Nuclear Information Service

Who we are

NIS is a non-profit, independent information service, We promote public awareness and generate debate on nuclear disarmament and related safety and environmental issues through research, investigation and publishing news and reports. We also assist nuclear disarmament campaigning organisations by providing reports and current information.

Small staff team with an office in the Reading International Solidarity Centre in London Street.  We have an active and supportive Board as well as volunteers, Much of our funding is from charitable trusts.

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About Nuclear Information Service

Nuclear Information Service (NIS) is an independent, not-for-profit research organisation. We investigate the UK nuclear weapons programme and publish accurate and reliable information to stimulate informed debate on disarmament and related issues.

NIS was founded in 2000 as a distribution point for information collected by grass-roots groups about activity in the UK nuclear weapons programme. Our work is dedicated to uncovering the secrecy and challenging the myths about the UK’s nuclear weapons, particularly the warhead development programme at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE). Our local presence based close to AWE uniquely places us to undertake such work, and to press the Establishment to increase its accountability to neighbouring communities and the wider public.

Our vision: a peaceful and just world where nations do not feel the need to rely on nuclear weapons for their security.

Our mission: NIS seeks to inform, influence and encourage moves which lead speedily towards the verifiable disarmament of British nuclear weapons.

Our aims:

• To provide critical, fact-based information about the utility, costs and risks of the UK’s nuclear weapons programme and the benefits of nuclear disarmament.
• To stimulate informed public debate concerning the UK’s nuclear weapons programme and nuclear disarmament, especially amongst decision-makers and other influential actors.
• To promote openness, transparency, and accountability as far as is possible within the UK’s nuclear weapons programme.

Funders

NIs has received grant funding from:

• Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
• Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust
• Polden Puckham Charitable Trust
• Andrew Wainwright Reform Trust
• Greenpeace Environmental Trust
• Marmot Trust
• Martin Ryle Trust
• Musicians for Peace
• HT and LB Cadbury Charitable Trust
• Scottish CND
• Lansbury House Trust

We also rely on the generosity of individual donors to carry out our work. You can donate to NIS here.

Organisational values

Our organisational values are:

• Showing professionalism, accountability, and transparency in our work.
• Treating people fairly and with dignity.
• Championing equality and diversity.
• Acknowledging the climate emergency
• Reducing or eliminating our use of non-renewable resources wherever possible
• Aiming to end all fossil fuel use in our activities
• Responding to the views and needs of our stakeholders by working to ensure stakeholders can rely on our findings, understand the sources of our data, trust us to be unbiased in our analysis, and be able to query and discuss our findings with us.
• Reporting to our funders in a timely manner, and making the very best use of their donation, for the purpose intended.

We endeavour to adhere to these values in all of our activities.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

• Showing professionalism, accountability, and transparency in our work.
• Treating people fairly and with dignity.
• Championing equality and diversity.
• Acknowledging the climate emergency
• Reducing or eliminating our use of non-renewable resources wherever possible
• Aiming to end all fossil fuel use in our activities
• Responding to the views and needs of our stakeholders by working to ensure stakeholders can rely on our findings, understand the sources of our data, trust us to be unbiased in our analysis, and be able to query and discuss our findings with us.
• Reporting to our funders in a timely manner, and making the very best use of their donation, for the purpose intended.

We endeavour to adhere to these values in all of our activities.

NIS was founded in 2000 as a distribution point for information collected by grass-roots groups about activity in the UK nuclear weapons programme. Our work is dedicated to uncovering the secrecy and challenging the myths about the UK’s nuclear weapons, particularly the warhead development programme at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE). Our local presence based close to AWE uniquely places us to undertake such work, and to press the Establishment to increase its accountability to neighbouring communities and the wider public.

Our vision: a peaceful and just world where nations do not feel the need to rely on nuclear weapons for their security.

Our mission: NIS seeks to inform, influence and encourage moves which lead speedily towards the verifiable disarmament of British nuclear weapons.

Our aims:

• To provide critical, fact-based information about the utility, costs and risks of the UK’s nuclear weapons programme and the benefits of nuclear disarmament.
• To stimulate informed public debate concerning the UK’s nuclear weapons programme and nuclear disarmament, especially amongst decision-makers and other influential actors.
• To promote openness, transparency, and accountability as far as is possible within the UK’s nuclear weapons programme.