OECD Nuclear Energy Agency

ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 The second 𝙍𝙤𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙖𝙥𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙉𝙪𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧 conference will be co-chaired by Sweden’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Energy, Business and Industry, Ebba Busch. Organised by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, this high-level event will bring government and industry together to advance nuclear energy in the pursuit of #netzero. Following the inaugural conference in 2023 which convened 20️ energy ministers, 30️ industry CEOs and several nuclear associations, the second edition will be held on 19-20 September in Paris. At the conference, senior government officials and industry executives will work together to address the current challenges for nuclear new build, particularly: 💶 financing; 👷♀️ human resources; 🏗️ supply chain readiness. Read more 🖱️ https://lnkd.in/gBTzHdYy

Register for the second International Workshop on Medical Radioisotopes Supply ✔️ The workshop will bring together government officials, private sector leaders, health organisations and researchers to address and enhance the security of supply chains for #nuclear radioisotopes, both conventional and innovative, in the medical field. 🩺 Responding to a consensus among stakeholders, the second edition will add a focus on key topics such as the role and challenges of Lutetium-177, Actinium-225 and other innovative medical radioisotopes, strengthening the medical radioisotope supply chain’s resilience through monitoring supply and demand, and critical infrastructure needs across medical systems. 🔁 Organisers: OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). 🗓️ 24-25 October 2024 📌 Paris, France ℹ️ Registration and more information ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ekV4jWUF

Call for abstracts 📝 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗲𝘀 Uncertainties in probabilistic safety and risk assessments continue to be an important aspect of risk-informed decision making. Treatment of uncertainties by probabilistic safety assessment practitioners, researchers and decisionmakers may vary when considering novel aspects of risk analysis. In this context, the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency will organise a workshop to discuss the topic and explore potential improvements. The workshop will bring together specialists from operating organisations, regulatory authorities, vendors, design organisations, technical support organisations, research institutes, practitioners, and consultants. 🗯️ Participants interested in presenting during the workshop are invited to submit their abstracts. ❕ Deadline for abstract submission: 15 November 2024 Workshop dates 📅 31 March - 2 April 2025 📍 Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear, Madrid, Spain More information 👉 https://lnkd.in/exJQKwUn

Registrations are open for the preparatory webinars for the fourth 𝗡𝗘𝗔 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 🗯️ Engaging with a wide range of stakeholders with different perceptions and expectations, also including civil society and non-governmental organisations, is essential in decision making related to nuclear energy activities such as new plant construction, decommissioning and waste disposal. 🏗️☢️ To foster productive dialogue and collaboration among the nuclear sector representatives and society, the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency organises Stakeholder Involvement Workshops. Ahead of the Fourth NEA Stakeholder Involvement Workshop, scheduled to take place in early March 2025, the NEA will hold preparatory webinars that will convene representatives from government institutions, industry, academia, NGOs and civil society from NEA member countries and beyond. The discussions during the first webinar will explore how to improve understanding of power imbalances that may occur when involving stakeholders in decision-making processes, and will examine key considerations for the nuclear sector. First preparatory webinar: 𝙀𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘽𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝘼𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 📅 14 October 2024, 13:00-16:00 CEST 📍 Online More information and registration 👉 https://lnkd.in/eXYfu5zc Pictured 📸 NEA Stakeholder Involvement Workshop held in 2023

An OECD Nuclear Energy Agency delegation led by Director-General William D. Magwood, IV visited Kenya on 21-30 August 2024 to see firsthand the progress made in developing the country’s nuclear energy programme, which foresees the construction and commissioning of its first #nuclear power plant as well as a research reactor in the next decade. ⚛️ The NEA delegation discussed these plans with senior government officials and stakeholders in Kenya. During the meetings, Director-General Magwood presented the new NEA initiative, “Our Common Journey”, through which the Agency will engage with African countries interested in exploring nuclear energy. Focused on building co-operative frameworks and knowledge sharing, this initiative will help develop the necessary policies and infrastructure needed for the safe and effective use of nuclear energy in Africa. 🌍 Director-General Magwood also delivered a keynote speech and joined a high-level panel at the US-AFRICA Nuclear Energy Summit in Nairobi where he highlighted that trained people and access to electricity will be the determinants of economic success or failure in the future and that in many countries around the world, nuclear energy will play an important role. 👷♀️💡 🗯️ “As an embarking country, Kenya has a great potential to set an example and pave the way for more nations on the continent to explore their nuclear energy options,” said Director-General Magwood after the visit to Kenya. “I look forward to working together with Kenyan authorities, as well as governments and stakeholders from other countries in Africa to support safe, economic and sustainable development of nuclear energy programmes on the continent.” 🗯️ The development of commercial nuclear reactors in Africa and potential co-operation with the NEA countries in the field will be explored at the Roadmaps to New Nuclear conference co-organised by the NEA and the Ministry for Climate and Enterprise of Sweden in Paris in September 2024. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/dE7ENEt5 Nuclear Power and Energy Agency; Kenya Nuclear Regulatory Authority ( KNRA)

