When radiation monitors spiked during a December storm—New Hampshire residents didn’t know what had happened. A story that should concern anyone who lives in the NH seacoast region or near a nuclear power plant.

On December 29th, radiation monitors detected elevated levels during a weather system near Seabrook Station. Massachusetts officials received automatic alerts. New Hampshire residents? We’ll get a report in 2-3 months.A Harvard study published two weeks earlier found living within 5 km of a nuclear plant increased cancer risk by 30-100%. Hampton, Seabrook, and North Hampton fall in this highest-risk zone.as a state representative, I sponsored legislation for real-time radiation monitoring in NH. It failed. The December 29th event showed the cost: while Massachusetts gets immediate alerts, NH seacoast communities remain in the dark. Read more here: