Slovak Nuclear Society

Slovak Nuclear Society (SNUS) has at present 29 collective members and over 500 individual members who can work in one, or more, of the following sections:

• Women in Nuclear

• Young generation

• Radiochemistry

• Radio-medicine

• Radio-environmentalists

Publication activity of SNUS consists of issuing of SNUS own Bulletin and carries out “enlightenment” campaign at high schools to explain to students the secrets and beauties of nuclear physics and nuclear technology. Recently SNUS issued book “Atoms in Slovakia” with first-hand records and memories of the first generation of nuclear pioneers in Slovakia who (amazing) 50 years ago laid the foundations of the nuclear power sector in Slovakia (English version of the book is in preparation and shall be issued later this year)

On the yearly basis SNUS co-organizes major (in our terms) conference on nuclear energy that this year will be titled Secure Energy Supply 2007 (SES 2007) and will be held on October 3 to 5 in Bratislava, Slovakia.

SNUS assessed its last-year work at its annual general assembly hold on April 26, 2007 in mountain recreational resort Casta-Papiernicka (see Figure 1) where distinguished members were awarded with diplomas and, of course, the book “Atoms in Slovakia”. At that occasion Mr. Jozef Valovic resigned from the post of SNUS secretary general due to his new duty and Mr. Juraj Klepac was elected as a new SNUS secretary general.

From the major activities for next months SNUS prepares a round table discussion with one of the Greenpeace founders Mr. Patrick Moore and representatives of pro- an anti-nuclear groups in Slovakia; above-mentioned conference SES 2007; conference of radiologists in beautiful town of Banska Stiavnica on October 3 to 5, 2007; together with Czech Nuclear Society conference “VVER experience and perspectives” that will be held on October 10 to 12 2007 in Prague and annual NUSIM conference held together with SNUS general assembly in April 2008.

More information on SNUS can be found at www.snus.sk

Figure 1 below: SNUS general assembly 2007 in Casta-Papiernicka