EFN is determined to use all legal methods including legal actions to achieve its aim of better informing the public. It undertakes legal and juridical action, either offensive or defensive, whenever necessary, in coordination between the association's board and the juridical action group of the association.

EFN's in-laws have been especially adapted in december 1999 in order to facilitate juridical actions in national, european, american or international juridictions.

Some examples of EFN's legal actions :

• Legal action of EFN against anti-nuclear activists : in June 1999, EFN's booth was violently assaulted in the city of Tours in an environmental expo, in central France. A group of about 50 hostile and violent anti-nuclear activists attacked the booth presenting EFN and the Bruno Comby Institute, and publicly insulted, threatened and violently attacked the 3 volunteers of EFN who were calmly informing the public about the benefits of clean nuclear energy in this expo, and presenting Bruno Comby's books in favor of a more natural lifestyle. The opponents of EFN were found guilty in this affair, and they were sentenced to pay financial compensation to the President of EFN and to the Bruno Comby institute. This legal victory against the anti-nuclear activists, puts in light the violent methods used by some anti-nuclear organizations who pretend to be pacifists. Read all the details concerning this affair.

• Legal action in the French Supreme Court to halt the political decision to stop the operation of Superphenix (fast neutron 1450 MW reactor) by the newly elected green-socialist coalition in May 1997. The decision of stopping this modern and environmentally friendly reactor was taken by a newly elected green-socialist coalition without taking in consideration the scientific and economical facts, the important contribution of Superphenix to the protection of the environment, and the need to develop this type of reactor for sustainable energy development in the future. The way this decision was taken and applied, in addition, in violation of the fundamental law of December 11th, 1963 applicable to all nuclear installations on the french territory.

   

• several other legal actions are under way and in preparation.