John Gofman’s Nuclear Courage
Joseph J. ManganoFri Sep 14, 3:11 PM ET
The Nation — The life of eminent nuclear scientist and physician John Gofman ended last month just short of age 89. The New York Times obituary recounted his scientific résumé but ignored the backlash he faced from industry and government, simply describing him as a “nuclear gadfly.” Gofman should be remembered for his brilliance and integrity, which are critical factors in the current debate over the future of nuclear power. Read the rest of this entry »

fact sheet

The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership

The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) is the Bush Administration’s plan for expanding the nuclear power industry in the U.S. and around the globe. If President Bush’s plan works as advertised, it would reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, improve the environment by reducing CO2 emissions, encourage clean development around the world and reduce the risk of nuclear proliferation. Read the rest of this entry »

An Account of Events in Nuclear Power Plants since the Chernobyl Accident in 1986
Residual Risk- The Report.
- open PDF by clicking title

How Creative Mass Non-Violence Beat a Nuke and Launched The Global Green Power Movement

by Harvey Wasserman, photographs by Lionel Delevingne. Published on Sunday, May 13, 2007 by CommonDreams.org

Thirty years ago this month, in the small seacoast town of Seabrook, New Hampshire, a force of mass non-violent green advocacy collided with the nuke establishment. A definitive victory over corporate power was won. And the global grassroots “No Nukes” movement emerged as one of the most important and effective in human history.

To read the whole article, view the photographs click this blue link:

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/13/1160/

30 years after the pivotal anti-nuke protest, the debate goes on

by Karl Meyer, published in Hampshire Life, 6/8/07 (Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA)

On the morning of Saturday, April 30, 1977, 2,000 protesters from across New England converged on a salt marsh in Seabrook, N. H. The previous summer the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission had approved a permit for twin reactors to be built on coastal flats along the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border and anti-nuclear opponents began meeting to plan their response. Read the rest of this entry »

New Hampshire Magazine article by John Walters, photos by P.T. Sullivan, April 2006

Thirty years ago, a few Seacoast activists started a fight against nuclear power that would spread far beyond the Seabrook marshlands where it began.

To read the whole article, view the photographs and listen to “Acres of Clams” click this blue link:

http://www.nh.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060331/NHM01/60331005/-1/

Boston Globe article by Steven Rosenberg, April 29, 2007

Click on the blue link below to read this article:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/04/29/nuclear_reaction/?page=full

Medora was a role model for us all

—– Original Message —–
From: Susan Condodemetraky
To: robin
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: Clamshell Alliance

Hello - please pass on or post that a memorial graveside service will be held for Medora Morrison (aka Medora Hamilton) at Meredith Cemetery at U.S. Route 3 and Boynton Rd. in Meredith NH on June 10th at 6 p.m. Medora was part of the very first group who went into Seabrook. You have a picture posted of that group going into the site but she is not in it.
Thank you
Susan

by David Slesinger
The most significant anti-nuclear contribution of Clamshell’s activity was that when TMI happened there were grassroots antinuclear groups throughout the US ready to escalate their activity. The 77 action was on national TV every night for 2 weeks. Meldrim Thompson made us.
Read the rest of this entry »

30 years after Clamshell standoff, the push for nuclear energy to reduce greenhouse gases is splitting environmentalists
by Tim Harper for the Toronto Star, published May 7 2007, also published by Common Dreams News Service
WASHINGTON - Thirty years ago, they stormed the New Hampshire coast, arriving by foot and by boat, to be met by state police, National Guard troops and a governor roaming the site in army fatigues. By the time they slapped the cuffs on Paul Gunter and more than 1,400 others known collectively as the Clamshell Alliance, the battle had already been won and a band of New England activists had stalled the Seabrook nuclear plant and essentially stopped the American nuclear industry.
To read the whole article click this blue link:
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/07/1033/