Balanced View of Nuclear Waste Storage Issue From Wisconsin Based Television Station

ByRod Adams

Fox 11 News out of Green Bay, Wisconsin has been airing a story on the future of nuclear power. The most recent segment was a journalistically balanced view about used nuclear fuel – what most people call “nuclear waste”. One part of this story that bothers me is that the plant owners and their representatives apparently refused to participate in the production by allowing interviews or camera visits.

It appears that the journalists did their job, but the end result is that the story was lacking some key facts and responses because a key player refused to engage in the discussion. I hope that someday the public relations people associated with operating nuclear power plants will be freed by their leaders to engage in what most of us consider to be an important debate.

Rod Adams
Rod Adams

Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.

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