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Re: [cdn-nucl-l] Risk = hazard + outrage
Whitlock, Jeremy wrote:
>
> TRUST certainly gets to the heart of it Dan. Furthermore, to give the
> public "a little TLC" I'd also add LIABILITY (have long-term effects
> been considered, and who's paying for that?), and CONSENT (by the way
> did anyone ask me my opinion?). With the full "TLC" I think many a
> scary technology can become palatable
>
If you want people to like what you are doing you have to include them
in. There has to be something in it for them. Nuclear reactors provide
jobs for a community - warm, safe, high paying jobs that are not going
to move away to China or Mexico. A lot of people hear this but think
that only nuclear scientists can work at a reactor, so there are no jobs
for them. It needs to be made clear that there are lots of spin off
jobs as well, and the reactor jobs are such that their kids could work
there. Maybe this kind of information is out there, but I have not seen
it presented aggressively.
The above is one reason why I like smaller reactors over bigger ones. A
reactor in every town really spreads out the benefits widely. One huge
reactor for the whole province leaves most people out, and builds yet
another resentment factor for those not participating.
So, let people invest easily, let them get jobs, and let them get
familiar with the technology, and acceptance will go way up. Prevent
investment with government only kinds of development, keep all the jobs
in one place, and put the whole thing behind barbed wire, and acceptance
will plummet.
How small could a reactor be? Could we put one on a truck? Reactor,
generator, the whole kit. Drive the truck into town and show that it
can power up fifty stoves that are cooking up free hamburgers. Let
people see what the stuff is and does. Keeping reactors big and secret
is the perfect way to keep them scary.
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