Word: pronuclear
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...ally in their corner: the Federal Government. Every broadcast station in the country must abide by the fairness doctrine, a Federal Communications Commission rule that requires broadcasters to air contrasting views on controversial public issues. A station that runs an editorial opposing nuclear power, for instance, must give the pronuclear side a chance to express its views. If the station fails to do so, it risks FCC censure; at worst, it could lose its license...
Nuclear-power advocates and adversaries alike were pleased by the Soviets' openness, but there the agreement ended. For Don Winston of the pronuclear Atomic Industrial Forum, the report, while "quite frank and quite forthcoming," means little to the U.S., where technology and safety procedures are much better. For Maize, of the Union of Concerned Scientists, the fact that the Soviet plant was "run by the Marx Brothers" does not preclude similar problems in other countries. "It struck me as terrifying that this whole comedy of errors could actually have taken place," he says, adding that...
Nonetheless, Chernobyl cannot help having an impact on the beleaguered U.S. nuclear industry. Even before the accident at Three Mile Island melted down the credibility of pronuclear organizations, the industry was in trouble. Caught between climbing construction costs, high interest rates and unexpectedly slow growth in the demand for electricity, American utilities stopped ordering new nuclear plants in 1978. After the accident at Three Mile Island, some reactor salesmen tossed away their order books entirely...
...cannot understand why so-called environmentalists are against nuclear power. I am an environmentalist, and for that reason I am ardently pronuclear. There is no question in my mind that the alternatives-oil, coal and hydroelectric power-deface the environment to a much greater extent. Conservation remains the most attractive alternative...
...Great Britain nuclear power is developing at a slow but steady pace. Eleven stations supply 13% of the nation's electricity, and another five plants are scheduled to be finished by the late '80s. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is ardently pronuclear, though concern for safety is growing. Says a British Energy Department official: "The Three Mile Island mishap caused us to sit back and take stock...