Maybe it's just me, but I think many nuclear plants should do more to handle crisis comms on social media. This STP-1 trip is not a nuclear safety crisis, but misinformation is spreading that makes like it seems like it is. Plus the loss of power is especially poorly-timed
I've only seen a handful of quotes from STP comms, most notably the one shared in full by @Atomicrod
atomicinsights.com/south-texas-pr… Image
The website that Google previously linked when you search "South Texas Project" to is a broken Wix site. The other site I found (and recommended google change to) has a date of 2019 at the bottom and hasn't had a press release since October 2019
stpnoc.com
Their twitter has been dead since 2018
twitter.com/stpnoc
They've posted on Facebook more recently, but there has been nothing on their page since December, nothing about the recent trip
facebook.com/stpnoc
If you don't get out in front of external communications, you lose the ability to control the narrative. Even for a rather straightforward and fixable trip. Especially during a weather event where people are really, really paying attention to electricity generation in Texas

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