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===Clamshell Alliance===
===Clamshell Alliance===
The [[Clamshell Alliance]] is an [[anti-nuclear]] organization co-founded by [[Paul Gunter]] in [[1976]], which conducted non-violent demonstrations against nuclear power in [[New England]] in the late 1970s and 1980s. In April, 1977 over 2,000 Clamshell protestors occupied the [[Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant| Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant]] construction site. 1,414 of these activists were arrested and held in jails and [[United States National Guard|National Guard]] armories for up to two weeks after refusing bail.<ref name=time>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918965,00.html The Siege of Seabrook]</ref> In 2007, veterans of the Clamshell Alliance marked the 30th anniversary of its founding with the creation of a website called, "To the Village Square: Nukes, Clams and Democracy", which relates the story of the Clamshell Alliance and why it matters today.<ref name=village>[http://www.clamshell-tvs.org/ To the Village Square]</ref> The Clamshell Alliance opposes all [[nuclear power]] in [[New England]].
The [[Clamshell Alliance]] is an [[anti-nuclear]] organization co-founded by [[Paul Gunter]] in [[1976]], which conducted non-violent demonstrations against nuclear power in [[New England]] in the late 1970s and 1980s. In April, 1977 over 2,000 Clamshell protestors occupied the [[Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant| Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant]] construction site. 1,414 of these activists were arrested and held in jails and [[United States National Guard|National Guard]] armories for up to two weeks after refusing bail.<ref name=time>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918965,00.html The Siege of Seabrook]</ref> In 2007, veterans of the Clamshell Alliance marked the 30th anniversary of its founding with the creation of a website called, "To the Village Square: Nukes, Clams and Democracy", which relates the story of the Clamshell Alliance and why it matters today.<ref name=village>[http://www.clamshell-tvs.org/ To the Village Square]</ref> The Clamshell Alliance opposes all [[nuclear power]] in [[New England]].

===Committee for Nuclear Responsibility===

⚫
Chaired until recently by Dr. [[John Gofman]], CNR is a non-profit, educational group which provides independent analyses of the health effects and sources of ionizing radiation.<ref>[http://www.ratical.org/radiation/CNR/ The Committee for Nuclear Responsibility]</ref>

===Greenpeace USA===
The [[Greenpeace]] USA website states that:
<blockquote>
Few of us want a nuclear plant in our community - we've heard about [[Three Mile Island accident|Three Mile Island]] and [[Chernobyl disaster|Chernobyl]] and know that accidents can happen anywhere. So it's completely unacceptable that the U.S. government is pushing for more nukes when most of the rest of the world is saying "so long."<ref>[http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/nuclear Nuclear Issues]</ref>
</blockquote>

===Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition===
The Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition (IPSEC), formed shortly after the events of September 11, 2001, is an alliance of 70 environmental, health, and public policy organizations concerned with the vulnerability of, and radioactive waste from, the [[Indian Point Energy Center]] in Buchanan, NY. IPSEC has called for the orderly decommissioning, securing of the irradiated fuel pools, and closure of the Indian Point Energy Center.<ref>[http://www.ipsecinfo.org/what_is_ipsec.htm What is IPSEC?]</ref>


===Institute for Energy and Environmental Research===
===Institute for Energy and Environmental Research===
The [[Institute for Energy and Environmental Research]] (IEER) is a [[Washington, D.C.]]-area [[United States|American]] policy organization ("[[think tank]]") located in [[Takoma Park, Maryland|Takoma Park]], [[Maryland]]. It provides [[activist]]s, [[policy]]-makers, [[journalist]]s, and the [[public]] with [[Science|scientific]] and [[Technology|technical]] information on [[Energy conservation|energy]] and [[Environmentalism|environmental]] issues.
The [[Institute for Energy and Environmental Research]] (IEER) is a [[Washington, D.C.]]-area [[United States|American]] policy organization ("[[think tank]]") located in [[Takoma Park, Maryland|Takoma Park]], [[Maryland]]. It provides [[activist]]s, [[policy]]-makers, [[journalist]]s, and the [[public]] with [[Science|scientific]] and [[Technology|technical]] information on [[Energy conservation|energy]] and [[Environmentalism|environmental]] issues.


===Committee for Nuclear Responsibility===
===Musicians United for Safe Energy===
Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) was an [[activist]] group founded by [[Jackson Browne]], [[Graham Nash]], [[Bonnie Raitt]], and [[John Hall (New York)|John Hall]]. The group advocated against the use of [[nuclear energy]], forming shortly after the Three Mile Island accident in March 1979.<ref name=MUSE>[http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/11/nuclear.commentary/ Commentary: Stealth nuke effort should be stopped]</ref> MUSE organized a series of five [[No Nukes (film)]] concerts held at [[Madison Square Garden]] in [[New York City|New York]] in September 1979. They also staged a large rally in downtown [[Battery Park (New York)|Battery Park]].


