Nuclear Spin

Welcome to the Nuclearspin website.

Background information on Nuclear Spin

• What is Nuclear Spin

• Who are the People Behind Nuclear Spin?

• Who funds Nuclear Spin?

• A Guide to Referencing

For those people inputting material, when you put in a reference please use the references and citations procedure set out below.

You generate a reference using eg. {{ref|guardianMacalister}}, and you label the corresponding citation using {{note|guardianMacalister}}. Readers can see where a given citation is referenced in the article by clicking the up-arrow link next to it.

Here's an example:

In February 2006 The Guardian reported how "A small group of American companies such as Bechtel and Fluor look set to grab the lion's share of a £50bn British nuclear clean-up programme which should get the green light within weeks but take decades to complete. [1] Reference template When you put in a reference we are going to start using references and citations. You generate a reference using eg. {{ref|guardianMacalister}}, and you label the corresponding citation using {{note|guardianMacalister}}. Readers can see where a given citation is referenced in the article by clicking the up-arrow link next to it. Here's an example: In February 2006 The Guardian reported how "A small group of American companies such as Bechtel and Fluor look set to grab the lion's share of a £50bn British nuclear clean-up programme which should get the green light within weeks but take decades to complete. [2] External Links ^Terry Macalister, "Engineers in Line for jobs until 2080 on Britain's Nuclear Clean-up", The Guardian, February 16, 2005. Individuals Lord John Birt - Blair's ex-advisor Tony Blair and The Cabinet Gregg Butler - A consultant still paid by BNFL Yvette Cooper The Minister with a nuclear family Jack Cunningham - "Nuclear" Jack Roger Ewart-Smith - The pro-nuclear banker Philip Dewhurst - A key nuclear spin doctor Thomas Docherty - Long-term nuclear lobbyist with political ambitions Ian Fells – The Government advisor whose credibility has been questioned Dieter Helm - An influential advisor who questions renewables John Hutton - Work and Pensions Secretary Bernard Ingham - A long-standing pro-nuke and anti-wind campaigner Sue Ion - BNFL and BNES Lord Jenkin - Long-term nuclear supporter Alan Johnson - Government Minister - whose side of the fence is he on? David King - The government's chief scientist who sees nukes as the answer to climate change James Lovelock - The pro-nuke green guru Robert May - Ex-head of the Royal Society Jack McConnell - Scottish First Minister - likely to toe the political line. Grace McGlynn - A Pro-Nuke Consultant Sir Donald Miller - Ex-Scottish Power - Anti-wind and pro-Nuke David Mundell - The MP fighting at Westminster for nukes in Scotland Elaine Murray - The MSP fighting for nukes at Holyrood Geoffrey Norris – a key special advisor to Tony Blair Keith Parker - the ex-civil servant who saw the general election as an "opportunity" Jamie Reed - the former BNFL press officer who is now an MP Willy Rickett - Director General of the DTI's Energy Group Professor Phil Thomas - From City University - but how independent? Lord David Sainsbury Malcolm Wicks - The Energy Minister Brian Wilson - ex-Energy Minister who now works for the nuclear industry Lisa Woolhouse- the so-called "independent advisor" Terry Wynn - Pro-Nuclear MEP The Media How the Different Newspapers Stack Up Individual Columnists Simon Jenkins Jason Nisse Max Hastings Organisations All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy British Nuclear Energy Society Cross Party Group on the Civil Nuclear Industry The Committee for Radioactive Waste Management Department of Trade and Industry Energy Industries Club Energy Institute Energy Research Partnership European Atomic Forum (FORATOM) Forum for the Future of Nuclear Energy at the European Parliament The Institution of Civil Engineers Nirex Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Nuclear Industry Association Royal Institute of International Affairs The Royal Academy of Engineering Royal Society Supporters of Nuclear Energy United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has hired Grayling Political Strategy World Nuclear Association Companies AMEC Areva British Nuclear Fuels Limited – holding company for British Nuclear Group, Nexia Solutions and Westinghouse. It also has a US subsidiary: British Energy EDF whose Head of Press in the UK is Chancellor Gordon Brown's younger brother Eon General Electric RWE PR, Lobbying and Consultancy firms Bell Pottinger Facilitating Change Limited Financial Dynamics Fleishman Hillard - need to add scottish Nirex stuff to their profile although it is not linking back to nirex ForthRoad Limited The Future Foundation Good Relations Grayling Political Strategy Integrated Decision Management International Futures Forum - Praxis Kingsmead Communications Limited Luther Pendragon PR21 now known as Zeno Promise PR Strategic Awareness Weber Shandwick City Firms Rothschild Unions nUKlear21 Amicus GMB Prospect TGWU TUC UCATT Web Companies Sticky New Media - Web Design Company Activate Media Forepoint