ENS Guide to European web sites
Lobbying associations
Sharing with ENS a joint secretariat headed by Jean-Pol Poncelet, Director General, the European Atomic Forum (FORATOM) is the Brussels-based trade association for the nuclear energy industry
in Europe. FORATOM's main objectives are to promote the use of nuclear
energy and to represent the interests of the EU's nuclear industry.
The membership of FORATOM is made up of 16 national nuclear associations
(or fora) from EU Member States, plus Switzerland, Romania and Bulgaria.
The companies that are represented by these national fora amount to
about 800 firms, employing about 400,000 people. Input on specific issues
is gathered from the member associations and companies by FORATOM's
various working groups and task forces, before being channelled into
discussions with the European institutions. When required, representations
are made by FORATOM with the backing of a policy document drawn up by
a common industry position statement:
http://www.foratom.org
The European Energy Forum (EEF) is
an informal and neutral forum where topical energy related subjects
linked to the EU political dialogue are presented. Chaired by MEP Giles
Chicester, with Jean-Claude Charrault as Director Generaz, the purpose
of the EEF is to facilitate the reciprocal exchange of information between
Members of the European Parliament, officials of the European Commission
and the industrial and scientific sectors. EEF is a place of information,
documentation, analysis and open debate where members' and participants'
opinions are freely and frankly expressed. EEF organises meetings, conferences,
seminaries, dinner-debates, industrial site visits, and delegation visits
to third countries with members of the European Parliament, representatives
of the European Commission and of other EU institutions, as well as
experts from industries, associations and organisations involved in
the various fields of energy sector:
http://www.europeanenergyforum.eu/
The World Nuclear Association (WNA) is the global industrial organisation that seeks to promote the peaceful
worldwide use of nuclear power as a sustainable energy resource for
the coming centuries. Specifically, the WNA is concerned with nuclear
power generation and all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle, including
mining, conversion, enrichment, fuel fabrication, reprocessing, recycling,
plant manufacture and dismantling, and the safe disposition of spent
fuel and waste. Membership in the WNA is comprised
mainly of companies, and the WNA's twice-yearly meetings have primarily
a commercial focus. Current WNA Members are responsible for some 90%
of the world's nuclear-generated electricity outside the USA and 90%
of world uranium, conversion and enrichment:
http://www.world-nuclear.org/
The World Nuclear Transport Institute (WNTI) was established in 1998 to promote sound and objective principles
for ensuring radioactive materials are transported safely, efficiently
and reliably within a secure international framework. WNTI is the only
body dedicated to presenting the industry point of view on radioactive
materials transport from an international perspective. WNTI is a global
industrial organisation for all sectors of the radioactive materials
transport industry. WNTI is active on an international level where industry
need to be represented, in particular, intergovernmental organisations
such as the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) which play a key role in establishing standards
and regulations that apply to radioactive materials transport. Through
its non-governmental status, WNTI has actively engaged in the relevant
part of those organisations' work programmes and opportunities to represent
Members' interests:
http://www.wnti.co.uk/
The World Council of Nuclear Workers (WONUC) is a non-profit and non-governmental organisation registered
in Paris, France. WONUC is an association of trade unions and other
bodies of the professionals of the nuclear related industry and science
aimed to defending their interests and developing relations between
their trade unions. WONUC is also supporting the peaceful applications
of nuclear energy and the promotion of all the non-proliferating nuclear
technologies:
http://www.wonuc.org
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