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In 2012 the World Nuclear Association released a video where radiation experts from UNSCEAR, ICRP and the Chernobyl Tissue Bank discuss the effects of radiation from a nuclear accident.

Nuclear energy is a clean, sustainable energy source. It is essential for meeting the UN's sustainable development goals (SDGs).

The achievement of harmonization of nuclear safety standards could facilitate the emergence of a global market that offers a choice of a small number of reactor types that are recognized by regulators as safe and technologically mature.

Ukraine's nuclear regulatory authority has warned that the annual "fire season" at Chernobyl is approaching and the usual firefighting capacity is not available

Used nuclear fuel has long been reprocessed to extract fissile materials for recycling and to reduce the volume of high-level wastes. New reprocessing technologies are being developed to be deployed in conjunction with fast neutron reactors which will burn all long-lived acti...

The function of many common consumer products is dependent on the use of small amounts of radioactive material.

A major increase in uranium mine production is planned. There is increasing international involvement in parts of Russia's fuel cycle. Exports are a major Russian policy and economic objective.  

IAEA says that reported power loss at Chernobyl violates one of its seven key 'safety pillars' but "in this case sees no critical impact on safety"

Other organizations include national and regional nuclear associations representing the industry around the world, and international organizations dealing with energy issues.

Many of the world's nuclear reactors are used for research and training, materials testing, or the production of radioisotopes for medicine and industry. There are about 220 such reactors operating, in 53 countries.