PrintInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) http://www.iaea.org
- Set up as the world´s "Atoms for Peace" organization in 1957 within the United Nations family.
- The IAEA Secretariat, a team of 2200 multi-disciplinary professional and support staff from more than 90 countries, is headquartered in Vienna, Austria. Regional offices are located in Geneva, Switzerland; New York, USA; Toronto, Canada; and Tokyo, Japan.
- IAEA financial resources include the regular budget and voluntary contributions.
- Three main areas of work underpin the IAEA´s mission: Safety and Security; Science and Technology; and Safeguards and Verification.
- The IAEA reports annually to the UN General Assembly and, when appropriate, to the Security Council regarding non-compliance by States with their safeguards obligations as well as on matters relating to international peace and security.
- The Agency's iNFCIS web site http://nucleus.iaea.org/sso/NUCLEUS.html?exturl=http://www-nfcis.iaea.org/ is designed as a "one stop" resource for technical and statistical information about nuclear fuel cycle activities worldwide.
World Nuclear Association (WNA)
- International organization that promotes nuclear energy and supports the many companies that comprise the global nuclear industry.
- WNA membership includes (i) virtually all world uranium mining, conversion, enrichment and fuel fabrication; (ii) all reactor vendors; (iii) major nuclear engineering, construction, and waste management companies; and (iv) nearly 90% of world nuclear generation. Other WNA members provide international services in nuclear transport, law, insurance, brokerage, industry analysis and finance.
- Coordinated action through WNA yields both greater efficiency and stronger impact in:
- IAEA and NEA advisory committees on transport and all aspects of nuclear safety
- United Nations policy forums focused on sustainable development and climate change
- CRP and Ospar deliberations on radiological protection.
- WNA proclaims its website serves as the “world’s leading information source on nuclear energy and the global industry that produces it. In cyberspace today, there is no close competitor. …a WNA webpage is downloaded every 7 seconds by users inside and outside the industry. Stated simply, when nuclear questions are asked on the internet, WNA is the unparalleled supplier of reliable answers.”
- WNA publises the online news service World Nuclear News (WNN)
- WNA activities support the global nuclear industry by providing direct benefit to individual member-companies and collective benefit to the industry as a whole.
Nuclear Energy Association http://www.nea.fr/
- The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is a specialised agency within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental organisation of industrialised countries, based in Paris, France.
- 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 NEA's current membership consists of 28 countries, in Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region. Together they account for approximately 85% of the world's installed nuclear capacity.
- The NEA works closely with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna - a specialised agency of the United Nations - and with the European Commission in Brussels. Within the OECD, there is close co-ordination with the International Energy Agency and the Environment Directorate, as well as contacts with other directorates, as appropriate.