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'''Welcome to the Nuclearspin website'''.
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== Background Information on Nuclear Spin ==
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* [[What is Nuclear Spin?]]
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* [[Who funds Nuclear Spin?]]
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* [[Getting Involved]]
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* [[A Guide to Referencing]]
  
 
==Individuals==
 
==Individuals==
  
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*Lord [[John Birt]] - Blair's ex-advisor
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* [[Tony Blair]] and [[The Cabinet]]
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* [[Gregg Butler]] - A consultant still paid by [[BNFL]]
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* [[Yvette Cooper]] The Minister with a nuclear family
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* [[Jack Cunningham]] - "Nuclear" Jack
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* [[Roger Ewart-Smith]] - The pro-nuclear banker
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* [[Philip Dewhurst]] - A key nuclear spin doctor
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* [[Thomas Docherty]] - Long-term nuclear lobbyist with political ambitions
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* [[Ian Fells]] – The Government advisor whose credibility has been questioned
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* [[Dieter Helm]] - An influential advisor who questions renewables
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* [[John Hutton]] - Work and Pensions Secretary 
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* [[Bernard Ingham]] - A long-standing pro-nuke and anti-wind campaigner
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* [[Sue Ion]] - BNFL and BNES
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* [[Lord Jenkin]] - Long-term nuclear supporter
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* [[Alan Johnson]] - Government Minister - whose side of the fence is he on?
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*[[David King]] - The government's chief scientist who sees nukes as the answer to climate change
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*[[James Lovelock]] - The pro-nuke green guru
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* [[Robert May]] - Ex-head of the Royal Society
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*[[Jack McConnell]] - Scottish First Minister - likely to toe the political line.
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*[[Grace McGlynn]]  - A Pro-Nuke Consultant
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* [[Sir Donald Miller]] - Ex-Scottish Power - Anti-wind and pro-Nuke
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* [[David Mundell]] - The MP fighting at Westminster for nukes in Scotland
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* [[Elaine Murray]] - The MSP fighting for nukes at Holyrood
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*[[Geoffrey Norris]] – a key special advisor to [[Tony Blair]]
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*[[Keith Parker]] - the ex-civil servant who saw the general election as an "opportunity"
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* [[Jamie Reed]] - the former [[BNFL]] press officer who is now an MP
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* [[Willy Rickett]] - Director General of the DTI's Energy Group
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* Professor [[Phil Thomas]] - From City University - but how independent?
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* Lord [[David Sainsbury]]
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* [[Malcolm Wicks]] - The Energy Minister
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*[[Brian Wilson]] - ex-Energy Minister who now works for the nuclear industry
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*[[Lisa Woolhouse]]- the so-called "independent advisor"
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* [[Terry Wynn]] - Pro-Nuclear MEP
  
*Lord [[John Birt]] – Until he resigned as Blair's "Blue Skies" advisor in December 2005, Birt was said to have the close ear of the Prime Minister. He was also pro-nuclear. His influence is now on the wane as he has left Downing Street to join [[Terra Firma]], the private equity firm founded by City financier [[Guy Hands]].
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==The Media==
* [[Yvette Cooper]] - wife of [[Ed Balls]] - whose father is [[Tony Cooper]] - chair of the [[Nuclear Industry Association]] until Dec 2004 and now 'represents the interests of west cumbria' on the NDA
 
*[[Philip Dewhurst]]
 
*[[Ian Fells]] – discredited government advisor
 
* [[John Hutton]] - Work and Pensions Secretary - Nuclear champion. MP for Barrow-in-Furness where Trident submarines were built
 
* [[Bernard Ingham]]
 
* [[Lord Jenkin]] who is very pro nuclear
 
*[[David King]] - The government's chief scientist
 
*[[James Lovelock]]
 
*[[Geoffrey Norris]] – special advisor to [[Tony Blair]]
 
* [[Jamie Reed]] - the former [[BNFL]] press officer who replaced “nuclear Jack� Cunningham as the MP for Copeland.
 
*[[Brian Wilson]] - ex-Energy Minister
 
  
Maybes:
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[[How the Different Newspapers Stack Up]]
*[[Grace McGlynn]]
 
*[[Greg Butler]] - both ex-BNFL (Butler still gets £80,000 a year from BNFL) who are on IDM - and who have both done technical papers for NNC for CORWM.
 
