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Sally M. Horrocks
Sally M.
Horrocks
Thomas D. Lean
Thomas D.
Lean
Good Nuclear Neighbours: the British electricity industry and the communication of nuclear power to the public, 1950s – 1980s
University of Leicester
2018
History of science communication
oral history
nuclear power
2018-01-24 14:59:35
Journal contribution
https://figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Good_Nuclear_Neighbours_the_British_electricity_industry_and_the_communication_of_nuclear_power_to_the_public_1950s_1980s/10217804
Between the 1950s and the 1980s the British nuclear industry engaged
with ordinary people in a wide range of ways. These included articles in the
print media, exhibitions and educational resources as well as through open
days, developing nature reserves and building relations with the local
communities around nuclear sites. This paper draws on recently collected
oral history interviews and archival material to consider what was one of
the largest and best resourced efforts to communicate science to the
British public between the 1950s and the 1980s.