Voices of Nuclear

Created early 2018, VOICES OF NUCLEAR is a non-governmental civil society association, independent of any economic, institutional, trade union or political ties. Its objective is to represent citizens: · wishing to benefit from the contribution of nuclear power as a central element in the fight against climate change and the preservation of the environment, · willing to restore the facts about this scientific and industrial sector, · highlighting the contribution of the nuclear industry to the human and environmental challenges facing our societies, both individually and collectively, · recognizing the defining contribution of nuclear energy to a low carbon energy transition. Who are we? Volunteering citizens, lucky enough to be familiar with nuclear. We are then able to rationalize and provide a different perspective to the numerous information – or misinformation – more widely and readily available to the public. We don’t ask that special considerations be given to the nuclear industry, but we do ask that it is not used to serve political purposes, or be the easy victim of numerous fake news. What is our point of view? The one of citizens promoting the recognition of nuclear energy electricity production in the frame of the energy transition in public debate as much as in public policy. What is the goal of our actions? We contribute to share the recommendations coming from recognized scientific organizations and promote their translation into public policies. We particularly share the analysis from the IPCC: a significant development of nuclear energy is necessary to tackle climate change, recognizing the main hurdle to do so is its social acceptability. What do we want? For the energy transition to be a success: an increased access for all to a clean, available and affordable electricity. It will mean to restore a balanced debate on the use of nuclear energy, to give back to the people the necessary information to recover their free will on the subject.