{"id":226,"date":"2025-10-08T18:02:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T22:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=226"},"modified":"2025-10-08T18:13:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T22:13:55","slug":"gordon-thompson","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/people\/gordon-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Gordon Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Research Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Global human security<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Decision making for the sustainability transition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cooperative management of natural resources<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environmental and security impacts of hazardous technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Citizen diplomacy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thompson, Gordon. 2012. Unmasking the truth: The science and policy of low-dose ionizing radiation.&nbsp;Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists&nbsp;68 no. 3: 44-50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thompson, Gordon. 2011. New and Significant Information from the Fukushima Daiichi Accident in the Context of Future Operation of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant. A report for the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thompson, Gordon, and Paula Gutlove. 2006. Using psychosocial healing in postconflict reconstruction. In&nbsp;The psychology of resolving global conflicts: From war to peace,&nbsp;eds., Mari Fitzduff and Chris E. Stout. Praeger Security International.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thompson, Gordon. 2006. What role for nuclear power in a sustainable civilization?&nbsp;The Green Cross Optimist&nbsp;(Spring): 28-30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thompson, Gordon. 2005. Reasonably foreseeable security events: Potential threats to options for long-term management of UK radioactive waste. A report for the UK Government\u2019s Committee on Radioactive Waste Management. November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thompson, Gordon. 2005. Plasma, policy and progress.&nbsp;The Australian Mathematical Society Gazette&nbsp;32, no. 3: 162-168.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thompson, Gordon. 2005. Designing infrastructure for new goals and constraints.&nbsp;Proceedings of the conference, Working Together: R&amp;D Partnerships in Homeland Security, Boston, Massachusetts, 27-28 April 2005,&nbsp;sponsored by the US Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thompson, Gordon. 2005. Safety of the proposed South African Pebble Bed Modular Reactor. A report for the Legal Resources Centre, Cape Town, South Africa. January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Research Interests Selected Publications Thompson, Gordon. 2012. Unmasking the truth: The science and policy of low-dose ionizing radiation.&nbsp;Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists&nbsp;68 no. 3: 44-50. Thompson, Gordon. 2011. New and Significant Information from the Fukushima Daiichi Accident in the Context of Future Operation of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant. A report for the Attorney [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":227,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"cu_people_sortname":"Thompson ","cu_people_title":"Research Scientist","cu_people_email":"gothompson@clarku.edu ","cu_people_phone":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"peoplegroups":[7],"class_list":["post-226","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","peoplegroups-research-scientists"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gordon Thompson | George Perkins Marsh Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gordon Thompson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Current Research Interests Selected Publications Thompson, Gordon. 2012. Unmasking the truth: The science and policy of low-dose ionizing radiation.&nbsp;Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists&nbsp;68 no. 3: 44-50. Thompson, Gordon. 2011. New and Significant Information from the Fukushima Daiichi Accident in the Context of Future Operation of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant. A report for the Attorney [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/people\/gordon-thompson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"George Perkins Marsh Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ClarkUniversityWorcester\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-08T22:13:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/gordonthompson-150x150-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"150\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"150\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@clarkuniversity\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/marsh-institute\\\/people\\\/gordon-thompson\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/marsh-institute\\\/people\\\/gordon-thompson\\\/\",\"name\":\"Gordon Thompson | George Perkins Marsh Institute\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/marsh-institute\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/marsh-institute\\\/people\\\/gordon-thompson\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/marsh-institute\\\/people\\\/gordon-thompson\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/marsh-institute\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/102\\\/gordonthompson-150x150-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-08T22:02:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-08T22:13:55+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/marsh-institute\\\/people\\\/gordon-thompson\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/marsh-institute\\\/people\\\/gordon-thompson\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/marsh-institute\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/102\\\/gordonthompson-150x150-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/marsh-institute\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/102\\\/gordonthompson-150x150-1.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"caption\":\"Gordon Thompson\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/marsh-institute\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/people\\\/226#breadcrumbs\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":0,\"name\":\"ClarkU\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"George Perkins Marsh Institute\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/marsh-institute\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"People\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/marsh-institute\\\/wp-json\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"People\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/marsh-institute\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"People\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/marsh-institute\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"People\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/marsh-institute\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/people\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":6,\"name\":\"People\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/marsh-institute\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/people\\\/226\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/marsh-institute\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/marsh-institute\\\/\",\"name\":\"George Perkins Marsh Institute\",\"description\":\"Clark University\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/marsh-institute\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gordon Thompson | George Perkins Marsh Institute","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gordon Thompson","og_description":"Current Research Interests Selected Publications Thompson, Gordon. 2012. Unmasking the truth: The science and policy of low-dose ionizing radiation.&nbsp;Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists&nbsp;68 no. 3: 44-50. Thompson, Gordon. 2011. New and Significant Information from the Fukushima Daiichi Accident in the Context of Future Operation of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant. A report for the Attorney [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/people\/gordon-thompson\/","og_site_name":"George Perkins Marsh Institute","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ClarkUniversityWorcester","article_modified_time":"2025-10-08T22:13:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":150,"height":150,"url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/gordonthompson-150x150-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@clarkuniversity","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/people\/gordon-thompson\/","url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/people\/gordon-thompson\/","name":"Gordon Thompson | George Perkins Marsh Institute","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/people\/gordon-thompson\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/people\/gordon-thompson\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/gordonthompson-150x150-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-08T22:02:40+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-08T22:13:55+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/people\/gordon-thompson\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/people\/gordon-thompson\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/gordonthompson-150x150-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/gordonthompson-150x150-1.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"caption":"Gordon Thompson"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/226#breadcrumbs","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":0,"name":"ClarkU","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"George Perkins Marsh Institute","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"People","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/wp-json"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"People","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/wp-json\/wp"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"People","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"People","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"name":"People","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/226"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/","name":"George Perkins Marsh Institute","description":"Clark University","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/226\/revisions\/233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"peoplegroups","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/marsh-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/peoplegroups?post=226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}