Canadian Nuclear Association
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The Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) is a non-profit organization established in 1960 to represent the nuclear industry in Canada and promote the development and growth of nuclear technologies for peaceful purposes.
The CNA was established to:
• create and foster a political environment and reasonable regulatory framework for advancing the nuclear industry in Canada
• encourage co-operation between various industries utilities, educational institutions, government departments and agencies, and other authoritative bodies which have a common interest in the development of economic uses for nuclear power and radioisotopes;
• provide a forum for the discussion and resolution of problems of concern to members, to industry, or to the Canadian public; and
• encourage co-operation with other associations with similar objectives and purposes.
The MISSION of the Canadian Nuclear Association is to demonstrate Canada's nuclear expertise, to promote domestic and international acceptance of Canadian nuclear technologies and to create a positive public, political and regulatory environment for advancing the nuclear industry in Canada and in global markets.
After the 2003 election of the Dalton McGuinty's Liberal government in Ontario, the Canadian Nuclear Association hired Murray Elston, a supporter of McGuinty's leadership bid for the Liberal party, as its president. On June 13, 2006 McGuinty's Energy Minister Dwight Duncan announced a long-term electricity plan for the promise that will $46 billion spent on rebuilding all of the province's ageing Candu reactors and building new reactors for the first time since the 1970s.
[edit] Governance
The CNA is governed by a board of directors currently consisting of: Ross Bennet, George Bereznal, Pierre Charlebois, Donald Ching, Katherine Cole, Mario Désilets, Murray Elston, Gerald Grandey, Jim Hankinson, Duncan Hawthorne, Lloyd Jones, Allan Kupcis, Patrick Lamarre, John Luxat, Don MacKinnon, Grant Malkoske, Peter Mason, Hany Michael, Andy Muller, Alan O'Brien, Rich Reimels, Kevin Routledge, John Runnalls, Bruce Mullock, Gaëtan Thomas, Robert Van Adel, and Bernhard Weiss.
