Nuclear power lobbyists try to limit damage from Japan crisis on Capitol Hill

Source: Washington Post

By Dan Eggen, Wednesday, March 16, 2:00 PM

Nuclear power advocates are waging an intense lobbying campaign on Capitol Hill this week in an attempt to limit the political fallout from the reactor crisis in Japan, which threatens to undermine already shaky plans for expanded nuclear capacity in the United States.

Lobbyists with the Nuclear Energy Institute and some of the United States’s largest energy firms, including Exelon of Chicago, are holding meetings with key lawmakers and standing-room-only briefings for staff members in an attempt to tamp down talk of restrictions in response to the Japanese disaster.

The efforts come as lawmakers held hearings Wednesday focused on the impact of the worsening catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, where at least three reactor cores are believed to be imperiled following a major earthquake and tsunami last week.

The disaster has renewed calls from U.S. environmental groups and some lawmakers for a more cautious approach to nuclear power projects, which are central to the Obama administration’s plans for an energy strategy less dependent on high-polluting fossil fuels.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nuclear-power-lobbyists-try-to-limit-damage--from-japan-crisis-on-capitol-hill/2011/03/15/ABOHcJf_story.html

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Those punks went running up there with bundles of talking point memos in hand.

Anyone got the latest financial figures re the legal bribery the lobbyists are allowed to carry out?

how are you doing? You are closer to this mess than we are

The way the game is played nowadays, the price merely went up to buy a Representative or Senator if you represent Big Nuclear Energy. "Sorry, you boys fucked up and now it will cost a bit more to get my 'support' on this issue."

I had just seen CNN report on this and they put up a graphic showing how much it had increased and I couldn't find the cold hard numbers anywhere at the time of posting the OP.

bundles of cash in hand. K/R

What the White House has to say on the issue.

It is remains a grave concern of mine, and I am sure many others, that this catastrophe will render a large radius of Japan unlivable, but events will see what will happen. Those WORKERS are unconditional heroes in my mind.....something those lobbyists have never had to face.

:eyes:

rec.

rec.

" It's But A Scratch "

lobbyists and the names of any official who takes their money?

I'm putting together a list for later....

near nuclear plants.

Load up all the nuke lobbyists inside giant twin-rotor cargo helicopters and drop them on the Japanese reactors. Their bodily fluids should help cool the reactors off.

Full warp speed ahead. The administration is still saying they want $ 36 billion in tax payer guarantee profits to the investment bankers (JP Morgan & Goldman Sachs) so that they can start building plants in Texas and Georgia. The plants in Texas will use the same energy company in Japan that is experiencing the catastrophic melt down right now.

Sorry folks but this is even stupider than Bush, so it seems there are many revolving door criminals in Obama's administration.

up their lobbyist for a get together and I'm sure Obama will agree to whatever you say!

Which side are you on? (talking head tells you you 2 options)

nuclear industry. If US citizens don't change the industry's mind, I am sure there will be enough world pressure to do it.