WNA Reports & Position Statements

WNA Reports

• Structuring Nuclear Projects for Success: An Analytic Framework - August 2008 (pdf)
  Ensuring Security of Supply in the International Nuclear Fuel Cycle - May 2006 (pdf)
  The New Economics of Nuclear Power - December 2005 (pdf)

WNA Communications
Facts about Nuclear Energy and Sustainable Development:
Our World Needs Nuclear Energy
Crucial Truths for a Sustainable Future - September 2006 (pdf)

WNA Position Statements

FORMAL WNA POSITION STATEMENTS

The overall WNA website is intended to provide a full range of news, background information and analysis concerning the global nuclear industry and the work of the World Nuclear Association.

In addition, beginning in 2004, the WNA will develop and publish formal WNA Position Statements on key issues affecting the nuclear industry.

Position Statements are developed through the work of industry experts on the WNA Working Groups and eventually adopted by the full WNA membership. The following Position Papers have been completed:

• WNA Position Statement: Is the Cooling of Power Plants a Constraint on the Future of Nuclear Power? (pdf)
• WNA Policy Document on Sustaining Global Best Practices in Uranium Mining and Processing
• WNA Position Statement on Risks of Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation
• WNA Position Statement on Safe Management of Nuclear Waste and Used Nuclear Fuel
• WNA Position Statement on Uranium Sustainability
• WNA Position Statement on Safe Decommissioning of Civil Nuclear Industry Sites 

Nuclear Energy Guides 

WNA Nuclear Energy Guides offer an introduction to topics related to nuclear energy.

• Economics 

• Non-Proliferation 

• Radioactive Waste 

• Safety 

• Sustainable Development  

Pocket Guides 

WNA Pocket Guides are handy documents giving key facts on nuclear topics

• Environment Pocket Guide 
• Uranium Pocket Guide
• Reactors Pocket Guide  

WNA WORKING GROUP POSITION STATEMENTS

WNA Working Groups themselves have prepared the following papers to represent an industry perspective on certain key issues:

COOPERATION IN REACTOR DESIGN EVALUATION AND LICENSING WORKING GROUP

• Discussion Paper: Benefits Gained through International Harmonization of Nuclear Safety Standards for Reactor Designs
  

RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION WORKING GROUP

• NEW - WNA papers for the IRPA12 international conference: Radiological Protection of the Environment, including Non-Human Species - Views from the Global Nuclear Industry (pdf)
  
• NEW - WNA papers for the IRPA12 international conference: Towards Greater Harmonization of the System of Radiological Protection - Views from the Global Nuclear Industry (pdf)
  
• WNA-SENES Report - Overview of Representative Ecological Risk Assessments Conducted for Sites with Enhanced Radioactivity (November 2007) (pdf)
  
• WNA letter of 15 September 2006 to ICRP
  
• Related WNA letter of 20 July 2006 to ICRP and OECD/NEA
  
• WNA review comments on the ICRP draft report (March 2006) on the scope of RP regulations
  
• WNA Working Group Position Statement on Removal from Regulatory Control of Material Containing Radioactivity: Exemption and Clearance
  
• The Importance of Building and Enhancing Worldwide Industry Cooperation in the Areas of Radiological Protection, Waste Management and Decommissioning
  
• WNA Views on the ICRP Proposed Profound Changes to the Current RP System and on Continuing to Build an International Consensus towards an Improved Proposal
  
• The Evolving System of Radiological Protection: The Nuclear Industry Perspective
  
• The ICRP Proposed Maximum Public Dose Constraint of 0.3 mSv/year: A Major Issue for the Nuclear Industry
  
• Radiological Protection of the Environment / Non-Human Species: An Industry Perspective

WNA Submissions

• UK Energy Policy Review 2006 (pdf)
  
• UK Energy Policy Review 2003
  
• Fifth North Sea Conference, Bergen, Norway
  World Nuclear Association / World Nuclear Transport Institute Joint Statement
  20 March 2002