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Related Nuclear Websites

This page contains a number of links to websites that hold useful information on nuclear related issues, plus a brief description of those sites:

Major UK based nuclear companies

British Energy British Energy is the UK’s largest producer of electricity, generating around one-fifth of the nation’s electricity. Through its subsidiary companies British Energy Generation Ltd and British Energy Generation (UK) Ltd, British Energy owns and operates the UK's 7 AGR and single PWR nuclear power stations. It has been wholly in the private sector since 1996. British Energy has also diversified into non-nuclear energy activities in the UK.
BNFL BNFL’s activities span the entire nuclear energy cycle, from reactor design and fuel manufacture to power station decommissioning and clean-up. It is a public limited company managed on a fully commercial basis and wholly owned by the Government. It provides services to UK and overseas customers and owns and operates the countries Magnox nuclear power stations.
Nirex Nirex works to develop safe and environmentally responsible solutions for the management of radioactive waste.
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) UKAEA’s core business is nuclear clean-up, managing the clean-up of former civil research sites at Dounreay, Harwell, Windscale and Winfrith in the UK, and providing technical consultancy services to customers around the world. It also carries out research into fusion power at Culham Science Centre – aiming to harness fusion’s potential as a clean and sustainable energy source for the future.
Urenco Group The Urenco Group is a collaboration of companies overseen by the UK/Dutch/German governments. The Group's main activities are the enrichment of uranium for use in nuclear fuel and the development of centrifuge technology. Urenco Ltd is the UK registered holding company for the Group, in which the UK shareholder is BNFL. Urenco (Capenhurst) Ltd is Urenco Ltd's UK operating subsidiary.
 

Other Organisations in the UK

British Nuclear Energy Society A Society, established in 1962, to provide information to members on nuclear energy issues and to provide information and education on nuclear issues and contribute to the public debate on the use of nuclear energy.
Cogent: Sector Skills Council Cogent Sector Skills Council was licensed in February 2004 to cover the nuclear industry, both civil and military, as well as chemical, offshore oil & gas, petroleum and polymers industries. Several of the recommendations of the Nuclear Skills Group report were accepted for action by Cogent as part of its programme of work. DTI continues to maintain an overview of progress with these actions through sponsorship with DfES of Cogent SSC.
COMARE: Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment COMARE is an independent expert advisory committee with members chosen for their medical and scientific expertise and recruited from Universities, Research and Medical Institutes. The Committee advises all Government Departments and members are not drawn from the Nuclear or Electrical Power Supply Industries. The Committee offers Government independent (medical and scientific) advice on the health effects of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation in the environment, whether natural or man- made. The independent members of COMARE are supported in their work by a Secretariat which, since 1996, has been provided by the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB).
Defra DEFRA leads on radioactive waste issues for the Government. 
HSE Nuclear web pages 

The Health and Safety Executive regulates the nuclear industry through its Nuclear Safety Directorate (NSD) that has a primary goal to ensure that those it regulates have no major nuclear accidents. The NSD includes the HSE’s nuclear safety support staff as well as the NII’s inspectors.

HSE Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee (NuSAC) This Commitee advises the Health and Safety Commission and, when appropriate, Secretaries of State, on major issues affecting the safety of nuclear installations including design, siting, operation, maintenance and decommissioning which are referred to it or which it considers require attention. It also advises the Health and Safety Commission on the adequacy and balance of its nuclear safety research programme. The NuSAC Sub Committee on Research provides independent advice, on behalf of NuSAC, to the HSC on all aspects of research related to subjects within NuSAC's remit.
Health Protection Agency: Radiation The role of the Health Protection Agency is to provide an integrated approach to protecting UK public health through the provision of support and advice to the NHS, local authorities, emergency services, and other bodies. In April 2005, the Agency was established as a non-departmental public body, replacing the HPA SpHA and the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) and with radiation protection as part of health protection incorporated in its remit.
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is a non-departmental public body which takes strategic responsibility for the UK’s nuclear legacy. Its core objective is to ensure that the 20 civil public sector nuclear sites are decommissioned and cleaned up safely, securely, cost effectively and in ways that protect the environment for this and future generations.
Nuclear Industry Association NIA) The NIA is the trade association and representative body for the British civil nuclear industry. It represents over 100 companies including the operators of the nuclear power stations, those engaged in decommissioning, waste management, nuclear liabilities management and all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle.
Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMAC) The independent Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee (RWMAC) was set up in response to a recommendation of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution's Sixth Report on Nuclear Power and the Environment. Its terms of reference are :
"To advise the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, and, in relation to devolved matters, to advise the Transport and Environment Minister in Scotland and the Assembly Secretary responsible for environmental policy in Wales, on the technical and environmental implications of major issues concerning the development and implementation of an overall policy for all aspects of the management of civil radioactive waste, including research and development; and on any such matters referred to it by these persons."

International Organisations

Foratom: Nuclear energy in EuropeThe trade association of the European nuclear industry, Foratom promotes the peaceful use of nuclear energy by acting as the voice of the nuclear industry in policy discussions involving the European Institution.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) The IAEA is the world's center of cooperation in the nuclear field. It was set up as the world's "Atoms for Peace" organization in 1957 within the United Nations family. The Agency works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies.
US Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) The NEI is the trade association of the US nuclear industry. Its stated purposes are to foster and encourage the continued safe utilization and development of nuclear energy to meet the USA's energy, environmental and economic goals and to support the USA nuclear energy industry.
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) The DTI participates in the work of, and is the UK's contact point for, the Paris based NEA. The NEA is a semi-autonomous body within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The mission of the NEA is to assist its Member countries in maintaining and further developing, through international co-operation, the scientific, technological and legal bases required for the safe, environmentally friendly and economical use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The Agency pursues its objectives through seven technical committees, composed of qualified experts from Member states.
World Nuclear Association (WNA) The WNA is the global 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, plant manufacture, transport, and the safe disposition of spent fuel.
 

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