There have been a number of nuclear
whistleblowers
A whistleblower (also written as whistle-blower or whistle blower) is a person, often an employee, who reveals information about activity within a private or public organization that is deemed illegal, immoral, illicit, unsafe or fraudulent. Whi ...
, often
nuclear engineers
Nuclear may refer to:
Physics
Relating to the nucleus of the atom:
*Nuclear engineering
*Nuclear physics
*Nuclear power
*Nuclear reactor
*Nuclear weapon
*Nuclear medicine
*Radiation therapy
*Nuclear warfare
Mathematics
*Nuclear space
*Nuclear ...
, who have identified safety concerns about
nuclear power
Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity. Nuclear power can be obtained from nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion reactions. Presently, the vast majority of electricity from nuclear power is produced b ...
and nuclear weapons production.
List
Other nuclear whistleblowers
* Chuck Atkinson
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Dale G. Bridenbaugh
* Joe Carson
* Larry Criscione
* Mark Gillespie
* Lars-Olov Höglund
* Carl Hocevar
[Falk, Jim (1982). ''Global Fission:The Battle Over Nuclear Power'', p. 95.]
* David Hoffman
*
Avon Hudson
Avon Hudson (born 1937) is a South Australian RAAF ex-serviceman, nuclear weapons testing whistle-blower and co-author of the 2005 book '' Beyond Belief'' which he wrote with academic and historian, Roger Cross. He has appeared in several docum ...
*
Shafiqul Islam
* Carl Patrickson
* Richard H. Perkins
* Robert Pollard
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* John P. Shannon
* Don Ranft
* ]Zhores Medvedev
Zhores Aleksandrovich Medvedev (russian: Жоре́с Алекса́ндрович Медве́дев; 14 November 1925 – 15 November 2018) was a Russian agronomist, biologist, historian and dissident. His twin brother is the historian Roy Medv ...
* Ronald A. Sorri
See also
* Nuclear accidents in the United States
The United States Government Accountability Office reported more than 150 incidents from 2001 to 2006 of nuclear plants not performing within acceptable safety guidelines. According to a 2010 survey of energy accidents, there have been at least 5 ...
* Nuclear safety
Nuclear safety is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "The achievement of proper operating conditions, prevention of accidents or mitigation of accident consequences, resulting in protection of workers, the public and the ...
* 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 ...
References
External links
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Watching the Watchdogs
* ttp://www.whistleblower.org/ Government Accountability Project Whistleblower protection Org.*
National Whistleblowers Center - Nuclear Whistleblowers
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