Anti-nuclear groups in the United States explained

See main article: Anti-nuclear movement in the United States. More than 80 anti-nuclear groups are operating, or have operated, in the United States.^[1] These include Abalone Alliance, Clamshell Alliance, Greenpeace USA, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, Musicians United for Safe Energy, Nevada Desert Experience, Nuclear Control Institute, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Public Citizen Energy Program, Shad Alliance, and the Sierra Club. These are direct action, environmental, health, and public interest organizations who oppose nuclear weapons and/or nuclear power. In 1992, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said that "his agency had been pushed in the right direction on safety issues because of the pleas and protests of nuclear watchdog groups".^[2]

Some of the most influential groups in the anti-nuclear movement have had members who included Nobel Laureates (e.g., Linus Pauling and Hermann Joseph Muller). These scientists have belonged primarily to two groups: the Federation of American Scientists, and the Committee for Nuclear Responsibility.^[3]

Specific groups

Groups include:

Abalone Alliance^[4] Alliance for Nuclear Accountability^[5] Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility^[6] ^[7] ^[8] Arms Control Association.^[9] ^[10] Beyond Nuclear Cactus Alliance (Utah) Catfish Alliance (Alabama)^[11] Citizen's Committee for Protection of the Environment Citizens Energy Council Clamshell Alliance^[12] Coalition Against Nukes^[13] Coalition for Nuclear Power Postponement Committee for a Nuclear Free Island Committee for a Nuclear Overkill Moratorium^[14] Committee for Nuclear Responsibility^[15] ^[16] Concerned Citizens Against the Bailly Nuclear Site Corporate Accountability International Council for a Livable World^[17] Crabshell Alliance (Seattle) Critical Mass^[18] ^[19] ^[20] Don't Make a Wave Committee Economists for Peace and Security^[21] ^[22] ^[23] Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power^[24] Federation of American Scientists^[25] Friends of the Earth^[26] ^[27] Greenpeace^[28] Heart of America Northwest Institute for Energy and Environmental Research^[29] ^[30] ^[31] ^[32] Maryland Public Interest Research Group^[33] Mothers for Peace^[34] ^[35] ^[36] Musicians United for Safe Energy^[37] ^[38] ^[39] Nevada Desert Experience^[40] New England Coalition^[41] ^[42] ^[43] ^[44] ^[45] North Anna Environmental Coalition

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation^[46] Nuclear Control Institute^[47] Nuclear Disarmament Partnership Nuclear Energy Information Service^[48] Nuclear Information and Resource Service^[49] Nuclear Policy Research Institute Nuclear Threat Initiative Nuclear Watch of New Mexico Nuclear Watch South Oystershell Alliance (New Orleans) Palmetto Alliance (South Carolina) Peace Action^[50] Physicians for Social Responsibility^[51] ^[52] Pilgrim Watch^[53] Plowshares Movement^[54] Proposition One Campaign for a Nuclear-Free Future^[55] Public Citizen^[56] ^[57] Red Clover Alliance (Vermont) Riverkeeper^[58] Rocky Flats Truth Force^[59] Seneca Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice Shad Alliance^[60] ^[61] Shundahai Network Sierra Club^[62] ^[63] ^[64] Southern Alliance for Clean Energy^[65] ^[66] Trojan Decommissioning Alliance Tri-Valley CARE Two Futures Project^[67] Western States Legal Foundation^[68] White House Peace Vigil^[69] Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control^[70] Women Strike for Peace^[71] ^[72] Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, US Section^[73]

See also

• Anti-nuclear protests in the United States
• Environmental movement in the United States
• List of anti-nuclear groups
• List of books about nuclear issues
• List of companies in the nuclear sector
• List of nuclear power groups
• Nuclear accidents in the United States
• Nuclear energy policy
• Nuclear power in the United States
• Nuclear safety in the U.S.
• Nuclear whistleblowers

