World Nuclear Association

World Nuclear Association
Founded2001; 23 years ago (2001)
TypeNon-profit
FocusNuclear power
Location
Area served
Worldwide
Members
181
Key people
Sama Bilbao y León - Director General
Employees30
WebsiteWorld-Nuclear.org

World Nuclear Association is the international organization that promotes nuclear power and supports the companies that comprise the global nuclear industry. Its members come from all parts of the nuclear fuel cycle, including uranium mining, uranium conversion, uranium enrichment, nuclear fuel fabrication, plant manufacture, transport, and the disposal of used nuclear fuel, as well as electricity generation itself.[1]

Together, World Nuclear Association members are responsible for 70% of the world's nuclear power as well as the vast majority of world uranium, conversion and enrichment production.[2] The Association says it aims to fulfill a dual role for its members: facilitating their interaction on technical, commercial and policy matters, and promoting wider public understanding of nuclear technology.[3] It has a secretariat of around 30 staff. The Association was founded in 2001 on the basis of the Uranium Institute, itself founded in 1975.

  1. ^ "Membership". World Nuclear Association. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Members". World Nuclear Association. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  3. ^ "WNA: Supporting a Fast-Globalizing Nuclear Industry". World Nuclear Association. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2013.