About Us
We didn’t need nuclear power in the 1970s when the Clamshell Alliance occupied the Seabrook, NH, nuclear power plant site. We need it even less today. It is a dangerous means of generating electricity that deters development of clean, safe energy to solve the climate crisis. Renewable energy can meet our needs. It is safer, much less expensive and much faster to build.
Nuclear power proponents and some climate advocates are pushing to extend operating licenses of dangerously deteriorated old nuclear facilities, and say new nukes are urgently needed. This is a dangerous contention. We say we do not need nuclear power.
The New England-based Clamshell Alliance organized in the 1970s and supported creation of similar organizations around the country. Its power came from its
- decentralized structure,
- direct action affinity groups,
- nonviolent discipline,
- collective decision making,
- community mobilization,
- our culture of caring,
- respect for all allies and opponents,
- and exuberant singing!
A group of seasoned Clams from the 1970s and ‘80s have been meeting, writing, and organizing resistance to the nuclear industry’s plans, both online and in person. Fifty years later, the Clamshell Alliance is a re-energized organization, working with our allies across the country in response to rapidly changing circumstances. There is a monthly zoom meeting, a steering committee, a decision making structure, this website, up-to-date news and action alerts.
We welcome you to join us if you agree with our principles. Please contact us, and share our statement and website with groups with the same goals.
Photographs from a Clam gathering at the World Fellowship Center:
