Following the Three Mile Island nuclear accident , Caldicott left her medical career to concentrate on calling the world 's attention to what she refers to as the " insanity " of the nuclear arms race and the growing reliance on nuclear power . In 1980 , she founded the Women 's Action for Nuclear Disarmament ( WAND ) in the United States , which was later renamed Women 's Action for New Directions . It is a group dedicated to reducing or redirecting government spending away from nuclear energy use towards what the group perceives as unmet social issues
Three Mile Island nuclear accident
Three Mile Island accident
Helen Caldicott