Nuclear spin
Individuals
- Lord John Birt – special advisor to Tony Blair
- Ian Fells – discredited government advisor
- 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
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority - The non-departmental public body that has been created to oversee Britain's "nuclear legacy". To spin their case, the NDA the Authority has brought in high profile PR experts who are used to fighting controversial schemes. The NDA has hired Jon Phillips, the ex-head of communications for Heathrow Airport be be its head of Comms. Phillips, who pushed through is heading a ten person team based in London.
The NDA also has a PR team based in Cumbria headed by Bill Hamilton ex- director at Grayling and public affairs director at Safeway, and recently group public affairs director for Transport for London.(Ravi Chandiramani (2005) Lib Dem Election Chief Nets Tfl Job, PR Week, 12 August, p1
The NDA has hired Bell Pottinger Communications to run its PR led by Chime PR division chairman Kevin Murray. Also involved are Bell Pottinger Public Affairs director Tim Walker and Corporate & Financial director Mark Herbert. The account is said to be worth £100,000 (Ravi Chandiramani (2005) Nuclear Clean-Up Body Brings In Bell Pottinger, PR Week, 8 July, p2
- Nirex has hired Promise PR and Good Relations
- 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 Energy has appointed Craig Stevenson, formerly Monsanto's top UK spin doctor, as head of government affairs. Also hired Financial Dynamis
