IRSN-US NRC cooperation on advanced nondestructive testing methods for...
The reliability of in-service monitoring of the piping in the reactor coolant system and of certain components within this system subject to severe temperature and pressure conditions is a...
View ArticleEmergency response: IRSN exports its know-how in the technical management of...
As part of its ambitious nuclear program, with more than twenty reactors under construction, the electricity company China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGNPC) signed a contract with IRSN in...
View ArticleCooperation: US NRC and IRSN to launch scientific cooperation on flood hazard...
Every year, IRSN takes part in the Regulatory Information Conference (RIC) organized by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US NRC) in Washington DC. The two partners have begun talks on...
View ArticleIRSN co-organize with Norwegian NRPA the Third International Conference on...
Researchers, experts, industry and regulators will meet from 7 to 12 September 2014 in Barcelona (Spain) to review and discuss recent achievements in environmental radioactivity and related...
View ArticleResearchers, take this opportunity to have your say on European radiation...
Open Project for the European Radiation Research Area (OPERRA) funded by European Commission is seeking researchers’ views term European research programs in radiation protection through an eSurvey.
View ArticlePost-accident: IRSN develops real-time software to assess impacts of...
Following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which resulted in significant radioactive releases into the Pacific Ocean, IRSN began developing a new calculation code for the dispersion...
View ArticleRadiation protection: IRSN helps transpose new European Union directive into...
Euratom Directive 2013/59 of December 5, 2013 on basic safety standards (BSS) for protection against ionizing radiation must be transposed into the national law of each EU member state within the next...
View ArticleANTHOS: an IRSN research project to develop an alternative to surgery for...
If the program proves conclusive, as corroborated by clinical trials, major surgery could be avoided for patients who develop severe gastrointestinal complications.
View ArticleSafety: Third ten-year inspection of French 1300 MWe reactors: IRSN's...
As part of the third ten-year inspection of 1,300 MWe reactors, IRSN has published a summary (in French) of its assessment of actions taken by EDF regarding severe accidents.
View ArticleMELODI holds its 6th annual open Workshop on European Research on the Effects...
IRSN participates in the 6th international workshop of MELODI in Barcelona (Spain) on 7-9 october 2014.
View ArticleSecurity: Agreement signed between IRSN and FEI
IRSN signed an agreement to contribute its skills in nuclear emergency management to France Expertise Internationale (FEI), an organization that promotes French technical assistance and expertise...
View ArticleCooperation: Singapore interested in IRSN expertise
IRSN's expertise and experience may be useful to a country without major nuclear facilities, as can be seen in the growing relations between IRSN and Singapore.
View ArticleEmergency management: IRSN validates its emergency preparedness strategy...
To ensure excellence in preparedness, IRSN has put its expert teams to the test since the beginning of 2014 in three separate field drills that simulate major emergency situations.
View ArticleMithygene project: further mitigating the risk of hydrogen explosion in the...
IRSN is conducting research to improve its understanding of phenomena governing the hydrogen explosion risk during a severe accident at a nuclear reactor and to develop tools to assess this risk.
View ArticleThe 5th issue of Aktis, IRSN’s scientific newsletter, is available
In this new issue of Aktis in English, you will find a focus on the study of contaminated terrestrial Japanese foodstuffs to improve technical support during emergency response. It also covers the...
View ArticleScientific cooperation agreement between IRSN and SCK•CEN
On November 5th 2014, IRSN and the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK•CEN signed a new framework agreement, to review and extend for another 5 years an on-going longstanding scientific collaboration...
View ArticleCooperation: IRSN and the UAE nuclear safety authority intensify their...
A delegation from IRSN traveled to Abu Dhabi in June 2014 at the invitation of the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR). The main subjects discussed during the two-day visit were emergency...
View ArticleNon-proliferation: IRSN to lead ESARDA’s Safeguards Implementation working group
The 36th annual meeting of the European Safeguards Research and Development Association provided an opportunity to review the association's goals and to confirm IRSN’s active involvement in its...
View ArticleEurosafe Tribune #26 is available
The 26rd issue of Eurosafe Tribune, periodical from the EUROSAFE Forum published jointly by GRS and IRSN, is available.
View ArticleODOBA: new IRSN research program on aging pathologies in reactor containment...
The ODOBA project aims to develop a predictive tool to estimate the durability of reactor containment buildings. This objective runs parallel to the assessment of plans to extend the service life of...
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