Nuclear spin

Individuals

• Lord John Birt – special advisor to Tony Blair

• Ian Fells – discredited government advisor

• Bernard Ingham

• James Lovelock – supposed green guru

• Geoffrey Norris – special advisor to Tony Blair

• Brian Wilson - ex-Energy Minister

• David King - The government's chief scientist

The media

Simon Jenkins – Guardian Columnist

Organisations

• British Nuclear Energy Society,

• Supporters of Nuclear Energy

• Nuclear Industry Association

• Department of Trade and Industry

• Energy Institute

• Royal Institute of International Affairs

• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has hired Jon Phillips, the ex-head of communications for Heathrow Airport. Phillips is heading a ten person team.Bill Hamilton ex- director at Grayling and public affairs director at Safeway, and recently group public affairs director for Transport for London has moved to become head of the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency (Ravi Chandiramani (2005) Lib Dem Election Chief Nets Tfl Job, PR Week, 12 August, p1 CK

• United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has hired Grayling Political Strategy

• Energy Industries Club

• Nirex has hired Promise PR and Good Relations

• Royal Society

• The Royal Academy of Engineering

• The Institution of Civil Engineers

• The Committee for Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) has appointed Luther Pendragon to help it reassure people that nuclear waste is being dealt with (D. Bloch (2005) Luther Pendragon Takes On Nuclear Waste Brief, PR Week, 12 August, p8

Companies

• British Nuclear Fuels Limited

• AMEC

• British Energy has appointed Craig Stevenson, formerly Monsanto's top UK spin doctor, as head of government affairs. Also hired Financial Dynamis