Nuclear energy
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Al Fishman Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP001654
Abstract
Alvin Fishman was born in Los Angeles, Nov. 28, 1927, but he was raised in New York and graduated from Stuyvesant High School. He was drafted and served in Italy during World War II. After the war, he moved to Ann Arbor, MI to attend the University of Michigan and study architecture. During this time he became involved in politics. Fishman left the university prior to graduation to move to Detroit and work as a tool and die machinist in an auto plant for the next thirteen years. He married...
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Al Fishman Papers
Carolyn DesJardins Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP002530
Abstract
In June 1982 Carolyn DesJardins (formerly Carolyn Larry) began working as a security officer at Detroit Edison’s Fermi 2 nuclear power plant located in Newport, Michigan. DesJardins later moved into a staff position where she was responsible for safeguarding security information about the plant’s operation, construction, and equipment. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission enforces rules about the accessibility of the information that DesJardins was protecting. During DesJardin’s tenure, the Fermi...
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Carolyn DesJardins Papers
Labor Committee for Safe Energy and Full Employment Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001131
Abstract
The Labor Committee for Safe Energy and Full Employment was formed from a coalition of labor unions opposed to the expansion of the nuclear energy industry, and in part, as a reaction to the Three Mile Island nuclear accident. The committee's records primarily document their promotion of a protest march on March 28, 1981, the second anniversary of Three Mile Island.
Smith College Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001323
Overview
The collection contains pamphlets, booklets, periodicals, and monographs related to a wide variety of liberal causes from the 1920s to the late 1960s. The majority of items concern issues in the United States or that directly deal with American involvement. Most of the records date back to the 1960s and involve topics related to the American anti-war movement or socialism.
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Smith College Records
Thomas W. Stephens Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP001747
Abstract
Thomas Stephens was a founder of the Evergreen Alliance, the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition and chaired the National Lawyer's Guild's Toxics Committee in his fight for environmental justice in the Detroit area. His papers reflect his interest and legal work in this arena and related issues, particularly lawsuits involving incinerators in Detroit and Flint, MI.
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Thomas W. Stephens Papers
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Detroit Branch Records
Collection
Identifier: UR001870
Overview
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to ending war and bringing about world peace. Formed in 1919 along with the Michigan branch, Detroit's WILPF branch has been active in pushing for peace and equality throughout the region and nationally. These actions reflected in the collection include lobbying politicians (notably Michigan governors, Representative John Dingell, and Detroit mayor Coleman Young), writing...