Does nuclear energy get the press it deserves? Johnathon Ford turns the question around. Points out that there are still big gaps in public understanding of the technology - safety, economics, waste - asks what is industry doing to address? #nuclearsympo 
"We have the press we deserve, in quantity" says @ValerieFaudon , executive director of @SFENorg . So at least nuclear is visible and there's a good chance to get messages across. But disappointing to always be called up for negative news #nuclearsympo
Leads to the point that the general character of press stories will tend to follow public opinion. Ford says that the press loves stories about people changing their minds - points to recent New Yorker story about nuclear advocates #nuclearsympo
@ValerieFaudon makes super interesting point. She doesn't mind negative press attention about temperature related outages at French plants (when AWOL VRE doesn't rate a mention) because she thinks it reinforces understanding that nuclear is crucial to security #nuclearsympo
Super interesting point from @iAlexhunt on qn of facts Vs emotions. He notes that people say they want facts and info, but will overwhelmingly read about personalities - until election day comes. They want both, but at different times. Same true for @W_Nuclear_News #nuclearsympo
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