===Nuclear Information and Resource Service===
⚫
Chaired until recently by Dr. [[John Gofman]], CNR is a non-profit, educational group which provides independent analyses of the health effects and sources of ionizing radiation.<ref>[http://www.ratical.org/radiation/CNR/ The Committee for Nuclear Responsibility]</ref>
The Nuclear Information and Resource Service is a non-profit group founded in 1978 to be the information and networking center for citizens and organizations concerned about [[nuclear power]], [[radioactive waste]], [[radiation]] and [[sustainable energy]] issues. The organization advocates the implementation of safe, sustainable solutions such as [[efficient energy use]] and [[renewable energy]].<ref name=ni>[http://www.nirs.org/about/nirs.htm About NIRS]</ref>

===No Nukes group===
Bonnie Raitt, Graham Nash and [[Jackson Browne]] are part of the [[No Nukes group]] which is against the expansion of [[nuclear power]] in the USA. In 2007 they recorded a [[music video]] of a new version of the [[Buffalo Springfield]] song ''[[For What It's Worth]]''.<ref>[http://www.nukefree.org/node/96 “For What It’s Worth,” No Nukes Reunite After Thirty Years]</ref><ref>[http://www.nirs.org/home.htm Musicians Act to Stop New Atomic Reactors]</ref name=MUSE/>
===Sierra Club===
The Sierra Club opposes building new [[nuclear reactor technology|nuclear reactors]], both [[nuclear fission|fission]] and [[nuclear fusion|fusion]], until specific inherent safety risks are mitigated by government policies, and regulatory agencies are in place to enforce those policies.<ref>[http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200701/nukes.asp Why Not Nukes? Reconsidering the nuclear option]</ref>


== Political parties ==
== Political parties ==

Revision as of 02:23, 29 November 2007

Compared with other countries, the US has the most reactors and generates the most electricity from nuclear energy. However, for many years the anti-nuclear movement succeeded in delaying commitments to build new nuclear plants.[1]

Specific Groups

Abalone alliance

The Abalone Alliance (1977–1985) was a nonviolent civil disobedience group formed to shut down the Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant near San Luis Obispo (on the central California coast). They modeled their affinity group-based organizational structure after the Clamshell Alliance which was then protesting the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant in coastal New Hampshire. The group of activists took the name Abalone Alliance referring to the tens of thousands of wild California Red Abalone that were killed in 1974 in Diablo Cove when the unit's plumbing had its first hot flush.

Clamshell Alliance

The Clamshell Alliance is an anti-nuclear organization co-founded by Paul Gunter in 1976, which conducted non-violent demonstrations against nuclear power in New England in the late 1970s and 1980s. In April, 1977 over 2,000 Clamshell protestors occupied the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant construction site. 1,414 of these activists were arrested and held in jails and National Guard armories for up to two weeks after refusing bail.[2] In 2007, veterans of the Clamshell Alliance marked the 30th anniversary of its founding with the creation of a website called, "To the Village Square: Nukes, Clams and Democracy", which relates the story of the Clamshell Alliance and why it matters today.[3] The Clamshell Alliance opposes all nuclear power in New England.

Committee for Nuclear Responsibility

Chaired until recently by Dr. John Gofman, CNR is a non-profit, educational group which provides independent analyses of the health effects and sources of ionizing radiation.[4]

Greenpeace USA

The Greenpeace USA website states that:

Few of us want a nuclear plant in our community - we've heard about Three Mile Island and Chernobyl and know that accidents can happen anywhere. So it's completely unacceptable that the U.S. government is pushing for more nukes when most of the rest of the world is saying "so long."[5]

Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition

The Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition (IPSEC), formed shortly after the events of September 11, 2001, is an alliance of 70 environmental, health, and public policy organizations concerned with the vulnerability of, and radioactive waste from, the Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, NY. IPSEC has called for the orderly decommissioning, securing of the irradiated fuel pools, and closure of the Indian Point Energy Center.[6]

Institute for Energy and Environmental Research

The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) is a Washington, D.C.-area American policy organization ("think tank") located in Takoma Park, Maryland. It provides activists, policy-makers, journalists, and the public with scientific and technical information on energy and environmental issues.

Musicians United for Safe Energy

Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) was an activist group founded by Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, Bonnie Raitt, and John Hall. The group advocated against the use of nuclear energy, forming shortly after the Three Mile Island accident in March 1979.[7] MUSE organized a series of five No Nukes (film) concerts held at Madison Square Garden in New York in September 1979. They also staged a large rally in downtown Battery Park.

Nuclear Information and Resource Service

The Nuclear Information and Resource Service is a non-profit group founded in 1978 to be the information and networking center for citizens and organizations concerned about nuclear power, radioactive waste, radiation and sustainable energy issues. The organization advocates the implementation of safe, sustainable solutions such as efficient energy use and renewable energy.[8]

No Nukes group

Bonnie Raitt, Graham Nash and Jackson Browne are part of the No Nukes group which is against the expansion of nuclear power in the USA. In 2007 they recorded a music video of a new version of the Buffalo Springfield song For What It's Worth.[9]Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

Political parties

The Platform adopted by the delegates of the membership of the Greens/Green Party USA (G/GPUSA) at their annual Green Congress, meeting in Chicago, May 26-28, 2000, reflecting the majority views of the G/GPUSA membership, includes the creation of self-reproducing, renewable energy systems and use of federal investments, purchasing, mandates, and incentives to shut down nuclear power plants, and phase out fossil fuels.[10]

People

Notable individuals who have been associated with the anti-nuclear movement in the US include:

See also

References

  1. ^ Nuclear Politics
  2. ^ The Siege of Seabrook
  3. ^ To the Village Square
  4. ^ The Committee for Nuclear Responsibility
  5. ^ Nuclear Issues
  6. ^ What is IPSEC?
  7. ^ Commentary: Stealth nuke effort should be stopped
  8. ^ About NIRS
  9. ^ “For What It’s Worth,” No Nukes Reunite After Thirty Years
  10. ^ http://www.greenparty.org/Platform.php
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