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Technical Positions
Key industry issues.
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Managing Low Dose Radiation Exposure
The area of low dose radiation covers all public planned exposure as well as the overwhelming majority of occupational exposure.
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The Need for a Robust Basis for Changes to Radiological Protection Recommendations
Statement on the need for a robust basis for changes to radiological protection recommendations.
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Employment in the Nuclear and Wind Electricity Generating Sectors
This World Nuclear Association technical position paper focuses on the job opportunities created by nuclear power plants. A comparison with another major source of low-carbon electricity – wind ...
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The Enduring Value of Nuclear Energy Assets
This technical position describes the benefits of long-term operation (LTO) of nuclear power plants, and the main considerations that need to be taken into account to ensure the longevity of nuclear o...
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Cooling of Power Plants
While cooling is clearly an essential factor in the siting of individual nuclear plants, this is readily manageable and constitutes no constraint on the future growth of nuclear power as a large-scale...
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Best Practice in Uranium Mining
This document sets out principles for the management of radiation, health and safety, waste and the environment applicable to sites throughout the world.
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How is used nuclear fuel managed?
Used nuclear fuel is responsibly managed to protect people and the environment, using well-established and proven industrial methods and technologies.
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CORDEL View of the Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP)
The World Nuclear Association’s (WNA) Cooperation and Development of Reactor Design, Evaluation and Licensing (CORDEL) Working Group recognises that the Multinational Design Evaluation Programme...
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Uranium: sustaining the Global Nuclear Renaissance
There is every reason to expect that the world supply of uranium, as of other metals, is sustainable, with adequate known resources being continuously replenished at least as fast as they are being us...
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Safe Decommissioning of Civil Nuclear Industry Sites
This Position Statement presents the nuclear industry's perspective and policy on the important subject of decommissioning of civil nuclear industry sites.
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