We do not need nuclear power.
Welcome to the Clamshell Alliance website. The Clamshell opposes nuclear power, a false solution to the climate emergency. The New England-based Clamshell Alliance inspired the national anti-nuclear movement in the 1970s. The Clamshell experience, which drew on the wisdom of generations of struggles, speaks to the world’s current crises. We persist in saying “No Nukes” as we all continue to strive for justice, joyfully, on many fronts.
No Nukes!
The Clamshell Alliance joins No Kings in calling a national action this March 28!
March 28 is the next No Kings Day AND the 47th anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear meltdown. Let’s bring this message to millions of people
News & Headlines
Seabrook’s neighbors offer insight formed over decades
Area residents express concern as NH eyes new nuclear. With many Clam photos.
On March 28 Let’s Say “No Kings” and “No Nukes”
The 3rd No Kings Rally on March 28th is the anniversary of the Three Mile Island meltdown. 47 years later the melted rods inside the reactor are still very hot & radioactive and will be for thousands of years. Our President/King is nonetheless pushing for new/restarted reactors and is safety oversight. Let’s carry signs that say: NO KINGS! NO NUKES!
The never-ending legacy of Fukushima
Akiko Morimatsu, former Fukushima area resident: “ We had no choice but to live on contaminated soil, breathe contaminated air, and drink contaminated water. I was breastfeeding my five-month-old daughter at the time, and it was only later that I realized I had exposed my children to radiation.”
No To Nuclear. Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress And Provokes War
Get your copy of No to Nuclear by Beyond Nuclear’s founder Linda Pentz Gunter, now available to order from Pluto Press. “I have endeavored to put a human face on the story, to communicate what it feels like to be the victim of an industry that destroys the environment, harms health and leaves its lethal waste behind” said Pentz Gunter
Is Europe going to be forced to return to nuclear energy?
The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing Iran war has sent energy prices surging and once again laid bare Europe’s deep vulnerabilities.
Nuclear’s cleanup cost threatens the expansion dream
Countries are racing to build new reactors. But we’ve barely figured out how to clean up the old ones — and the bill is potentially staggering.
Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them
Easy-to-install plug-in solar panels are being impeded by utilities, who are fighting state bills that eliminate complicated utility connection agreements for which are required for larger rooftop solar installations.
Lithium-ion battery storage facility condemned after December fire
Concern by Warwick NY residents that lithium-ion battery storage is not clean or low-risk after a third local incident in two years.
Small Nuclear Reactors Will Make Much More Waste Than LWRs Do
The US Academy of Sciences reveals that SMRs will produce more voluminous and chemically/physically reactive waste than LWRs. The higher neutron leakage associated with SMRs’ designs show they are inferior to LWRs with respect to the generation, management, and final disposal of key radionuclides in nuclear waste.
Wind & Solar Generated A Record 17% Of U.S. Electricity In 2025
In 2025, net generation of wind and solar together accounted for 760,000 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity, 88,000 GWh more than in 2024.
How India Is Powering 1.4 Billion People While Deploying Renewables
India, with a population of 1.4 billion, will be a global focal point on climate. Its economy is growing at 7.5% yearly, and its electricity consumption ranks among the highest in the world.
DOGE Goes Nuclear: How Trump Invited Silicon Valley Into America’s Nuclear Power Regulator
To power its data centers, Meta chooses nuclear power: from a startup, a smaller energy company, and an established reactor company.
This Infamous Radioactive ‘Tomb’ Is Leaking, And Experts Are Worried
A gaping hole was left on Marshall Island’s Runit Island in the Pacific Ocean when the US military released an 18-kiloton nuclear blast in 1958. The military filled it in with contaminated soil and debris. There are concerns that layers of the dome intended to sit above sea level are not going to stay above water much longer.
NRC considers eliminating half-century-old radiation standard
The principle that radiation exposure should be as low as possible to protect human health has endured at the NRC for more than half a century. The agency is now taking its first steps to end that standard.
Deep Fission to get Deep Environmental review?
A White House order has made the Kansas Deep Fission/Deep Isolation eligible for broad exemptions from performing environmental reviews as otherwise federally required by the National Environmental Policy Act and the Administrative Procedures Act.
The ghosts of nuclear past, present, and future: Can you tell them apart?
Just as the tech boom and AI and electrification generally are pushing us to get more generation on the grid, nuclear is on the tip of every tongue. Much high-profile ink has been spilled on announcements of interest, but these get coverage that misleadingly suggests imminent deployment.
