NIRS Southeast, based in Asheville, North Carolina serves the region providing information, facilitation, support and collaborative effort to end the Nuclear Age while leading toward a positive, sustainable energy future.

As is clear from this map, the South is the epicenter of the attempt by the nuclear industry to revive nuclear power. This is in large part due to the regulated utility markets – where ratepayers are hostages – and will have to pay the higher electricity rates that would come with new nuclear power plants. NIRS Southeast is a leader in the NO NEW NUKES campaign.

NIRS Southeast is not a new local group – it is an arm of NIRS in the field. Staffed by a veteran member of the NIRS staff, the regional office has a seamless connection to the home office – and is, in no way a “separate entity.”

NIRS Southeast has helped to found a number of new campaigns in Western North Carolina, including:

Common Sense at the Nuclear Crossroads
Energy at the Crossroads Tour
Sustainable Energy Council of Western North Carolina and
Southeast Convergence for Climate Action

NIRS Southeast also works closely with longtime key regional allies, including:

Action for a Clean Envinronment
Atlanta Women’s Action for New Directions
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
The Canary Coalition
Carolina Peace Resource Center
Clean Water for North Carolina
Environmentalists, Inc.
North Carolina Waste Reduction Awareness Network (NC WARN)
Nuclear Watch South
Physicians for Social Responsibility of Western North Carolina
Physicians for Social Responsibility Atlanta
South Carolina Chapter, Sierra Club
South Carolina Progressive Network
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Southern Energy and Environment Expo