Get ready for a 2021 barrage of pro nuclear spin, from a desperate industry
”Utilities Middle East” and Russia’s Rosatom held a webinar extolling the “benefits” of nuclear power. The panellists went on at length 
on how nuclear power is “clean” ”safe” ”economic” – and of course the ”waste problem is solved”, and nuclear is the ”cure for climate change.”
At the end of this hymn of praise, however, there’s a cautionary note.
There’s a question mark over “public acceptance”which means that it is “make or break” time for the industry’s future.
Clearly the world, especially “developing countries”, is in for a barrage of glossy, expensively produced, pro nuclear spin.
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The barrier to nuclear is perception, says panel, World Nuclear News, 31 December 2020 ” the benefits of nuclear power are clearer than ever, but the industry still has some way to go in addressing perceptions of its alleged drawbacks with cost, safety and radioactive waste. This was the overriding message of the three panellists in a webinar held last week by Utilities Middle East in partnership with Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom. …….
Public acceptance
Alexander Voronkov, regional vice-president and director of Rosatom’s Middle East and North Africa divisionsaid public acceptance of nuclear energy is vital to the successful implementation of any nuclear power plant project. “It’s make or break. That’s why it’s important to put in place an effective communication programme at the very early stage of an NPP project with the public and the other key stakeholders, to address their concerns. We have learned that if you work with the public constantly and comprehensively it is possible to reach a high level of public acceptance of nuclear power.” In Russia as a whole, that level is as high as 75%, he said………… A low level of public acceptance of nuclear power is usually due to a lack of knowledge, he said, so it is important to create diversified communication programmes to explain, in simple terms, what nuclear energy is and its benefits. “We have developed different tools in line with international best practice, with the Press and NGOs, through the establishment of nuclear energy information centres near construction sites,” he said…… the climate emergency and the post-COVID recovery are spurring policymakers and the financial community, Sama Bilbao y León, director general of World Nuclear Association. said, to increasingly recognise the role that nuclear power can play at a global level. |
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https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20201229/p2a/00m/0na/032000c
December 30, 2020 (Mainichi Japan)
Tsuboi released comments expressing his joy after he
learned that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear
Weapons would enter in force.
“I am filled with excitement, thinking, ‘At long last.
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earnest desire for nuclear weapons to be banned
and eliminated,” he said. At the same time, he
noted that states with nuclear weapons, as well
as Japan, had not ratified the treaty and said, “The road hereafter may be rough.”
Still, each time I have met Tsuboi, he has
repeatedly stated, “I won’t give up until there ar
e zero nuclear weapons. Never give up!”
JAN 28 AT 7 AM UTC+11 – JAN 28 AT 8:30 AM UTC+11
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