List of nuclear whistleblowers

List of nuclear whistleblowers

This is a list of nuclear whistleblowers. They are mainly former employees of nuclear facilities who have spoken out about safety concerns.
*Chuck Atkinson [ [http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/pubs/99pc.html Whistleblowing and nonviolence] ]

*Dale G. Bridenbaugh
*Gerald W. Brown
*George Galatis
*Mark Gillespie [ [http://www.nhpr.org/node/15992 Seabrook Whistleblower Says Power Plant Unsafe] ]
*Richard B. Hubbard
*Richard Levernier
*Gregory Minor
*Alan Parkinson (engineer)
*Carl Patrickson [ [http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/3771 Nuke Watchdog Urges New Look at Whistleblower Case] ]
*Karen Silkwood
*Mordechai Vanunu

ee also

*Anti-nuclear movement
*Chuck Hansen
*Karl Z. Morgan
*Nuclear accidents
*Nuclear Regulatory Commission
*Nuclear safety

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