More than 80 anti-nuclear groups are operating, or have operated, in the United States.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. 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".Matthew L. Wald. Nuclear Agency's Chief Praises Watchdog Groups, The New York Times, June 23, 1992.

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.Jerome Price (1982). The Anti-nuclear Movement, Twayne Publishers, p. 65.

Specific groups Groups include: Abalone AllianceDaniel Pope.Conservation Fallout (book review), H-Net Reviews, August 2007. Alliance for Nuclear AccountabilityAlliance for Nuclear Accountability > Welcome Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility Alliance for Survival (Los Angeles; defunct) Arms Control Association. Beyond Nuclear (Takoma Park, Maryland) Cactus Alliance (Utah) Catfish Alliance (Alabama) Citizen's Committee for Protection of the Environment Citizens Energy Council Clamshell AllianceGary L. Downey. Ideology and the Clamshell Identity Social Problems, Vol. 33, No. 5, June 1986, p. 357. Coalition Against NukesCoalition Against Nukes Coalition for Nuclear Power Postponement Committee for a Nuclear Free Island Committee for a Nuclear Overkill Moratorium Committee for Nuclear ResponsibilityThe Committee for Nuclear ResponsibilityJohn Gofman (USA) Concerned Citizens Against the Bailly Nuclear Site Corporate Accountability International Council for a Livable World Crabshell Alliance (Seattle) Critical MassSteve Cohn (1997). Too cheap to meter: an economic and philosophical analysis of the nuclear dream SUNY Press, pp. 133–134.Wolfgang Rudig (1990). Anti-nuclear Movements: A World Survey of Opposition to Nuclear Energy, Longman, p. 402.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. Don't Make a Wave Committee Economists for Peace and SecurityEPS USA, History , accessed 1 March 2010Robert Schwartz, 88, Broker and Promoter of Social Causes, Dies The New York Times, 19 May 2006.Robert J. Schwartz (2002), Can you make a difference?: a memoir of a life for change, Lantern Books, Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Federation of American Scientists Friends of the Earth GreenpeaceNuclear Issues Heart of America Northwest Institute for Energy and Environmental ResearchIEER PublicationsScience for Democratic Action Maryland Public Interest Research GroupAnti-Nuclear Group Fights Third Reactor Mothers for Peace The Atomic West p. 208.Nuclear commission rejects protest over California plant Musicians United for Safe EnergyCommentary: Stealth nuke effort should be stoppedMusicians Act to Stop New Atomic Reactors Nevada Desert Experience19 anti-nuclear protesters cited at Nevada Test Site New England CoalitionNuclear Agency's Chief Praises Watchdog GroupsOldest operating US nuclear power plant shut downVermont Yankee's woes top list of year's big stories North Anna Environmental Coalition Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Nuclear Control InstituteAbout us Nuclear Disarmament Partnership Nuclear Energy Information Service Nuclear Information and Resource Service Nuclear Policy Research Institute Nuclear Threat Initiative Nuclear Watch of New Mexico Nuclear Watch South Oystershell Alliance (New Orleans) Palmetto Alliance (South Carolina) Peace ActionPeace-Action About Peace-Action Retrieved June 19, 2007 Physicians for Social ResponsibilityProfessional Groups Flocking to Anti-nuclear Drive Pilgrim Watch Plowshares MovementHerbert Mitgang. Books of The Times; Shifting Causes: Updates From the American Left The New York Times, June 26, 1991. Proposition One Campaign for a Nuclear-Free Future Public CitizenAbout the Energy ProgramThe Fatal Flaws of Nuclear Power Red Clover Alliance (Vermont) RiverkeeperEnvironmental group protests nuclear plant license renewal Rocky Flats Truth Force Seneca Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice Shad AllianceBrown, Jerry and Brutoco, Rinaldo (1997). Profiles in power: The antinuclear movement and the dawn of the solar age, Prentice Hall, pp. 63–64.Lights Out at Shoreham: Anti-nuclear activism spurs the closing of a new $6 billion plant Shundahai Network Sierra ClubNJ nuclear plant opponents appeal relicensing Southern Alliance for Clean EnergySouthern Alliance for Clean Energy Three Mile Island Alert Tri-Valley CAREs (Livermore, CA) Trojan Decommissioning Alliance Two Futures ProjectNashville preacher leads no-nuke push Western States Legal Foundation White House Peace Vigil Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms ControlWisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Women Strike for Peace Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, US Section

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

References

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). Critical Masses: Opposition to Nuclear Power in California, 1958–1978, The University of Wisconsin Press,

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