Background Reading & Academic:
Wade ALLISON Research profile – a profound voice of reason and perspective on anything to do with the overbearing fear narrative against low level radiation, Professor Allison advised us and inspired the materials for the Birdbranes’ Educational material.
David MacKay FRS: Energy Without Hot Air: Professor David MacKay was Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change and helped push for the first new nuclear build in the UK for over 30 years.
Links to UK Energy Supply & Demand Data:
Organisations, Politically aligned agencies, trade unions etc:
Supporters of Nuclear Energy (SONE) is a group of individuals of many different disciplines, interests and backgrounds with one objective: To promote an informed debate about nuclear’s place in global energy supply and how it can help power the world’s economic development in a sustainable way.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is the world’s centre of cooperation in the nuclear field. It was set up in 1957 as the world’s “Atoms for Peace” organization within the United Nations family. The Agency works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies.
UNSCEAR was established by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1955. Its mandate in the United Nations system is to assess and report levels and effects of exposure to ionizing radiation.
The Nuclear Institute is the only membership organisation for Nuclear Professionals. The institute was created on the 1st January 2009 from the merger of the British Nuclear Energy Society and the Institution of Nuclear Engineers.
The World Nuclear Association is the global private-sector organization 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.
The Nuclear Industry Association is the trade association and information body for the UK civil nuclear industry, representing over 130 companies involved in most business sectors of the UK civil nuclear industry.
Urenco is an international supplier of enrichment services and fuel cycle products for the civil nuclear industry
Orano manages the French nuclear fuel cycle for the French nuclear power industry as has some useful educational material on their website.