The NEA Data Bank - an international service centre for computer programs and nuclear data

The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is a specialized agency of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) based in Paris. The most important purpose of NEA is the promotion of international cooperation in t he peaceful uses of nuclear power. Within the Agency a special unit, the so -called Database, allows the 21 member countries to have direct access to n uclear data, chemical data, and computer codes. These countries are Austria , Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, H ungary, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spa in, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. Special agreements cover exchanges of data and codes with Canada, the Unite d States of America, and IAEA. The NEA Database maintains those databases which contain basic experimental and evaluated nu clear data, integral nuclear data, computer codes, and chemical thermodynam ic data, uses procedures of assured quality to store-and maintain data and codes, supplies as products internationally validated and licensed data and codes, offers direct access to these products to scientists and engineers in natio nal laboratories, universities, and in the nuclear industry. The services are available Gee of charge, and the databases can be accessed via the NEA web site (htp://www.nea.fr).