Author: Young Ho CHAE

Global Award

The International Nuclear Societies Council created the GLOBAL AWARD in the desire to promote recognition of noteworthy innovative efforts in the interests of safe and economically responsible peaceful application of nuclear technology.

The INSC GLOBAL AWARD is to honor an individual or program group whose international professional efforts in developing nuclear technology utilization in a sustainable manner for the welfare of society in accordance with the principles of the INSC Global Creed.

Year	Recipients
1998	Hans Blix, Sweden
2000	L. Manning Muntzing, USA
2002	Takashi Mukaibo, Japan
2004	Wang Naiyan, China
2006	Jorge Spitalnik, Brazil
2008	Bertrand Barré, France
2010	Stanley R. Hatcher, Canada
2012	Chang Kun Lee, Republic of Korea
2014	Richard S. Denning, USA
2016	Dame Sue Ion, United Kingdom
2018	Juan Eibenschutz, Mexico
2020	Shunsuke Kondo, Japan
2022	William Donald Magwood IV
2023	Sama Bilbao y León

Bylaws, Rules, Global Creed & Past Public Statements

Post author By Young Ho CHAE
Post date April 26, 2022
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Annex I and Annex II contain the INSC Bylaws and Rules that are currently in force. Annex III is a Guideline approved by the Council.

Annex IV contains the Global Creed approved by INSC for adoption by Member Societies. The list of Member Societies having adopted it is included in the Annex.

Annex V and Annex VI show statements made public by the Council on matters regarding Nuclear Energy Role in 21st Century Development and Illegal Trade of Fissile Materials.

The Council accepted the Declaration on Nuclear Energy and Sustainable Development shown in Annex VII.

In connection with the 50th Anniversary of the A-bomb and the NPT Extension Conference, the Council made a statement expressing INSC hope for nuclear energy to be utilized exclusively for peaceful uses. The statement refers to the INSC Global Creed prescribing the promotion of peaceful uses of nuclear energy (Annex VIII).

Representative Identification

Representatives Identification

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Post date April 26, 2022
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Color of Pins	Bearer
Red	Former Chairman
Gold	Chairman
Silver	1st and 2nd Vice-Chairman
Blue	Secretary/Treasurer
Copper	Representative of Member Society
White	Responsible for the Secretariat

INSC Officers

INSC has four officers: Chairman, 1st Vice-Chairman, 2nd Vice-Chairman and Secretary/Treasurer. In addition, to give the necessary material support to the organization, the Chairman appoints an assistant from his Society to perform his secretarial activities.
The officers are elected by majority vote of the members of the Council. The term of office is two years, starting on January 1st of the year following the election.

The following tables list the INSC officers since its creation:

Post	1991 – 1992	1993 – 1994	1995 – 1996
Chairman	Jean van Dievoet (ENS)	L.Manning Muntzing (ANS)	Mishima Yoshitsugu (AESJ)
1st Vice-Chairman	L.Manning Muntzing (ANS)	Mishima Yoshitsugu (AESJ)	Manuel Acero (ENS)
2nd Vice-Chairman	*	Manuel Acero (ENS)	Robert Long (ANS)
Secretary/treasurer	Jorge Spitalnik (LAS)	Jorge Spitalnik (LAS)	Jorge Spitalnik (LAS)
Chairman’s secretariat	Peter Feuz (ENS)	James Toscas (ANS)	Endo Yuzo (AESJ)

Post	1997 – 1998	1999 – 2000	2001 – 2002
Chairman	Manuel Acero (ENS)	Gail de Planque (ANS)	Chang Kun Lee (KNS)
1st Vice-Chairman	Gail de Planque (ANS) **	Chang Kun Lee (KNS)	Jorge Spitalnik (LAS)
2nd Vice-Chairman	Chang Kun Lee (KNS)	Jorge Spitalnik (LAS)	Agneta Rising (ENS)
Secretary/treasurer	Jorge Spitalnik (LAS)	Konrad Hädener (ENS)	Andy Kadak (ANS)
Chairman’s secretariat	Montserrat Casero (ENS)	Mike Diekman (ANS)	B-K Kim (KNS) ***

