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New publications
Publications on sale can be ordered at the OECD bookshop:
www.oecd.org/bookshop. For bulk orders and discounts, contact
neapub@nea.fr.
Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators (HPPA5)
Workshop Proceedings, Mol, Belgium, 6-9 May 2007
ISBN 978-92-64-04478-4. 456 pages. Price: €100, US$140, £72, ¥13 900. |
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Free publications are available at
www.nea.fr/html/pub/webpubs/. Paper copies may be requested by
sending an e-mail to
neapub@nea.fr.
NEA Annual Report 2007
ISBN 978-92-64-99046-3. 48 pages, 1.8 mb.
Disponible également en français :
Rapport annuel 2007
ISBN 978-92-64-99047-0. 52 pages, 2 mo.
Safety Cases for Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste: Where Do
We Stand?
Symposium Proceedings, Paris, France, 23-25 January 2007
ISBN 978-92-64-99050-0. 424 pages, 6 mb.
An updated version of the
Handbook on Lead-bismuth Eutectic Alloy and Lead Properties, Materials
Compatibility, Thermal-hydraulics and Technologies is now available
on the NEA website. (Readers with copies of the handbook printed in 2007
can download a
one-page errata).
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Radioactive waste management
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When preparing the safety case for a deep geological repository of
radioactive waste, the integration of wide-ranging information from
multidisciplinary sources is a complex task. The OECD/NEA Approaches and
Methods for Integrating Geologic Information in the Safety Case (AMIGO)
project helps address this challenge. The AMIGO project has been
structured as a series of biennial, topical workshops involving site
characterisation and safety assessment practitioners with experience in
both sedimentary and crystalline rock settings. The third and final
project workshop was held on 14-16 April 2008 in Nancy, France. More
information is available at
www.nea.fr/html/rwm/igsc_technicalactivities.html.
Sorption is a combination of physical and chemical processes by which
the migration of radionuclides in the geosphere (and possibly from a
radioactive waste repository) can be slowed down under certain
conditions. To demonstrate and support the use of chemical thermodynamic
models in safety assessments of radioactive waste repositories, a new
phase of the OECD/NEA Sorption Project has been launched. More
information is available at
www.nea.fr/html/jointproj/sorption.html. |
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Nuclear science
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The 11th International Conference on Radiation Shielding and Protection
was held on 13-18 April 2008 in Callaway Gardens, Georgia, USA. The 2008
conference marked 50 years since the first symposium on radiation
shielding with two panel discussions on the history of the field as well
as its future prospects. Other plenary, parallel and poster sessions
covered a broad range of scientific, technological and engineering
issues associated with radiation shielding in nuclear energy systems,
accelerator facilities, space exploration and general environments.
Conference participants were also offered tutorials on widely used
computer codes. The conference was held in conjunction with the topical
meeting of the American Nuclear Society Radiation Protection and
Shielding Division. More information is available at
http://icrs11.me.gatech.eduwww.icrs11..
The Ninth Workshop on Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and
Irradiation Facilities (SATIF-9) took place on 21-23 April 2008 at Oak
Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. Workshop
participants discussed such topics as source terms, induced
radioactivity and activation in materials, issues relative to industrial
and medical applications and radiation dose. More information is
available at
www.nea.fr/html/science/meetings/SATIF-9/satif9.html. |
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Data Bank
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Nuclear data services
The following nuclear data libraries have recently been added to the
evaluated nuclear data (EVA) database:
- UK Heavy Element Decay Data library, UKHEDD-2.6;
- UK Activation Product Decay Data library, UKPADD-6.8.
The EVA database contains a large number of evaluated data libraries,
all in ENDF format; it can be consulted at
www.nea.fr/html/dbdata/eva/evaret.cgi. More information on evaluated
data libraries is available at
www.nea.fr/html/dbdata/data/nds_eval_libs.htm.
Computer program services
The NEA Data Bank organises regular training courses on the computer
codes widely used for modelling nuclear energy issues. The latest course
was held on 7-10 April 2008 at the NEA offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux,
France. During the course participants learnt about Monte Carlo
simulations using the computer code TRIPOLI-4. Over 70 people have so
far participated in courses held at the NEA in 2008. Other courses have
covered such topics as neutron transport theory as well as sensitivity
and uncertainty analysis using the computer code SCALE TSUNAMI. More
information is available at
www.nea.fr/html/science/meetings/.
New computer programs available
NEA Data Bank newsletter
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25-APR-2008 |
PSR-0450 |
KENO3D, Visualisation Tool for KENO V.A and KENO-VI Geometry
Models
(Arrived) |
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About the NEA
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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.
The information, data and analyses it provides draw on one of the best
international networks of technical experts.
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