Environmentalists for Nuclear

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Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy (EFN) — in French: "Association des Écologistes Pour le Nucléaire – AEPN, founded in 1996" — is a pro-nuclear power non-profit organization that aims to provide information to the public on energy and the environment. It also promotes the benefits of nuclear energy for a cleaner world, and aims at uniting people in favor of clean nuclear energy. EFN is funded by the memberships and donations of its members.

The website of the organization[1] states that environmental opposition to nuclear energy is the "greatest misunderstanding and mistake of the century".

History[]

EFN was started by [2] in 1996 after the publication of his book Environmentalists For Nuclear Energy.[3][4]

EFN had over 10,000 members and supporters in 2013, with local correspondents[5] and a network of affiliated organizations and in more than 60 countries, to inform the public on energy and the environment.

Patrick Albert Moore and James Lovelock are supporters of the group.[6][7]

The annual assembly of EFN is held at its headquarters in Houilles, a suburb of Paris, France.[8]

The headquarters are in a positive energy ecohouse, powered with solar energy (thermal and PV), wind energy, geothermal air-conditioning, a high efficiency heat pump, double-flux ventilation, and just a small amount of low-carbon-emitting French nuclear energy. Conceptually designed by members of the organization, this house has an almost-nil carbon-footprint (500 times less than a standard gas-heated construction of the same size).[9]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Environmentalists For Nuclear ™ - International home page (EFN)". Archived from the original on 1998-12-02.
  2. ^ "Institut Bruno Comby".
  3. ^ "Bruno Comby's books in English".
  4. ^ [1] Archived September 26, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Number of members and supporters of EFN". EFN. Archived from the original on 28 January 2001. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  6. ^ Moore, Patrick. Preface to Environmentalists For Nuclear Energy.
  7. ^ "James LOVELOCK's web site - the international homepage". Archived from the original on 2001-07-29.
  8. ^ "Program of activities of EFN". EFN. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Ecological dream house". EFN. Archived from the original on 8 December 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

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