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Nearly three-quarters of the world's production of uranium from mines is from Kazakhstan, Canada, Australia and Namibia. Another 11 countries contribute the rest.

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

The Czech Republic has six nuclear reactors generating about one-third of its electricity. Its first commercial nuclear power reactor began operating in 1985. Government commitment to the future of nuclear energy is strong.

An international task force is developing six nuclear reactor technologies for deployment between 2020 and 2030. Four are fast neutron reactors. All six systems represent advances in sustainability, economics, safety, reliability and proliferation-resistance.

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 low-cost provider of clean energy.

Statement on the need for a robust basis for changes to radiological protection recommendations.

About 30 countries are actively considering, planning or starting nuclear power programmes.

Asia is the main region in the world where electricity generating capacity and specifically nuclear power is growing significantly. The greatest growth in nuclear generation is expected in China.

There have been several proposal for regional and international repositories for disposal of high-level nuclear wastes and several projects are being investigated.

There have been several proposal for regional and international repositories for disposal of high-level nuclear wastes and several projects are being investigated.