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency's summer activities are wrapped up in the latest 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙮 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝘽𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣 📧 This issue includes information about the Agency's work, projects and events held in Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Sweden. 🌐 Subscribe to receive e-mails about the NEA’s latest news, publications and upcoming events 👉 https://lnkd.in/evxBhPtb

Deadline extended 📣 The NEA Global Forum Rising Stars Workshop 2024 ⭐ The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency will bring together female rising stars in science, technology, education, and policy for a two-day programme at the Joint Research Centre in Karlsruhe, Germany, featuring professional development and networking opportunities, as well as a tour of the research facilities. 👩🎓⚛️ Department or academic programme heads are encouraged to nominate up to 2️⃣ female "Rising Stars" from their department or programme for the workshop. 📅 25-26 November 2024 📍 European Commission Joint Research Centre, Karlsruhe, Germany ⏳ Deadline for nominations: 10 September 2024 ℹ️ More information ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eGWhGnAZ

Last week, I completed my first visit to Kenya. It was the perfect time for the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency to be in the country, as the Kenyan government announced its plans to build the first nuclear power plant by 2034. I was pleased to end my mission to Kenya at the US-Africa Nuclear Energy Summit in Nairobi, where I delivered a keynote speech during which I highlighted that the global community cannot sit idly while more than 640 million Africans lack access to reliable electricity and the continent’s population continues to grow. Doing nothing could lead to catastrophe. During the event, I met with many leaders and experts from different African countries and found that they are responding to the challenge. They recognise the need to provide reliable electricity for their societies and the need to be part of the global energy transition. I noted that trained people and access to electricity will be the determinants of economic success or failure in the future and that in many countries around the world, nuclear energy will be needed to play a vital role. I addressed openly the perceptions I hear outside and inside Africa that prompt many to ask “Why nuclear in Africa?”. The challenges are there, but so is the potential; it is wrong, short-sighted and potentially disastrous to view Africa as a place where technologies OECD countries see as vital to their futures cannot be applied. So why not Africa? We at the NEA are ready to co-operate with African countries as they prepare and implement nuclear programmes, and have developed the initiative “Our Common Journey” to build co-operative frameworks among ministries, universities and businesses to enhance skills and opportunities - and to connect these frameworks with those existent in the NEA. I look forward to continuing working with governments and stakeholders to support safe, economic and sustainable development of nuclear energy programmes on the continent. As I said at the end of my remarks, “Nuclear is a global village”. The international frameworks and co-operation in nuclear are like almost nothing else and they reinforce disciplined practices that improve safety cultures and performance. Then I say to Africa: “Welcome to the village.” Pictured: Panel discussion with Aleshia Duncan, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of International Cooperation, Office of Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy; Commissioner David Wright, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); Wilhelmina Asamoah, Chief Director, Ghana Ministry of Energy; Lassina Zerbo, Chairperson, Rwanda Atomic Energy Board; Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins; Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, U.S. Department of State; Shaukat Abdulrazak, Director for the Division of Africa, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Looking for courses on the most widely used computer programs in the #nuclear field? Register for the upcoming courses organised by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency's Data Bank Computer Program Service: 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗠𝗖 This four-day course will include a thorough introduction to the usage and application of the OpenMC Monte Carlo code. The interactive sessions will provide an opportunity to work hand-in-hand with the instructors to develop models, run the code, and explore a wide variety of features. 📅 12-15 November 2024 📍 Online 👉 https://lnkd.in/eDyZYACS 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗧-𝟮 This course is designed for beginners with no prior knowledge of SERPENT, a 3D continuous-energy Monte Carlo neutron and photon transport code, with built-in burnup calculation routine. The course focuses on reactor physics applications and equips the students with the necessary skills to independently set up and run their SERPENT models. 📅 19-22 November 2024 📍 Paris, France 👉 https://lnkd.in/ecT2MGe8 𝗡𝗝𝗢𝗬 The NJOY Nuclear Data Processing System is a modular computer software package designed to read evaluated data in the Evaluated Nuclear Data File (ENDF) format, transform the data in various ways, and output the results as libraries designed to be used in various applications. This course will introduce participants to the ENDF format, the NJOY2016 Nuclear Data Processing System and some of the modernised NJOY components that are already available to users. 📅 2-6 December 2024 📍 Paris, France 👉 https://lnkd.in/e_ev7cnd

🙌 A warm welcome to the group of 6️⃣0️⃣ participants who came to Montpellier, France, for the International School of Nuclear Law (#ISNL). ⚖️ Organised annually by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency in co-operation with the Université de Montpellier, the ISNL is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the various legal issues relating to the safe, efficient and secure use of #nuclear energy. The two-week programme offers participants: 👩🏫 Lectures delivered by renowned specialists in nuclear law from international organisations, governments and private industry; 🌎 Networking opportunities with peers and lecturers from around the world; 🗯️ Social programme. Read more about the ISNL here 👉 https://lnkd.in/g2AGSvrF