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Mission & Goals
Vision: C-10 envisions a clean, safe, sustainable, non-nuclear energy future
C-10’s mission is threefold:
Goals:
Enhance the collection and analysis of
airborne and marine radiological and weather-related
data
Increase the number of monitoring sites in public
places--including expansion into New Hampshire
Make the monitoring data more broadly available to the
public and the scientific community
Goals:
Research and advocate for the
safest possible interim storage of the Seabrook
reactor’s on-site nuclear waste
Develop
and disseminate information on nuclear security
and safety issues
Collaborate with
citizens, elected officials, governmental
organizations and medical and scientific
communities for public safety
Goals:
Be a clearinghouse for information, initiatives
and activities focused on energy alternatives
Contribute to and leverage the work of other
local organizations in promoting energy
alternatives and their practical use
Develop and deliver educational programs on
energy alternatives in local schools and the
wider community
Be an advocate for the development of local and regional energy policies which have energy alternatives as their focus
History
The C-10 Research and Education Foundation (C-10)
was established in 1991 to address the health and safety issues
related to the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant. C-10 is a
non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that evolved from Citizens Within
the Ten-Mile Radius, a 5,000 member organization founded in 1986 to
challenge evacuation plans for the Seabrook Station reactor.
Current projects include:
- Independent citizen's monitoring of airborne radiation levels within the ten mile radius of the Seabrook Station reactor. This includes computerized monitoring sites that continuously record radiation levels minute by minute, around the clock. These monitoring sites are located in private homes, schools and businesses in MA and NH. C-10's monitoring is the only one that records and measures minute to minute readings of radiation levels. Partial funding is received from MEMA.
- Comprehensive program of disease-monitoring and
surveillance for the 23 communities within the
ten-mile radius of the Seabrook Station reactor. This program is currently being funded and conducted
by the Massachusetts Bureau of Environmental Health
Assessment with in-kind services from the C-10
staff. This program tracks increases in certain
types of ionizing cancers that may occur over time
during the operation of the Seabrook Station
reactor.
- Sea life (mussel) study near the outfall of
the Seabrook Station reactor. Partial funding
for this study is provided by in-kind services and
membership dues.
- Working directly with science educators in
surrounding schools and universities to provide
objective and factual information about health
effects of ionizing radiation, nuclear waste issues
and alternative energy. This program is
conducted by C-10 staff and Board members.
- Hosting public forums. The
most recent series of public forums arose due to
growing concern about possible terrorist attacks on
nuclear power plants.
- Seabrook Nuclear Power
Plant Safety Alert - NRC Fails to Act on Critical
Safety Violation. Guest speakers included Joe
Hopenfeld, PhD. a former NRC Research Engineer, and
Paul Gunter from the Nuclear Information & Resource
Service (NIRS).
- A Clean, Secure National Energy Policy. Guest speakers included Bill Moomaw, Senior
Consultant for the National Energy Policy
Initiative.
- Evacuation Issues in an Age of
Terrorism. Guest speakers included Paul Gunter,
Nuclear Safety Watchdog Project from Nuclear
Information Resource Services (NIRS).
- Security at Seabrook Station. Guest speakers included Dr. Gordon Thompson, Executive
Director of the Institute For Resource and Security
Studies, and David Lochbaum, Nuclear Safety Engineer
for the Union of Concerned Scientists. See forum excerpts
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