Nukespeak: The Selling of Nuclear Technology in America
by
Stephen Hilgartner,
Richard C. Bell, Rory O'Connor (Goodreads Author)
"A language of euphemism
and distortion—a language like “newspeak” from George Orwell’s 1984—has
profoundly shaped public debate about nuclear technology since its
inception. After World War II, nuclear developers used
information-management techniques, including official secrecy and public
relations, to promote what one called the “sunny side of the
atom”—energy “too cheap to meter” that would
supposedly power a new Golden Age. Such euphoric visions set the stage
for one of the most extraordinary public-relations efforts in history:
the selling of nuclear technology to the American public. " more
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1957130.Nukespeak
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