Further reading

• Falk, Jim (1982). Global Fission:The Battle Over Nuclear Power, Oxford University Press.
• Jasper, James M. (1997). The Art of Moral Protest: Culture, Biography, and Creativity in Social Movements, University of Chicago Press,
• Natti, Susanna and Acker, Bonnie (1979). No nukes: Everyone's guide to nuclear power.
• Ondaatje, Elizabeth H. (c1988). Trends in antinuclear protests in the United States, 1984–1987.
• Peterson, Christian (2003). Ronald Reagan and Antinuclear Movements in the United States and Western Europe, 1981–1987.
• Polletta, Francesca (2002). Freedom Is an Endless Meeting: Democracy in American Social Movements, University of Chicago Press,
• Smith, Jennifer (Editor), (2002). The Antinuclear Movement.
• Wellock, Thomas R. (1998). , The University of Wisconsin Press,

External links

• A Question of Power documentary film
• Filming the anti-nuke movement

Notes and References

1. Many of these groups are listed at "Protest movements against nuclear energy" in Wolfgang Rudig (1990). Anti-nuclear Movements: A World Survey of Opposition to Nuclear Energy, Longman, pp. 381–403.
2. Matthew L. Wald. Nuclear Agency's Chief Praises Watchdog Groups, The New York Times, June 23, 1992.
3. Jerome Price (1982). The Anti-nuclear Movement, Twayne Publishers, p. 65.
4. Daniel Pope.Conservation Fallout (book review), H-Net Reviews, August 2007.
5. http://www.ananuclear.org Alliance for Nuclear Accountability > Welcome
6. Web site: Regulators criticize safety "culture" at San Onofre nuke plant . 2009-05-08 . https://archive.today/20120913191342/http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2009/05/07/news/sandiego/z82719546e291eafa882575b0001be3ff.txt . 2012-09-13 . dead .
7. Web site: Who would pay if nuclear disaster happened here? . Rochelle Becker . April 18, 2011 . San Francisco Chronicle .
8. Web site: PETITION DEMANDING REJECTION OF LICENSE RENEWAL FUNDING APPLICATIONS PENDING SEISMIC STUDIES OF ON AND OFFSHORE SEISMIC HAZARDS AT CALIFORNIA’S OPERATING NUCLEAR REACTORS. 2023-08-15.
9. Web site: About the Arms Control Association | Arms Control Association.
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12. Gary L. Downey. Ideology and the Clamshell Identity Social Problems, Vol. 33, No. 5, June 1986, p. 357.
13. http://coalitionagainstnukes.org Coalition Against Nukes
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15. http://www.ratical.org/radiation/CNR/ The Committee for Nuclear Responsibility
16. http://www.rightlivelihood.org/gofman.html John Gofman (USA)
17. Web site: Council for a Livable World . 15 December 2014 .
18. Steve Cohn (1997). Too cheap to meter: an economic and philosophical analysis of the nuclear dream SUNY Press, pp. 133–134.
19. Wolfgang Rudig (1990). Anti-nuclear Movements: A World Survey of Opposition to Nuclear Energy, Longman, p. 402.
20. Steve E. Barkan. Strategic, Tactical and Organizational Dilemmas of the protest Movement Against Nuclear Power Social Problems, Vol. 27, No. 1, October 1979, p. 23.
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42. Web site: New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080225123644/http://www.newenglandcoalition.org/about_NEC.html . 2008-02-25 . 2008-11-15.
43. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE4D81F3FF930A15755C0A964958260 Nuclear Agency's Chief Praises Watchdog Groups
44. http://www10.antenna.nl/wise/index.html?http://www10.antenna.nl/wise/369/3628.html Oldest operating US nuclear power plant shut down
45. http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2007/12/30/vermont_yankees_woes_top_list_of_years_big_stories/ Vermont Yankee's woes top list of year's big stories
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58. http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080103/NEWS01/80103011 Environmental group protests nuclear plant license renewal
59. Web site: The U.S. Anti-nuclear Movement . Ann Morrissett Davidon . December 1979 . Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists . 46 .
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65. http://www.cleanenergy.org/about/index.cfm Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
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70. http://www.wisconsinproject.org/aboutus.html Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control
71. Web site: Dagmar Wilson dies at 94; organizer of women's disarmament protesters . Woo, Elaine . January 30, 2011 . Los Angeles Times .
72. News: Dagmar Wilson, Anti-Nuclear Leader, Dies at 94 . Hevesi, Dennis . January 23, 2011 . The New York Times .
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