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Size | 4.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2400 items) |
Abstract | Contains papers created or collected by Wells Eddleman (1949-2022), a white teacher and energy consultant who served as an Intervenor in the hearings of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in opposition to the licensing of the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant built by Carolina Power and Light Company in New Hill (Wake County), N.C., in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Papers primarily pertain to the Coalition for Alternatives to Shearon Harris (CASH) and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Intervention process. Materials include originals and copies of official filings, correspondence among attorneys working with Eddleman, notes, and papers on anti-nuclear organizing in North Carolina. Much of this material was presented before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, including intervenors' testimony, petitions, scientific reports, and NRC responses to challenges and interrogatories. The collection also includes a 1986 map of the Shearon Harris Plume Exposure Pathway Emergency Planning Zone. |
Creator | Eddleman, Wells. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Encoded by: Laura Smith
Processed by Nicole Cvjetnicanin, Rebecca Stubbs, March 2019
Updated by Rebecca Stubbs and Dawne Howard Lucas, June 2022, March 2023
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Wells Eddleman (1949-2022), a white teacher and energy consultant, served as an Intervenor in the hearings of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in opposition to the licensing of the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant built by Carolina Power and Light Company in New Hill (Wake County), N.C., in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Eddleman also served as an Intervenor or expert witness in other hearings before the North Carolina Utilities Commission. Born in Lowell, N.C., Eddleman attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating in 1971. He then moved to North Carolina and became a teacher and energy manager at the Carolina Friends School, also operating a consulting business on alternative energy technologies. He aligned with several organizations, including the Kudzu Alliance, the Coalition for Alternatives to Shearon Harris, and the Conservation Council of North Carolina, who were mobilizing against the construction of the Harris Nuclear Plant. Due to his area of expertise, he was granted special standing to serve as a citizen "Intervenor" in the licensing hearings of the plant.
Back to TopContains papers created or collected by Wells Eddleman, primarily pertaining to the Coalition for Alternatives to Shearon Harris (CASH) and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Intervention process. Materials include originals and copies of official filings, correspondence among attorneys working with Eddleman, notes, and papers on anti-nuclear organizing in North Carolina. Much of this material was presented before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, including intervenors' testimony, petitions, scientific reports, and NRC responses to challenges and interrogatories. The collection also includes a 1986 map of the Shearon Harris Plume Exposure Pathway Emergency Planning Zone.
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Anti-nuclear organizingIncludes handwritten notes, email correspondences, newspaper clippings, flyers, pamphlets, contact lists, photocopies of publications, editorial cartoons, reports, and research paper manuscripts. Some materials pertain to the Coalition for Alternatives to Shearon Harris (CASH). |
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Intervention processAccessions 20220608.3 and 20230303.2 |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-5489/1 |
Map: Shearon Harris plume exposure pathway emergency planning zone, 1986Accession 20220608.3 HMM Associates, Inc., February 1986. |