Member Societies

November Symposium on Civil Nuclear Energy

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On 26 November 2003, the Belgian Nuclear Society (BNS) is hosting in Brussels a one-day symposium tipped to draw interest from major leaders in peace movements and the nuclear world – and to spark vivid debate.

For the event’s theme, the BNS - a scientific society dedicated to civil nuclear science and engineering – is focusing on ‘Civil nuclear energy as a tool for development and security’. This underscores the society’s convictions that inherently safe power plants and proliferation free fuel cycles can be developed – and would be suitable for use as cheap and environmentally friendly electricity sources, as water desalination plants and for the future production of hydrogen as a clean energy reservoir.

Organisations and people dedicating their efforts to sustainable peace may not necessarily agree with the society’s views. For this reason, the BNS is gathering all parties interested in these issues to explore and discuss civil nuclear energy’s contribution to the unarguably global issues of not only energy, but water, non-proliferation and disarmament.

The BNS also organises monthly evening lectures on a broad spectrum of subjects ranging from reactor design to radiotherapy and climate change.

Download the November symposium’s full programme and registration form, from:
http://www.bns-org.be/symposium26Nov/programme.pdf directly or through the ENS web site http://www.euronuclear.org