About SONE

Campaigning for Nuclear Energy since 1998

Supporters of Nuclear Energy (SONE)

is a group of individuals of many different disciplines, interests and backgrounds. We have one objective: To promote an informed debate about nuclear’s place in the global energy supply, and how it can help power the world’s economic development in a sustainable way.

SONE is entirely independent and is personally funded by its members.

As an independent body, our objective is to secure progress towards ensuring that the UK is firmly committed to having a programme of new nuclear power plants to deliver affordable, reliable and low-carbon electricity to homes and businesses. SONE members believe that:

  • Nuclear energy is a safe, reliable, economic and environmentally acceptable way of providing electricity.
  • Nuclear energy is, on present knowledge, essential to the world’s continued development if serious climatic changes are to be avoided.

These beliefs are underpinned by three convictions:

  • Nuclear energy must not only be safe, but also seen to be safe and permitted to manage its waste properly.
  • Nuclear energy must be able to compete on equal terms with other sources of energy while maintaining the highest levels of safety.
  • Nuclear energy must be subject of an open and honest dialogue with the public

History

SONE was formed in 1998 by Neville Chamberlain and Sir Bernard Ingham. It was incorporated as a Limited Company on 1 June 1998.

SONE’s first chairman was Sir Christopher Harding, but Sir William McAlpine succeeded him after Sir Christopher’s death in 1999, and continued until 2018. Neville Chamberlain was chairman from 2018 until 2025.

Committee

SONE is run by a committee elected at the Annual General Meeting. The current committee members, elected at the Annual General Meeting on 24 October 2025 and an Extraordinary General Meeting on 13 March 2026, are:

  • Virginia Crosbie, Chairperson
  • Mark Salisbury, Honorary Treasurer
  • Nic Conner, Honorary Secretary
  • John Assheton, Communications manager
  • Neville Chamberlain, SONE co-founder
  • Wade Allison
  • Paul Spare
  • Robin Smith
  • Havard Hughes
  • Olivia Bloomfield

Join SONE

We invite you to join us in promoting such a debate because the national interest requires a substantial nuclear contribution to an environmentally acceptable mix of energy supplies. Without secure energy supplies when they are needed, we cannot maintain our people in work, our prosperity or lifestyle or generate the resources needed to protect our environment.

If you would like to contact anyone in the committee, refer to our contact page.