Nuclear organization
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Definition
Nuclear organization is An organization that requires nuclear knowledge in order to achieve its goals
Summary
Stakeholders as an institution, group or individual, with an interest in or a role to play in the societal decision making process, must be considered in any nuclear organization. Stakeholders may be statutory (basically required by law) or non-statutory, usually with a more social and/or business interest in the nuclear organization. Statutory stakeholders in particular are required to be involved in planning, development or operational activities. The impact of the project on each stakeholder will be key to understanding the knowledge contribution that each may make, as well as to what level a given stakeholder will utilize and integrate knowledge into their work or business process.
Description
"Owing to the differing views on who has a genuine interest in a particular nuclear related activity, no authoritative definition of stakeholder has yet been offered, and no definition is likely to be accepted by all parties. However, stakeholders have typically included the following: the regulated industry or professionals; scientific bodies; governmental agencies (local, regional and national) and education and training organizations, whose responsibilities arguably cover, or ‘overlap’ nuclear energy; the media; the public (individuals, community groups and interest groups); and other States (especially neighbouring States that have entered into agreements providing for an exchange of information concerning possible trans-boundary impacts, or States involved in the export or import of certain technologies or material)” [1].
Definitive list of stakeholders
- Academic organizations
- Civil society organizations
- Decommissioning organizations
- Educational organizations
- Financial institutions
- Geological repository organizations
- Government organizations
- Inter governmental organizations
- Licensees
- Media organizations
- Mining and processing of uranium or thorium organizations
- Non-governmental organizations
- Nuclear power plant owner/operator organizations
- Nuclear energy programme implementing organization
- Nuclear fuel manufacture organizations
- Nuclear power plant operating organizations
- Radioactive waste management organizations
- Regulatory bodies
- Research and development organizations
- Research reactor operating organizations
- Spent fuel reprocessing organizations
- Supplier organizations
- Technical support organizations
- Training organizations
- Universities
- Uranium enrichment organizations
- Utility organizations
- Vendor organizations
References
[1] INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, Handbook on Nuclear Law, IAEA, Vienna (2003)
