High Scientific Council

Charter of ENS High Scientific Council (HSC)

1. A High Scientific Council (HSC) advises the European Nuclear Society.

2. The HSC Members are 8 to 15 Scientists of high repute, coming from at least 5 European countries, selected by the President (see below) and nominated by the ENS Board.

3. HSC has a president, who is elected by the Members and confirmed by the ENS Board.

4. Members and the President are nominated for a 3 year period, renewable indefinitely.

5. The disciplines represented in the HSC will include different science fields, related to the use of nuclear technologies, among them Physics, Biology, Medicine, Engineering and Social Sciences.

6. It is desirable to have at least one member representing each discipline in the HSC.

7. If needs arise members of HSC will create ENS Scientific Subcommittees, responsible for work on particular issues. Each subcommittee would have a president, who might be, but is not necessarily, a member of HSC.

8. The work in HSC and subcommittees is voluntary.

9. The main tasks of HSC are:

   9.1.	To critically review the current situation of the science and technology in the fields of interest for ENS.
   9.2.	To initiate discussion on certain issues and create Subcommittees.
   9.3.	To approve position statements on relevant issues.
   9.4.	To advise the ENS Programme Committee on ENS-sponsored Conferences
   9.5.	To award the Prize of the Year to the best European Scientific Achievement in disciplines of interest to ENS.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

10. The Secretariat of ENS will provide administrative support to the work of the HSC and Subcommittees.

11. The President of HSC is responsible for co-ordination of activities Subcommittees. Contacts should be made primarily by electronic means.

12. HSC should meet at least once per year, preferably during one of the major ENS conferences. The meetings of subcommittees should be organised in a similar way.

13. Any member of the HSC would, ex officio, be offered editorial space in ENS publications.

14. Members of the HSC may be solicited to take part ex officio in media events as required. In case of "national" events, foreign HSC members would be especially welcomed.