NUKlear21

Formerly the National Campaign for the Nuclear Industry (NCNI) which was formed in 1986. It is the Nuclear Workers Campaign that consists of the following unions:

• Amicus

• GMB

• Prospect

• UCATT

• TGWU

nUKlear21 "believes nuclear power is an energy source for the 21st century and we have embodied that in our name" and campaigns on behalf of all nuclear workers and communities throughout the UK. Its website is at [[1]]

Main Personnel

• Howard Rooms - the National Secretary - Rooms is a shop steward at Sellafield

Lobbying Activity

In November 2004, nUKclear21 and the colliery deputies' union, NACODS "agreed to forge a joint coal and nuclear workers campaign for a 'Secure Energy - Made in Britain' energy policy."

The two sides had first met at the TUC Conference in September 2003, but formalised the agreement in November 2004. "What has chanved since September 2003 is that two groups of energy workers - from two industries that have never been allies - have joined forces to help each other and help the country develop a coherent, secure and blanaced energy policy." [2]

In January 2005, Howard Rooms and Peter Kane from the GMB lobbied the recently formed European Pariliament Forum for the Future of Nuclear Energy. According to Rooms "We first came to the European Parliament some 10 years ago. Once of the most important things we have noticed in that time is that more and more the tide of opinion, scientific, environmental and public is shifting towards favouring the construction of new nuclear power stations ... we are now campaigning to encourage the government to create the conditions, as the White Paper has done for renewables, that will make the replacement of the UK's ageing nuclear stations a commercially viable proposition." [3]

In April 2005, nUKlear21 launched its new website [4]]. An email sent by Howard Rooms to colleagues at BNFL said: "Our website is n ow up and runnig ... The link has already been sent to our friends in both Westminster and Holyrood along with Ministers, policy group. Any 'other' key players you can think of would be welcome." [H. Rooms (2005) Email to J. Tear, Sellafield, 7 April]