The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is an intergovernmental multinational agency of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development . Originally created on February 1, 1958 under the name of the European Nuclear Energy Agency ( EAEU ); The United States participated as an associate member) On April 20, 1972, it changed its name to its current one after becoming a member of Japan .
| OECD Nuclear Energy Agency | |
|---|---|
| NEA / OECD | |
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Member States of the NEA / OECD (green) | |
| Membership | 31 member states |
| Secretariat |  46, Quai Alphonse Le Gallo 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt [1] |
| Type of organization | international organization |
| official languages | english french |
| Executives | |
| CEO | William Magwood IV |
| Base | |
| Established | February 1, 1958 (as the EAEU) |
| Parent organization | |
| oecd-nea.org | |
The mission of the NEA is "to assist its member countries in maintaining and further developing, within the framework of international cooperation, the scientific, technological and legal foundations necessary for the safe, environmentally friendly and economical use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes." [2]
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Members
Currently, 31 countries are members of the NEA:
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Great Britain
- Hungary
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Greece
- Denmark
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Spain
- Italy
- Canada
- Luxembourg
- Mexico
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- USA
- Turkey
- Finland
- France
- Czech
- Switzerland
- Sweden
- The Republic of Korea
- Japan
Together, they make up approximately 85% of the world's nuclear power capacity. Nuclear energy makes up nearly a quarter of the electricity produced in the NEA member countries. The NEA works in close collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) in Vienna (a specialized agency of the United Nations ) and with the European Commission in Brussels.
In the OECD, the NEA has close coordination with the International Energy Agency and the Environment Directorate, as well as contacts with other departments as necessary.
Areas of work
Structure
The NEA secretariat includes seven specialized standing technical committees and a steering committee for nuclear energy directly reporting to the OECD Council. Standing Technical Committees represent the seven core areas of the Agency's Program. The committees are composed of experts delegated by member countries who are executors of the work of the Program and users of the results. Committees perform the following functions:
- provide member countries with a forum for an in-depth exchange of technical and programmatic information;
- stimulate the receipt of new useful information by initiating and conducting joint research on key industry problems;
- develop common positions, including “consensus of opinions”, on technical and political issues;
- identify areas where further work is needed;
- ensure the effectiveness of the NEA aimed at addressing the current needs of the industry;
- act as organizers of joint projects in which interested countries can conduct research on specific issues through co-financing.
See also
- International Energy Agency
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- CERN
Notes
- ↑ Nuclear Energy Agency contacts
- ↑ Nuclear Energy Agency - About us (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment April 7, 2014. Archived April 23, 2014.