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==Nuclear Spinners Working for Nirex== | ==Nuclear Spinners Working for Nirex== | ||
Revision as of 10:11, 12 January 2006
Background
Sexing up Nukes
Nirex have been accused of "sexing up" a report on nuclear dumping, according to the Guardian, [1]. The paper had obtained a leaked copy of an Environment Agency document sent to Ministers that concluded "Nirex present an overly optimistic view," of dumping. Nirex presented arguments in which the agency says: "The positive arguments are given prominence and corresponding negative arguments are not examined." According to the Guardian "Chief among the concerns is that the proposed concrete and steel containers used to bury waste could leak within 500 years. Despite that, the agency says the report has not identified any 'major' issues that would scupper such an underground store and declares the concept 'viable'.
Nuclear Spinners Working for Nirex
The Following PR Companies have provided PR advice to Nirex since 2003:
Promise PR - To provide Professional Consultancy regarding a posssible changbe in company name - £45,000
Kingsmead Communications Limited - To provide professsional consultancy and support in the area of media relations and corporate communications - £25,000
Fleishman Hillard - (formerly GPC) - To provide corporate communications advice in relation to the Scottish Parliament - £129,900
Fleishman Hillard - To provide corporate communications advice in relation to the European Parliament - £53,200
Connect - To provide corporate communications advice in relation to Westminster and the National Assembly for Wales - £72,200
Bell Pottinger - To provide commmunications advice related to the Nirex pension fund - £24,000
International Future Forum - Praxis Limited - To provide Corporate Communications advice in relation to the Managing Radiactive Waste Safelyu (MRWS) consultation programme - £32,000
ForthRoad Limited - To help facilitate external events - £29,000
Facilitating Change Limited - To help facilitate external events - £14,800
The Future Foundation - To help facilitate external evetns and to help draft corporate communications materials - £31,500
ERM - To undertake an asssement of stakeholder views of Nirex - £32,600
MORI - To undertake a public opinion survey - £30,000 - due to be repeated in 2005/06
Women's Insitute - To participate in a workshop to discuss radiactive waste management - £5,000
[Ref: D. Wild (2005) Freedom of Information Request, Letter to Jean McSorley, Senior Advisor to Greenpeace UK, 15 July]
