AWARD YEAR
2015
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
KEYWORDS
energy, sustainability, information
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
Maggie Gundersen
Arnie Gundersen
Chiho Kaneko
Dr. Hannah Spector
Tom Clements
Leslie Kanat
WEBSITE
http://www.fairewinds.org
Faire winds Energy Education
Faire winds educates the public with unbiased information on nuclear power and other energy issues.
Fairewinds Energy Education is a 501c3 non-profit organization founded in 2008. Our mission is to educate the public with unbiased information about nuclear power and other energy issues.
Maggie Gundersen founded Fairewinds Energy Education, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, in 2008. Its mission has remained to educate the public about nuclear power production, engineering, reliability, and safety issues.
Arnie Gundersen has more than 40-years of nuclear power engineering experience. He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) where he earned his Bachelor Degree cum laude while also becoming the recipient of a prestigious Atomic Energy Commission Fellowship for his Master Degree in nuclear engineering.Arnie holds a nuclear safety patent, was a licensed reactor operator, and is a former nuclear industry senior vice president. During his nuclear power industry career, Arnie also managed and coordinated projects at 70-nuclear power plants in the US.