The near meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi reactors in Japan created a challenge for the nuclear industry, given it has positioned nuclear energy as a cleaner and safer alternative to fossil fuels.
“The short-term crisis we hope will be over soon but it will be a long-term effort in terms of rebuilding public trust and making sure we maintain the policymaker confidence that we have in our industry,” says Scott Peterson, SVP, communications for the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI). “We need to ...