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• Antinuclear movement--North Carolina.
• Coalition for Alternatives to Shearon Harris.
• Eddleman, Wells.
• Nuclear energy--research.
• Nuclear energy--research.
• Nuclear engineering--North Carolina--safety measures.
• Nuclear industry--North Carolina.
• Nuclear power plants--North Carolina.
• Nuclear power plants--Safety measures.
• Nuclear power plants--Safety regulations--North Carolina.
• Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant (N.C.)
• U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

• Wells Eddleman Papers, North Carolina Collection Archives, Durham County Library (NCC-0073)
• Bob Hall Papers (05633)
• Coalition for Alternatives to Shearon Harris Records (05404)
• Cecelia Conway Papers (04871)
• Student Action with Farmworkers Collection (20317)
• North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Project Records (04578)
• Ted Outwater Papers (70127)

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.

Contains 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.

• Oversize papers (XOPF-5489/1)