Post	2003 – 2004	2005 – 2006	2007 – 2008
Chairman	Jorge Spitalnik (LAS)	Bertrand Barre (ENS)	Andy Kadak (ANS)
1st Vice-Chairman	Bertrand Barre (ENS)	Andy Kadak (ANS)	Gustavo Alonso (SNM)
2nd Vice-Chairman	Andy Kadak (ANS)	Shunsuke Kondo (AESJ)	Shunsuke Kondo (AESJ)
Secretary/treasurer	Shunsuke Kondo (AESJ)	Jose L. Delgado (SNM) *****	Frank Deconinck (ENS)
Chairman’s secretariat	Satomi Nishimura (AESJ)	Satomi Nishimura (AESJ) ****	Mike Diekman (ANS)

Post	2009 – 2010	2011 – 2012	2013 – 2014
Chairman	Gustavo Alonso (SNM)	Bernard Jolly (ENS)	Hisashi Ninokata (AESJ)
1st Vice-Chairman	Bernard Jolly (ENS)	Hisashi Ninokata (AESJ)	William Burchill (ANS)
2nd Vice-Chairman	Shunsuke Kondo (AESJ)	William Burchill (ANS)	Jaime Pahissa-Campa (LAS)
Secretary/treasurer	William Burchill (ANS)	Jaime Pahissa-Campa (LAS)	Jean-Pol Poncelet (ENS)
Chairman’s secretariat	Mike Diekman (ANS)	Mike Diekman (ANS)	Konatsu Orihara (AESJ)

Post	2015 – 2016	2017 – 2018	2019 – 2020
Chairman	William Burchill (ANS)	Jaime Pahissa-Campa (LAS-ANS)	Fernando Naredo (ENS)
1st Vice-Chairman	Jaime Pahissa-Campa (LAS)	Fernando Naredo (ENS)	Poong Hyun Seong (KNS)
2nd Vice-Chairman	to be determined (ENS)	Poong Hyun Seong (KNS)	Peter Ozemoyah (CNS)
Secretary/treasurer	Kune Y. Suh (KNS)	Peter Ozemoyah (CNS)	Orpet Peixoto (LAS-ANS)
Chairman’s secretariat

Post	2021	2022*	2023
Chairman	Poong Hyun Seong (KNS)	Poong Hyun Seong (KNS)	Peter Ozemoyah (CNS)
1st Vice-Chairman	Peter Ozemoyah (CNS)	Peter Ozemoyah (CNS)	Orpet Peixoto (LAS-ANS)
2nd Vice-Chairman	Orpet Peixoto (LAS-ANS)	Orpet Peixoto (LAS-ANS)	Marc Deffrennes (ENS)
Secretary	Marc Deffrennes (ENS)	Marc Deffrennes (ENS)	Khadija Bendam (WIN Global)
Treasurer	Marc Deffrennes (ENS)	Martina Etzmuss (WIN-Global) 1 Jan. – 22 July, 2022 Eileen Langegger (WIN-Global) 23 July – 31 Dec., 2022	Eileen Langegger (WIN – Global)
Immediate Past Chair	Fernando Naredo (ENS)	Fernando Naredo (ENS)	Poong Hyun Seong (KNS)
Chairman’s secretariat	Jeong Ik Lee (KNS)	Jeong Ik Lee (KNS)

*From January 1, 2022, Officers are Chair, 1st Vice-Chair, 2nd Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and Immediate Past Chair serving each position for one year.

