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Desperate for public support, UK govt plans to make nuclear reactors look pretty!

flag-UK‘Beautiful’ nuclear power stations can win over sceptics, says Energy Secretary Amber Rudd  The Independent 7 June 15 Britain’s new nuclear power stations and other energy infrastructure projects must be designed to look beautiful to garner essential public support, the Energy Secretary, Amber Rudd, has said…..flood defences will need to be built to protect buildings, along with  weather-resistant transport, waste and water services, as climate change makes weather conditions increasingly extreme.

With so much costly construction planned it is crucial to make sure the public is on side – by making the projects visually inspiring, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary told The Independent……..
I think it is a reasonable ambition to make sure that these big projects have aesthetic appeal as well to help win the public over,” added Ms Rudd, in an interview at the Thames Barrier………
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Ann Robinson, of the uSwitch price comparison website, welcomed Ms Rudd’s call to visual arms. “I think she’s absolutely right. We’re a small island and it’s important to do things in a sensitive way. Public acceptability is important and the key to that is making the infrastructure as attractive as possible.”

Ms Robinson added: “A lot of these projects can be controversial and Amber Rudd is proposing to give people more say in local developments. Against this backdrop, it’s increasingly important that projects fit in with their surroundings.”……..http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/beautiful-nuclear-power-stations-can-win-over-sceptics-says-energy-secretary-amber-rudd-10301365.html

June 8, 2015 - Posted by | marketing of nuclear, politics, spinbuster, UK

2 Comments »

  1. Pretty uranium mines? Pretty Nuclear Ships and Trains? Pretty Uranium Hexaflouride Transports? Pretty Fuel Manufacture? Pretty nuclear waste? Pretty cancers? Pretty radiation linked disease? Pretty radionuclides washed up on Beaches and in the Air? Pretty Nasty!

    mariannewildart's avatar Comment by mariannewildart | June 14, 2015 | Reply

    • Indeed
      But here in Australia, our beloved Prime Minister is out to stop wind turbines. He thinks that they are ugly. He would rather have pretty nuclear and coal plants. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder – especially when beholden to funding from fossil fuel and nuclear industries

      Christina Macpherson's avatar Comment by Christina MacPherson | June 15, 2015 | Reply


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