Nuclear snow job: utilities struggle to avoid credibility meltdown

Journal Article · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1979 · Power Line; (United States)

OSTI ID:5743354

Feeney, A

Electric utilities and the US nuclear industry are criticized for giving a public relations response to safety concerns following the accident at Three Mile Island and for passing the cost of the response on to utility customers. The large amounts of money budgeted by Babcock and Wilcox, Bechtel Power Corporation, the Atomic Industrial Forum, Electric Power Research Institute, Nuclear Energy Women, and others to minimize the incident and counter anti-nuclear arguments with media events are seen here by Feeney as evidence that the utilities and nuclear industry are afraid of political consequences as their technical credibility vanishes. (DCK)

• OSTI ID: 5743354
• Journal Information: Power Line; (United States), Vol. 5:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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