Post	2024
Chairmen	Orpet Peixoto (LAS-ANS)
1st Vice Chairmen	Marc Deffrennes (ENS)
2nd Vice Chairmen	Khadija Bendam (WIN Global)
Secretary	Tsai-Yueh Luo (NEST)
Treasurer	Eileen Langegger (WIN-Global)
Immediate Past Chair	Peter Ozemoyah
Chairman’s secretariat

*The 2nd Vice-Chairman post was established in 1993
**[1997] Robert Long (ANS)
***[2002] John K. Chung (KNS)
****[2006] Mike Diekman (ANS)
*****[2006] Gustavo Alonso(SNM)

INSC Organization

Nuclear Societies members of the International Nuclear Societies Council (INSC) have been grouped in five geographical regions: Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, North America and At-Large (representing the other regions of the world).

Each region has six seats in the Council, where national and regional Nuclear Societies, or Federations of Nuclear Societies, are represented. Within a region, the number of seats has been allocated by agreement among the Member Societies of the region.

As of 31st May 1996, the membership of the Council is as follows:

Region	Member Society	Number of Seats
Asia Pacific	Atomic Energy Society of Japan	2
	Australian Nuclear Association	1
	Korean Nuclear Society	1
	Nuclear Energy Society, Taipei	1
	Chinese Nuclear Society	1*
Europe	European Nuclear Society	6
Latin America	America Latin American Section of ANS	3
	Argentinian Association of Nuclear Technology	1
	Brazilian Association of Nuclear Energy	1
	Mexican Nuclear Society	1
North America	American Nuclear Society	4
	Canadian Nuclear Society	2
At-Large	Israel Nuclear Society	1
	Pakistan Nuclear Society	1
	Indian Nuclear Society	1
	Egyptian Society of Nuclear Science and Applications	1
	Nuclear Society of Thailand	1
	Women in Nuclear-Global**	1
	T O T A L	30

*Chinese Nuclear Society is a chartered member of INSC but as of April 2022 has not signed the Charter yet

**From 2020 Women in Nuclear-Global became a member of INSC

INSC Objectives

To be a global forum for Nuclear Societies to discuss and establish common aims and goals.
To act as a global Non Governmental Organization in nuclear matters of international nature.
To represent the views and positions of professionals and workers in the nuclear field through their Nuclear Societies.
To value the work and achievements of the nuclear community of the world based on ethical principles adopted by the Nuclear Societies.
To increase the operational efficiency of Nuclear Societies by establishing means for cooperation and complementation in the execution of their programs.

Member Societies

INSC was founded on 11th November 1990 by the Ineternational Nuclear Societies Group (INSG), an international group of Nuclear Societies. Current INSC Member Societies are:

American Nuclear Society (ANS)
Asociacion Argentina de Tecnologia Nuclear (AATN)
Associação Brasileira de Energia Nuclear (ABEN)
Atomic Energy Society of Japan (AESJ)
Australian Nuclear Association (ANA)
Canadian Nuclear Society (CNS)
Egyptian Society of Nuclear Science and Applications (ESNSA)
European Nuclear Society (ENS)
- Austrian Nuclear Society
- Belgian Nuclear Society
- Bulgarian Nuclear Society
- Croatian Nuclear Society
- Czech Nuclear Society
- Finnish Nuclear Society
- French Nuclear Energy Society
- German Nuclear Society
- Hungarian Nuclear Society
- Israel Nuclear Society
- Italian Nuclear Association
- Lithuanian Nuclear Energy Association
- Netherlands Nuclear Society
- The Nuclear Institute
- Nuclear Society of Russia
- Nuclear Society of Serbia
- Nuclear Society of Slovenia
- Polish Nuclear Society
- Romanian Nuclear Energy Association
- Slovak Nuclear Society
- Spanish Nuclear Society
- Swedish Nuclear Society
- Swiss Nuclear Society
Indian Nuclear Society (InNS)
Israel Nuclear Society (IsNS)
Korean Nuclear Society (KNS)
Latin American Section (LAS)
Nuclear Energy Society Taipei (NEST)
Pakistan Nuclear Society (PNS)
Sociedad Nuclear Mexicana (SNM)
Nuclear Society of Thailand (NST)
Women in Nuclear-Global (WiN-Global)