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Antinuclear Working Group
Demonstration at the EBRD office in Budapest
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FOUNDING DOCUMENT



Founding Members: Energy Club Environmental Association, E-mission Environmental and Nature Protection Association


The Anti-Nuclear Working Group opposes the use of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons of any kind for the following reasons:

the dangers (or risks) associated with the use of nuclear technologies;

the unresolved problem of nuclear waste;

the known and unknown effects of the ionizing radiation on health and the environment;

the danger of the nuclear proliferation all over the world;

the eastward expansion of the western nuclear lobby.


The goals of the Anti-Nuclear Working Group are:

the gradual phase out of existing nuclear power plants;

to stop the construction of new nuclear facilities;

to enforce safe disposal of existing nuclear waste in the counties that produced it;

to raise public awarness on the above issues;

to stop the ongoing nuclear armament and enforce disarmament;

to promote the use of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency;

a nuclear free Hungary.


Activities and ways of implemention of the Anti-Nuclear Working Group:

to organise non-violent actions and demonstrations;

to organise meetings, seminars, trainings, and camps;

to disseminate publications and newsletters;

to inform the media on the above issues;

to recruit members (legal and natural entities);

to demonstrate the potential of renewable energy and energy efficiency;

to keep contacts with local, national and international organisations;

to encourage further involvement of local, national and international organisations;

to lobby decision makers.


Membership: Any legal or natural person who agrees with the aims, objectives, and means mentioned above and who signs the membership application form, regardless of their nationality, can become a member of the Anti Nuclear Working Group. Members can become volunteers but it is not an obligation of membership.


Secretariat: The Anti Nuclear Working Group is not a registered legal entity. The Energy Club Environmental Association is currently acting as the secretariat.