Larry Bogart (1914–1991) was a
U.S. independent critic of the
nuclear power
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industry. Bogart abandoned a career in
public relations
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in the mid-1960s to organize community groups and speak out about the problems of the "peaceful atom".
[Keith Schneider]
Larry Bogart, an Influential Critic Of Nuclear Power, Is Dead at 77
''The New York Times'', August 20, 1991.[
In 1966, Bogart founded the Citizens Energy Council, a coalition of environmental groups that published the newsletters "Radiation Perils," "Watch on the A.E.C." and "Nuclear Opponents". These publications argued that "nuclear power plants were too complex, too expensive and so inherently unsafe they would one day prove to be a financial disaster and a health hazard," The Larry Bogart Archives are located at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut and consist of correspondence, administrative records, press releases, news clippings, fliers, legal documents, scientific reports, government reports, newsletters, periodicals, typescripts, interviews, maps, books, audio recordings and photographs. The bulk of the collection dates from 1966 to 1986. The collection chronicles the extent of information available on nuclear energy as it was being published and circulated in local newspapers, government reports, books by American and European publishers, popular periodicals, the alternative press, and by individuals.][Anna Gyorgy (1980)]
No Nukes: Everyone's Guide to Nuclear Power
South End Press, ,
p. 383.
The 1980 short film ''Nuclear Truth'' featured Larry Bogart discussing the history and future of nuclear power.Nuclear Truth with Larry Bogart
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See also
*Anti-nuclear movement in the United States
The anti-nuclear movement in the United States consists of more than 80 anti-nuclear groups that oppose nuclear power, nuclear weapons, and/or uranium mining. These have included the Abalone Alliance, Clamshell Alliance, Committee for Nuclear ...
* Atomic Energy Commission
*Anti-nuclear protests in the United States
The anti-nuclear movement is a social movement that opposes various nuclear technologies. Some direct action groups, environmental movements, and professional organisations have identified themselves with the movement at the local, nationa ...
* Paul Gunter
References
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American anti–nuclear power activists
Nonviolence advocates
1914 births
1991 deaths