Nuclear Power

Debunking a Lot of Hot Air

by Diane Farsetta — June 26, 2004 - 11:00pm

The International Atomic Energy Agency, which promotes nuclear power, concluded that "even under the most favourable circumstances," nuclear power wouldn't slow global warming.

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The Independent (UK), June 27, 2004

A Bright Future (Just Ignore the Waste)

by Diane Farsetta — June 12, 2004 - 11:00pm

"The once-moribund nuclear power business is undergoing a revival that is having a profound impact on academia and industry," reports the Chicago Tribune. Existing nuclear engineering programs are expanding, and new programs have been announced at three universities.

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Chicago Tribune, June 13, 2004

PR Meltdown

by Diane Farsetta — June 7, 2004 - 11:00pm

As part of its restructuring, the debt-laden nuclear power generator British Energy hired American Roy Anderson as its chief nuclear officer, created a new technical director position, and switched PR firms.

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Financial Times (UK), June 8, 2004

Chernobyl Political Fallout Continues

by Diane Farsetta — April 26, 2004 - 11:00pm

"People living in the affected villages are very distressed because the information they receive... is inconsistent," an International Atomic Energy Agency official said about the world's worst nuclear accident.

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Reuters, April 27, 2004

Will Shill for Nukes

by Sheldon Rampton — April 15, 2004 - 11:00pm

University of Texas professor Sheldon Landsberger has admitted that a pro-nuclear column he submitted under his own name to the Austin American-Statesman was actually written by the Potomac Communications Group, a Washington PR firm that works for the nuclear power industry. "For at least 25 years," reports William Adler, an employee of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee named Theodore M. Besmann (who moonlights for Potomac Communications) "has had published nuclear love songs in newspapers across the country, under his own or others' names."

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Austin Chronicle, April 16, 2004

Still Crazy After All These Years

by Diane Farsetta — March 31, 2004 - 12:00am

Seven nuclear power companies announced a joint effort to "apply for a license to build a new commercial power plant" -- the first in 30 years. The consortium will "test a simplified licensing system created by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission... to help the industry go from reactor order to electricity production in 5 years, as opposed to the 10 or 12 years" it used to take.

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The New York Times, March 31, 2004

Glowing Reviews for Nuclear Power

by Diane Farsetta — March 29, 2004 - 12:00am

"A quarter century ago this week, a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island [in Pennsylvania] underwent a partial meltdown... Since that time, no American utility has dared to build a brand new nuclear power plant... [But] power blackouts, rising natural-gas prices, and concerns about greenhouse gases have changed public attitudes," writes David Francis.

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The Christian Science Monitor, March 29, 2004

Radioactive Waste Is Good For You

by Sheldon Rampton — September 12, 2003 - 11:00pm

Michels Warren, a PR firm in Adelaide, Australia, is collecting up to $107,000 from the Federal Government to sell the merits of a planned radioactive waste dump in South Australia.

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Adelaide Advertiser, September 13, 2003

NY Nuke Plant Hires Giuliani

by Laura Miller — May 12, 2003 - 11:00pm

Fearing the Indian Point nuclear plant is an appealing target for terrorists, neighbors, activists and local officials are demanding that parent company Entergy shut down the facility, which is located 35 miles upstream from New York City. The New Orleans-based energy company, which owns nine other nuclear power plants, hired former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's PR firm to help out with security and crisis management issues. O'Dwyer's PR Daily reports that Entergy enlisted Giuliani Partners for its "real-world public safety experience" earned following the Sept.

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily, May 13, 2003
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