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Nuclear Waste Citizens Coalition
110 Maryland Avenue NE, Suite 307
Washington, DC 20002
tel: (202) 547-5796
fax: (202) 543-0978
e-mail: fmillar@igc.apc.org

Nuclear Waste Citizens Coalition Member Organizations

Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League: The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League has worked in the Southeastern states since 1984 on several issues encompassing a broad view of earth stewardship. Recently BREDL has worked on issues surrounding the return of foreign nuclear irradiated fuel to the U.S. Citizen Alert: Citizen Alert is a grassroots Nevada organization which works on public participation and government accountability in issues of concern to Nevadans and which affect people all across the country. It was founded in 1975 in response to the federal government's plan to dump high-level nuclear waste in Nevada. Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana: The largest public interest organization in Indiana, CAC has been organizing, lobbying and litigating on behalf of embers for more than 20 years, including successful fights to defeat two nuclear power plant proposals. CAC advocates for some three hundred thousand household members on issues including: energy and utility policy, health care, environment, sustainable agriculture and campaign finance reform. Citizens Awareness Network: The Citizens Awareness Network (CAN) is a grassroots public interest group dedicated to educating and informing the local communities of western Massachusetts about issues of nuclear power and nuclear waste. CAN specifically focuses on the health and safety of both the public and workers in the nuclear industry. Missouri Coalition on the Environment: The Missouri Coalition on the Environment formed in 1969 as the first independent citizens watchdog group in St. Louis addressing a broad range of environmental issues. The Coalition lobbies at state and local levels and uses public education and legal strategies. National Environmental Coalition of Native Americans: NECONA was established in 1993 to fight efforts to place nuclear waste on Indian lands, to establish Nuclear Free Zones (18 tribal NFZs so far), and to educate tribal members on health hazards of nuclear waste storage and transportation. President Grace Thorpe speaks widely on these issues. Nuclear Energy Information Service: NEIS is a non-profit, citizen organization in Evanston, Illinois that educates the public about nuclear power and safe alternatives. It uses research, public forums, debate, educational events, and other legal means to inform the public. NEIS provides a speaker's bureau, energy newsletter, and a research database as well as answering queries on nuclear power issues. Nuclear Information and Resource Service: Based in DC, the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) is a leading information and networking center for the grassroots safe energy movement. Founded in 1978, NIRS provides information on nuclear power, radioactive waste and radiation issues to policy makers, media and the general public. Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance: OREPA has six hundred members in East Tennessee and western North Carolina. The oganization is nine years old and has mainly focused on military nuclear power at Oak Ridge, but it has also worked on toxics incineration and other environmental and public health issues. Prairie Island Coalition : PIC is a coalition of 30 environmental, church, farm and Native American organizations working to stop dry cask storage at Prairie Island Nuclear Reactor in Minnesota and to advance the transition to renewable energy. PIC also works to educate the larger community about the environmental hazards and racism inherent in the nuclear fuel chain. Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy Project: Public Citizen is a nonprofit membership organization based in Washington, DC representing consumer interests through lobbying, litigation, research and publications. Since 1974 the Critical Mass Energy Project of Public Citizen has been a powerful leader in the movement to decrease reliance on nuclear and fossil fuels and to promote safe, economical and environmentally sound energy alternatives. Critical Mass works closely with citizens' groups and individuals across the country, empowering them to participate in important decisions affecting their health, safety and standard of living. Rocky Mountain Peace Center: The Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center is a grassroots organization established in 1983 to work for peace and social justice through nonviolent means. Based in Boulder, CO the RMPC works on nuclear weapons and waste issues with focus on the Rocky Flats Department of Energy site which produced plutonium triggers for nuclear weapons. Safe Energy Communication Council: The Safe Energy Communication Council (SECC) is an environmental coalition of national energy, environmental and public interest media groups working to increase public awareness of the ability of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources to meet an increasing share of our nation's energy needs. SECC also works to educate the public about the serious economic and environmental liabilities of nuclear power. Based in Washington, D.C., SECC provides local, state and national organizations with technical assistance through media skills training and outreach strategies. Snake River Alliance: The Snake River Alliance was founded in 1979 to serve as a citizen monitor of activities at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. INEL has been the waste dump for naval irradiated nuclear fuel for decades. The Snake River Alliance has 1,200 members and accomplishes its work through research, education and community advocacy. Southwest Research and Information Center: The Southwest Research and Information Center, based in Albuquerque, NM has provided technical assistance to grassroots groups and policy analysis for more than 20 years. During the 1980s it coordinated the National Nuclear Waste Task Force composed of citizen groups representing the 14 states then targeted for waste repositories and a Monitored Retrievable Storage Site. 20/20 Vision: 20/20 Vision is a national organization specializing in helping citizens to take effective action on a different subject each month, for a time investment of 20 minutes a month. Subjects range fromenvironment, energy asnd campaign finance to nuclear proliferation and U.N. peacekeeping efforts. Each month 20/20 Vision sends out an action post card with the necessary information to enable subscribers to write a brief letter or make a phone call, in order to influence an upcoming votre or decision. U.S. Public Interest Research Group: U.S. PIRG is the national lobbying office for the state Public Interest Research Groups which are non-profit, nonpartisan consumer and environmental watchdog groups active in many states. Nuclear waste and nonproliferation issues have been recent emphases.

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