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A service for Members, designed to direct you towards major web sites that will be of value to your company. Only a small proportion of useful links can be listed in the Bulletin. More links.
UK
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Has responsibility for the UK's nuclear legacy. The site includes information about the organisation, its strategy, its draft business plan 2008/2011, its annual plan 2007/8, and thejournal Dialogue. Information on the organisation's strategy, news and events and contracts and tenders are available.
www.nda.gov.uk/
Nuclear Industry Association The UK trade association and information body for the nuclear industry, offering information, statistics and back issues of its journal Industry.
www.niauk.org
BERR (Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform) A specific section of this UK government department website is dedicated to Decommissioning and Waste:
www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/nuclear/decommissioning/page22157.html
BNES (British Nuclear Energy Society) The leading learned body for those interested in nuclear energy. It offers a calendar of events, a journal Nuclear Future, in conjunction with the Institution of Nuclear Engineers, and their joint response to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Draft Strategy.
www.bnes.com/
Europe
European Commission - Energy - Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations comprises a set of documents concerning European policy on the subject, covering regulatory aspects and preparation of a commission communicationon decommissioning, decommissioning status of shut-down facilities and forecast shut-down dates for plants.
ec.europa.eu/energy/nuclear/decommissioning/index_en.htm
European Nuclear Society Coordinates the activities of member organisations, exchange of personnel, disseminating information throughout the nuclear community, sponsoring meetings and education and training ofengineers. The organisation also co-operates with inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations and other organisations with similar aims.
www.euronuclear.org/
USA
EPRI - (Electric Power Research Institute) The website contains almost 400 items on decommissioning, ranging from planning manuals and technical results to historical site assessments and workshop proceedings.
my.epri.com/portal/server.pt?
American Nuclear Society includes membership information, meetings, publications, standards and ANS store which includes publications such as 'The Decommissioning Handbook', and also information available to the publicand links to other sites. The site contains over 500 items on decommissioning.
www.ans.org/
International
International Atomic Energy Agency The world's centre for co-operation in the nuclear field. It includes details of the work undertaken by the organisation, a news centre, a list of publications and the NucleusKnowledge Portal, covering statistics and forecasts, IAEA databases, scientific networks and various Departmental Sites. A specific area is allocated to decommissioning:
www-ns.iaea.org/tech-areas/waste-safety/decommissioning.htm
www.iaea.or.at/
World Nuclear Association An international trade organisation for companies in the nuclear fuel cycle and nuclear power generation. The site includes information papers, including country profiles, reference documentsand a list of meetings.
www.niauk.org/
The site includes a section on decommissioning, which has links to further reading and reference documents on decommissioning,
www.world-nuclear.org/how/decommissioning.html this gives access to a list of decommissioning projects and a decommissioning database through which projects can besearched by country, type of facility or company.
www.world-nuclear.org/reference/decommissioning.html
