Pro-nuclear campaign coming
JOHN J. FIALKA
The nation's nuclear-power industry is set to roll out a multiyear advertising campaign to build public support for a generation of new plants and federal policies needed to help them succeed.
The campaign, based around a theme of "nuclear renaissance," is timed to support President Bush's nuclear- energy initiative, unveiled with his 2007 budget request. The plan will sponsor research in technology to safely reprocess spent nuclear fuel so that long- term storage space for waste might be reduced.
"We want to build a broader base of bipartisan support, both in Washington and across the country," said Scott Peterson, a vice president of the Nuclear Energy Institute. The trade group represents owners of the 103 nuclear-power plants that provide 20 percent of the nation's electricity.