*[[Bob Church]] - until recently [[AMEC]] now [[BNFL]]
 
* [[Lord Sainsbury]]
 
* [[Jack Cunningham]]
 
  
==The media==
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==Individual Columnists==
  
*[[Simon Jenkins]] – Guardian Columnist
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*[[Simon Jenkins]]  
  
*[[Jason Nisse]] journalist with the IOS - on the board of [[Nirex]]........and declared in favour of nuclear dumping
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*[[Jason Nisse]]
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*[[Max Hastings]]
  
 
==Organisations==
 
==Organisations==
  
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* [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy]]
  
*[[British Nuclear Energy Society]],
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*[[British Nuclear Energy Society]]
  
* [[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).
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* [[Cross Party Group on the Civil Nuclear Industry]]
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* [[The Committee for Radioactive Waste Management]]  
  
 
*[[Department of Trade and Industry]]  
 
*[[Department of Trade and Industry]]  
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*[[Energy Institute]]
 
*[[Energy Institute]]
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*[[Energy Research Partnership]]
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* [[European Atomic Forum]] (FORATOM)
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* [[Forum for the Future of Nuclear Energy]] at the European Parliament
  
 
* [[The Institution of Civil Engineers]]
 
* [[The Institution of Civil Engineers]]
  
*[[Nirex]] has hired [[Promise PR]] and [[Good Relations]]
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*[[Nirex]]
  
 
*[[Nuclear Decommissioning Authority]]  
 
*[[Nuclear Decommissioning Authority]]  
  
*[[Nuclear Industry Association]]  - The chair of the NIA is BNFL group corporate affairs director [[Philip Dewhurst]].
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*[[Nuclear Industry Association]]   
  
 
*[[Royal Institute of International Affairs]]
 
*[[Royal Institute of International Affairs]]
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* [[Areva]]
 
* [[Areva]]
  
*[[British Nuclear Fuels Limited]] and its US subsidiary:
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*[[British Nuclear Fuels Limited]] – holding company for [[British Nuclear Group]], [[Nexia Solutions]] and [[Westinghouse]]. It also has a US subsidiary:
  
*[[British Energy]] has appointed [[Craig Stevenson]], formerly [[Monsanto]]'s top UK spin doctor, as head of government affairs. Also hired [[Financial Dynamics]]
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*[[British Energy]]  
  
* [[EDF]]
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* [[EDF]] whose Head of Press in the UK is Chancellor [[Gordon Brown]]'s younger brother
  
* [[Electricite de France]]
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* [[Eon]]
  
* [[Eon]]
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* [[General Electric]]
  
 
* [[RWE]]
 
* [[RWE]]
  
* [[Westinghouse]]
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==PR, Lobbying and Consultancy firms==
 
 
==PR and Lobbying firms==
 
  
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*[[Bell Pottinger]]
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*[[Facilitating Change Limited]]
 
*[[Financial Dynamics]]
 
*[[Financial Dynamics]]
*[[Finsbury]]
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*[[Fleishman Hillard]] - need to add scottish Nirex stuff to their profile although it is not linking back to nirex
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*[[ForthRoad Limited]]
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*[[The Future Foundation]]
 
*[[Good Relations]]
 
*[[Good Relations]]
 
*[[Grayling Political Strategy]]
 
*[[Grayling Political Strategy]]
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*[[Integrated Decision Management]]
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*[[International Futures Forum]] - [[Praxis]]
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*[[Kingsmead Communications Limited]]
 
*[[Luther Pendragon]]
 
*[[Luther Pendragon]]
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*[[PR21]] now known as [[Zeno]]
 
*[[Promise PR]]
 
*[[Promise PR]]
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*[[Strategic Awareness]]
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*[[Weber Shandwick]]
  
==Web Companies==
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==City Firms==
  
* [[Sticky New Media]] - Web Design Company working for both the [[Nuclear Industry Association]] and XXXX
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* [[Rothschild]]
  
 
==Unions==
 
==Unions==
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* [[nUKlear21]]
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* [[Amicus]]
  
 
* [[GMB]]
 
* [[GMB]]
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* [[Prospect]]
 
* [[Prospect]]
  
==The city==
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* [[TGWU]]
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* [[TUC]]
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* [[UCATT]]
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==Web Companies==
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* [[Sticky New Media]] - Web Design Company
  
* [[Rothschild]]
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* [[Activate Media]] 
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* [[Forepoint]]

Revision as of 16:21, 3 March 2006

Welcome to the Nuclearspin website.

Background Information on Nuclear Spin

Individuals

The Media

How the Different Newspapers Stack Up

Individual Columnists

Organisations

Companies

  • EDF whose Head of Press in the UK is Chancellor Gordon Brown's younger brother

PR, Lobbying and Consultancy firms

City Firms

Unions

Web Companies