Control room, PAKS NPP.
Software-based systems are used and retrofitted in operating nuclear power plants worldwide. The failure modes of both hardware and software in these systems are to some ext...
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...
Image at melt distribution and its contour at MBC (KAERI).
The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) initiated a co...
Experts attended NEA event in France.
In response to the technical and scientific needs emerged recently in this area, the Working Group of External Events (WGEV) and the Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK) initiated a joint task e...
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...
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 Expert Group on Small and Modular Reactors (EGSMR) continues to make progress with its forthcoming report
