Re: [cdn-nucl-l] How about we build a Canadian nuclear wiki/portal?

[Bill Garland <garlandw@mcmaster.ca>]

Randal,

Thanks for the feedback on the radio bit and on the wiki.  Good idea
about it being a good place to catch the latest.  The beauty of the
wiki is that it tends to be neutral because rants and biases tend to get
quickly corrected by the hopefully sane common voice of the
informed.  We can only try.

Oh, I added some navigational links to the page you added so that it
shows up in the Index.  I am hoping that in time someone will add
some meat to your page.  If it remains as a simple link then that
can be done directly off the Companies page.

Bill

At 01:18 PM 19/07/2007, Randal Leavitt wrote:

> Bill Garland wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > We have a lot of web sites in Canada that deal with specific aspects of
> > nuclear from specific points of view.  Here are some that come to
> > mind: CNS, CNS, AECL, utilities, OCI, CNSC, university departments,
> > UNENE, consultants, this email list, and so on.  I think we are long
> > overdue for the creation of a single web entry point for the Canadian
> > Nuclear Enterprise.
> Hi Bill ....
>
> I heard you on the radio today talking about leaks at Pickering.  I
> thought you were very sensible in your comments.  The big problem is
> that we just don't know the facts, and everyone is ready to assume the
> worst.  There have been a number of public relations disasters this
> summer - Germany, Japan, and now Pickering.  The nuclear industry
> has a pretty good safety culture - it now needs to develop a public
> relations culture.  In my opinion a lot more openness is
> needed.
>
> I added a reference to a company on the wiki.  I think the wiki is a
> good idea.  One thing it may be able to do is contribute to a better
> public relations culture for the nuclear industry.  For example, it
> should be the place to go for all the latest info about this Pickering
> issue.  I find it really difficult to get good information about
> problems at Canadian nuclear plants.
>
> For example, I recently commented on this list about the shutdown of the
> A reactors at Pickering.  No one really seems to know the details
> about why this is happening.  I sent an email to Pickering asking
> for more information and got nothing back.  OK - why should they
> respond to me, they don't know who I am.  But not being able to find
> out sure makes it difficult to defend nuclear power to my
> friends.
>
> Something really needs to be done about the public relations dimension of
> nuclear power.
>
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