) met on 17-18 March 2008 to discuss progress in the
four survey-based case studies it is currently carrying out. The four
case studies examine the following areas:
- radon exposure;
- justifying medical exposures;
- public health judgement and decision making based on new
scientific evidence; and
- managing individual differences (age, gender, genetic
susceptibility).
The case studies will provide input to a workshop planned for 2009 on
how public health considerations may affect the application of
radiological protection principles. More information is available at
www.nea.fr/html/rp/egph.html.
The NEA Expert Group on the Implications of ICRP Recommendations (EGIR)
met on 27-28 March 2008 to review the International Commission on
Radiological Protection (ICRP) document Environmental Protection:
The Concept and Use of Reference Animals and Plants. This document
sets out the ICRP's approach to the radiological protection of the
environment and all non-human species. Initial responses to the document
from EGIR members were positive, although they looked forward to the
document being supplemented by a description of the overall ICRP
radiological protection framework as it is intended to relate to
environmental protection. More information is available at
www.nea.fr/html/rp/egir.html. |
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Data Bank
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Computer program services
New computer programs available
Forthcoming workshops and seminars
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27-MAR-2008 |
PSR-0538 |
P-CARES 2.0.0, Probabilistic Computer Analysis for Rapid
Evaluation of Structures
(Arrived) |
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13-MAR-2008 |
NEA-1803 |
IFPE/IFA-585, In-Reactor Creep Behaviour of Zircaloy-2 and
Zircaloy-4 under Variable Loading Conditions
(Arrived) |
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13-MAR-2008 |
NEA-1628 |
SUSD3D, 1-, 2-, 3-Dimensional Cross Section Sensitivity and
Uncertainty Code
(Now tested) |
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07-MAR-2008 |
NEA-1683 |
ERANOS 2.0, Modular Code and Data System for Fast Reactor
Neutronics Analyses
(Arrived) |
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07-MAR-2008 |
PSR-0352 |
SCAMPI, Problem-dependent Library Preprocessing in AMPX Format
(Arrived) |
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06-MAR-2008 |
CCC-0732 |
SCALE 5.1/ORIGEN-ARP5.1: Modular System for Criticality,
Shielding, Source Term, Fuel Depletion/Decay, Reactor Physics
(Arrived) |
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06-MAR-2008 |
NEA-1716 |
TRIPOLI-4.3.3 & 4.4, Coupled Neutron, Photon, Electron, Positron
3-D, Time-dependent Monte Carlo, Transport Calculation
(Arrived) |
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05-MAR-2008 |
NEA-1801 |
ZZ VITJEFF31.BOLIB,JEFF-3.1 Multigr Coupled (199n + 42gamma)
Cross-Section Library in AMPX Format for Nuclear Fission
Applications
(Now tested) |
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03-MAR-2008 |
NEA-1564 |
EASY-2005.1, European Neutron Activation System
(Arrived) |
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About the NEA
NEA membership consists of 28 OECD countries. The mission of the NEA is
to assist its member countries in maintaining and further developing,
through international co-operation, the scientific, technological and
legal bases required for a safe, environmentally friendly and economical
use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The NEA also provides
authoritative assessments and forges common understandings on key issues,
as input to government decisions on nuclear energy policy and to broader
OECD policy analyses in areas such as energy and sustainable development.
It is a non-partisan, unbiased source of information, data and analyses,
drawing on one of the best international networks of technical experts.
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