Effective communications bring greater public acceptance

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:7055023

Clawson, C ^[1]

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1. GPU Nuclear Corp., Parsippany, NJ (United States)

In 1986, GPU Nuclear Corporation announced a plan to evaporate into the atmosphere 2.3 million gal of water remaining from the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) accident. The water would be processed to remove most of the radioactivity, but still remaining were >1,000 Ci of tritium to be released to the atmosphere during the evaporation process. It was expected that, following regulatory approvals, it would take >2 yr to complete the process. Fed by well-established antinuclear groups, public concern about evaporating the TMI-2-accident-generated water ran high among residents living near the plant. In the years since the TMI-2 accident, GPU Nuclear had developed a highly effective communications program in the communities surrounding TMI. This ongoing program provided a solid foundation on which to create and implement a risk communications approach to community understanding and acceptance of the evaporation process.

• OSTI ID: 7055023
• Report Number(s): CONF-920606--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 65
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290600* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Nuclear Energy
ACCIDENTS
COMMUNICATIONS
DECISION MAKING
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
EVAPORATION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
LIQUID WASTES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR POWER
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
POWER
POWER REACTORS
PUBLIC INFORMATION
PUBLIC OPINION
PUBLIC RELATIONS
PWR TYPE REACTORS
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
REACTORS
REGULATIONS
THERMAL REACTORS
THREE MILE ISLAND-2 REACTOR
US NRC
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS