New Global Partnership of Municipalities with Nuclear Facilities

Local communities want new nuclear development. Internationally, these communities know how to tout the abundant and reliable carbon-free energy source, including small modular reactors (SMRs) and microreactors, as a selling point to attract businesses and spur economic development. Similarly, leading businesses and the international governments are requiring their facilities to reduce their carbon output or become carbon free in the coming decades.

The Group of European Municipalities with Nuclear Facilities in Europe (GMF Europe), Energy Communities Alliance (ECA), and Canadian Association of Nuclear Host Communities (CANHC) have created the New Global Partnership of Municipalities with Nuclear Facilities to realize the untapped potential of working with similar municipal organizations across the globe.

As a coalition of international communities, we work to share information, educate each other, advocate for municipalities in nuclear, and collaborate to assist our communities and other communities hosting or interested in hosting nuclear facilities. Our goal is to provide municipalities around the globe with a voice and role in nuclear issues. 

GMF Europe, ECA, and CANHC will continue our individual and joint advocacy for support for local host communities among regulators, current and future nuclear industry, and other members of the nuclear supply chain.

We look forward to hosting our next in-person meeting as part of the ECA Nuclear Development Forum: Building Capacity and Opportunity on May 17, 2023 in Paducah, Kentucky.