PINE is fine

The Public Information on Nuclear Energy (PINE) forum last week in Kuala Lumpur went well with good deliberation by five speakers from the IAEA, FNCA, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and China.
The prime conclusion, I believe, is that public information is a necessary component of a nuclear power program. It must exist for as long as nuclear power is in the energy mix, not just during the introduction of the program. I don't know why that ought to be so. Despite the long established and strongly 'rooted' nuclear power program we see that Japan, Korea, and China have active PINE activities.
I also learned a new label at the forum - PIMFY (Please, In My Front Yard). It was used by the Korean speaker, Mr Kim, to describe the bidding process by the local councils to have the radioactive waste repository sited at their locality. As is now known the winner is Gyeong-ju. It was, as he said, a conversion from NIMBY to PIMFY. Economic benefits, which amounts to about USD 500 millions, and the relocation of KHNP headquarters to Gyeong-ju, packaged with hosting of the facility, are among the motivations. It is, I believe, logical that changes are not free, and should be accompanied with strong enough motivation.