NORTHERN THUNDER WORKING GROUP: NUCLEAR POWER AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE
Northern Thunder working groups develop out of the interests of those who attend the monthly meetings. Interested individuals raise issues and network among NT supporters to create working groups on a topic. If you are interested in working with us on this issue, please send an email to Tom Wilson. Or just show up at a meeting!
NT Working Group Statement: Nukes
Northern Thunder has a regional history of anti-nuclear activism; click above to read an article by NT board member Tom Wilson that will tell you a little about that history as well as Wisconsin's current battles in the same arena.
Perspectives on High-Level Nuke Waste in Wisconsin
Nuclear Waste in Wisconsin Fact Sheet
The two above links come from long-time Northern Thunder ally Clean Wisconsin (formerly Wisconsin's Environmental Decade); watch for more on safeguarding Wisconsin's energy future from Clean Wisconsin and Northern Thunder.
From their home page text: "a Wisconsin-based environmental and peace action group, dedicated to the abolition of nuclear power and weapons. Nukewatch brings critical attention to the locations, movements, dangers, and the politics of nuclear weapons and radioactive wastes. Staff and volunteers advocate Gandhian nonviolence in education and action, and report on nuclear issues in a quarterly newsletter, The Pathfinder.
"A resource for all things nuclear in Wisconsin."
Physicians for Social Responsibility--Madison
The Madison chapter of the national group Physicians for Social Responsibility. This link is to their mission statement. The national PSR group is the American affiliate of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (see link below).
Also on the Physicians for Social Responsibility site out of Madison--info on nuclear waste in Wisconsin.
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
"IPPNW is a non-partisan global federation of medical organizations dedicated to research, education, and advocacy relevant to the prevention of nuclear war." Awarded the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to reduce the threat of nuclear war between the superpowers. .