6/30/2011 Revealed: British government's plan to play down Fukushima

Source: UK Guardian
Date: Thursday 30 June 2011 21.36 BST
by: Rob Edwards

Government officials launched a PR campaign to ensure the accident at the Fukushima 

nuclear facility in Japan did not derail plans for new nuclear power stations in the UK. 

Photograph: AP

 

British government officials approached nuclear companies to draw up a co-ordinated public relations strategy to play down the Fukushima nuclear accident just two days after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and before the extent of the radiation leak was known.
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