[ RadSafe ] Approaching nuclear power dialogue

[Perle, Sandy]

Jeff,

I would agree that it should not be the nuclear industry itself, but should be a mutual effort of those who are knowledgeable. However, those actually involved in the design, construction operation and maintenance of a nuclear facility in my opinion need to be a significant part of the dialogue. The key is that they can't dismiss contrary opinions as was the case when I first started in the industry back in 1971. Those mistakes still haunt us today.

Regards,

Sandy

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Terry [mailto:terryj at iit.edu]
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 9:22 AM
To: Perle, Sandy
Cc: 'Franz Schönhofer'; 'Ahmad Al-Ani'; 'radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu'
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Approaching nuclear power dialogue

I agree that people must always be engaged with science. However, I
agree with Ahmad that it should not be the nuclear industry itself
that does the engagement. This tends to look self-serving.

There are plenty of loud-mouth academics who should actually be
speaking to the public and politicians. In fact, most people take
kindly to education efforts of this type. I honed an energy policy
talk featuring nuclear energy by speaking to groups that I thought
would be overtly hostile.

One of the best comments that I received was that "no one had ever
said things like that to us before." It does take some effort to set
the talks up, but most groups like to have free speakers.

Jeff

Jeff Terry
Asst. Professor of Physics
Life Science Bldg Rm 166
Illinois Institute of Technology
3101 S. Dearborn St.
Chicago IL 60616
630-252-9708
terryj at iit.edu




On Apr 8, 2010, at 11:10 AM, Perle, Sandy wrote:

> Franz is absolutely correct. One cannot ignore those opposed to
> nuclear power. One must engage them with scientific basis and facts,
> not simply idle debate. In the end, the public and politicians will
> react, and we have seen that those reactions have been negative to
> our industry, hindering the world's ability to meet not only future
> energy demands, but current demands in specific geographical areas.
> Let's not make the same mistakes in the future.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sandy

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