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  General Information / Public Relations
NEA Nuclear Energy and Civil Society Program (more info) goto TOP
  • General development and policy issues
  • Nuclear regulation
  • Radioactive waste management
  • Radiation protection
language: English
originator: international organisation
access: open to the general public
type of data: textual information
type of site: non-commercial site
Publications available on the NEA Web Site (NEA/OECD) (more info) goto TOP
  • nuclear safety and regulation
  • nuclear development
  • radiation protection
  • radioactive waste management
  • nuclear law
  • nuclear science
language: English
originator: international organisation
access: free online access | open to the general public
type of data: textual information | online journals, articles, reports
type of site: non-commercial site
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  Educational Sites
Energy experts module Energy experts module (AREVA) (more info) goto TOP
Set of interactive or animation based activities around the theme of nuclear energy.
language: English | French
originator: industry or service provider
access: open to the general public
type of data: graphical data or images | textual information
type of site: non-commercial site | e-learning
related sites: AREVA
La Hague (more info) goto TOP
  • well made multy-media event concerning the re-processing plant La Hague
  • live web cameras
language: French | English
originator: operator of nuclear plant or facility
access: open to the general public | free online access
type of data: graphical data or images
type of site: non-commercial site
Quelques notions scientifiques (CEA, France) (more info) goto TOP
  • basic information to get aquatinted with the atom, radioactivity, nuclear energy ...
  • covers the subjects:
    1. L'atome
    2. La radioactivité
    3. L'énergie
    4. L'homme et les rayonnements
    5. L'énergie nucléaire: de la fusion à la fission
    6. Fonctionnement d'un réacteur nucléaire
    7. Le cycle du combustible
    8. Les ondes électromagnétiques
    9. La microélectronique
    10. Le laser
  • well made introduction for pupils and the interested public, recommended for journalists
language: French
originator: university, laboratory or research organisation | lobby group or pressure group
access: open to the general public
type of data: graphical data or images | textual information
type of site: non-commercial site | pro nuclear site
related sites: CEA
Science animée (CEA, France) (more info) goto TOP
  • interactive animation
  • tries to explain radioactivity and its applications (except power generation)
  • very nice introduction for pupils and the interested public
language: French
originator: university, laboratory or research organisation | lobby group or pressure group
access: open to the general public | free online access
type of data: textual information | graphical data or images
type of site: non-commercial site | pro nuclear site
related sites: CEA
Statistical physics for anomalous transport in plasmas (International working group: Fusion B F R) (more info) goto TOP
This Group, with informal structures, involves members from three countries (Belgium, France and Romania) who associates their research in the following fields :
  • Tokamak physics
  • Statistical Mechanics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Theoretical physics and mathematics
  • Dynamical Systems, Chaos
  • Plasma turbulence
in the aim of an active collaboration to achieve substantial progress in the domain of anomalous transport in hot fusion plasmas, in view of the realisation of controlled thermonuclear fusion.
language: French | English
originator: professional or learned society
access: open to the general public
type of data: textual information
type of site: non-commercial site
The Particle Detector BriefBook (CERN) (more info) goto TOP
This is a condensed handbook, or an extended glossary, written in encyclopedic format, covering subjects around particle detectors, the underlying physics, and the analysis of their data. It intends to be both introduction for newcomers and reference for physicists working in the field.
language: English
originator: university, laboratory or research organisation
access: free online access | open to the general public
type of data: textual information | graphical data or images
type of site: non-commercial site | e-learning
related sites: CERN
CERN - Education and Outreach (more info) goto TOP
CERN offers many educational resources and opportunities for schools, teachers, undergraduate students and the general public.
language: English | French
originator: university, laboratory or research organisation
access: open to the general public
type of data: textual information | graphical data or images
type of site: non-commercial site
related sites: Teacher Programmes | Online Resources for Teachers
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  News Media Sources in the Nuclear Field
Agence pour la Diffusion de l'Information Technologique (ADIT) (more info) goto TOP
  • state-owned company under the authority of the Minister of Research and the Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • purpose of ADIT is:
    -to gather, process and circulate all available international scientific and technological information
    -to further research for civilian and business purposes
    -to help the development of French enterprises
  • employs range of information products and services for circulating technological information
  • (only some parts available in English)
language: French
originator: national authority
access: open to the general public | free online access
type of data: textual information
type of site: non-commercial site
WISE-Paris (more info) goto TOP
Archives, covering most of the post-second World War period, include several thousand national and international studies, technical, scientific and annual reports, tens of thousands of conference papers, newspaper and magazine articles from the general and technical press, and access to over a thousand electronic databases.
language: English | French
originator: lobby group or pressure group
access: open to the general public | free online access
type of data: numerical data, codes | graphical data or images | textual information | statistical or prognostic
type of site: anti nuclear site
related sites: WISE Amsterdam
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  Conferences and Meetings
Meetings and conferences organised/sponsored by the Nuclear Science Committee and the Data Bank (NEA/OECD) (more info) goto TOP
language: English
originator: international organisation
access: open to the general public
type of data: URLs, mail addresses or dates
type of site: data base | non-commercial site
Conferences and HEP Community (CERN) (more info) goto TOP
CERN offers many educational resources and opportunities for schools, teachers, undergraduate students and the general public.
language: English
originator: university, laboratory or research organisation
access: free online access | open to the general public
type of data: URLs, mail addresses or dates
type of site: non-commercial site
related sites: Conferences on Nuclear Energy and Radwaste in Switzerland