ACTION ALERT!! A NEW BOMB PLANT IN OAK RIDGE? LAST CHANCE TO SAY NO
November 17 2009
The public hearing on November 17th will be the most important hearing in the history of Oak Ridge. It sounds crazy, but it’s true. The National Nuclear Security Administration will build a new, 3.5 billion dollar bomb plant at Y12 in Oak Ridge—an act likely to provoke unprecedented global nuclear proliferation—unless we stop them.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009
6:30PM
NEW HOPE CENTER
SCARBORO ROAD • OAK RIDGE
Sometimes you only get one chance to change the future…
The November 17 public hearing for the Draft Y12 Site Wide Environmental Impact Statement will be our only chance to say NO! to continued weapons production in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Despite President Obama’s commitment to pursue a world free of nuclear weapons, the National Nuclear Security Administration is proposing a new bomb plant in Oak Ridge to make thermonuclear secondaries for nuclear weapons—the secondary is the fusion part of the bomb that turns an atomic bomb into a thermonuclear holocaust. Y12 is the only place in the US that makes them. We believe Y12 must not corrupt the President’s vision. Y12 should commit itself to the dismantlement of nuclear weapons. There is currently a 15 year backlog of retired weapons in Oak Ridge awaiting dismantlement, with more to come. Former Secretary of State George Shultz says, “We are at a tipping point. The simple continuation of present practice with regard to nuclear weapons is leading in the wrong direction. We need to change the direction.”
THE FUTURE IS CALLING. THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO CREATE THE WORLD WE WANT TO LIVE IN.
This public hearing is your ONLY chance to say No! to the “Uranium Processing Facility” and YES! to a world free of nuclear weapons. You have a right to a future free of nuclear weapons.
Come to this hearing and claim your right.
What you need to know:
• Everyone can speak at the hearing. Every voice is crucial.
• The decision to build the new bomb plant will be a political decision; we
do not need a new bomb plant for military purposes or for
national security.
• The new bomb plant can be stopped by political power—
your voice joined with thousands of others.
• You have a right to a future free of nuclear weapons
• A world without nuclear weapons is possible—now!
for more information: Ralph Hutchison 865 776 5050
for OREPA’s newsletter or listserv: orep@earthlink.net
Further reading:
The Future of Y-12
An analysis of capacity and facility needs at the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in Oak Ridge, TN in light of declining production needs and increasing demand for dismantlement.
DOWNLOAD A FLYER VIA THE LINK BELOW
We need 500 people at the hearing, and 300 to speak. If you print this out, then print it again on the other side, you can cut it in half and have two fliers for the price of one!
If you want hard copies, on bright yellow paper, in quantity, let me know and I'll print them and get them to you.
Please forward to others who will use the flier.
Thanks!
peace,
ralph
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009
6:30PM
NEW HOPE CENTER
SCARBORO ROAD • OAK RIDGE
Sometimes you only get one chance to change the future…
The November 17 public hearing for the Draft Y12 Site Wide Environmental Impact Statement will be our only chance to say NO! to continued weapons production in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Despite President Obama’s commitment to pursue a world free of nuclear weapons, the National Nuclear Security Administration is proposing a new bomb plant in Oak Ridge to make thermonuclear secondaries for nuclear weapons—the secondary is the fusion part of the bomb that turns an atomic bomb into a thermonuclear holocaust. Y12 is the only place in the US that makes them. We believe Y12 must not corrupt the President’s vision. Y12 should commit itself to the dismantlement of nuclear weapons. There is currently a 15 year backlog of retired weapons in Oak Ridge awaiting dismantlement, with more to come. Former Secretary of State George Shultz says, “We are at a tipping point. The simple continuation of present practice with regard to nuclear weapons is leading in the wrong direction. We need to change the direction.”
THE FUTURE IS CALLING. THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO CREATE THE WORLD WE WANT TO LIVE IN.
This public hearing is your ONLY chance to say No! to the “Uranium Processing Facility” and YES! to a world free of nuclear weapons. You have a right to a future free of nuclear weapons.
Come to this hearing and claim your right.
What you need to know:
• Everyone can speak at the hearing. Every voice is crucial.
• The decision to build the new bomb plant will be a political decision; we
do not need a new bomb plant for military purposes or for
national security.
• The new bomb plant can be stopped by political power—
your voice joined with thousands of others.
• You have a right to a future free of nuclear weapons
• A world without nuclear weapons is possible—now!
UPDATED!! New detailed talking points [HERE]
for more information: Ralph Hutchison 865 776 5050
for OREPA’s newsletter or listserv: orep@earthlink.net
Further reading:
The Future of Y-12
An analysis of capacity and facility needs at the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in Oak Ridge, TN in light of declining production needs and increasing demand for dismantlement.
OREPA's Statement on the Draft EIS for the New Bomb Production Facility just made available on October 30, 2009
DOWNLOAD A FLYER VIA THE LINK BELOW
We need 500 people at the hearing, and 300 to speak. If you print this out, then print it again on the other side, you can cut it in half and have two fliers for the price of one!
If you want hard copies, on bright yellow paper, in quantity, let me know and I'll print them and get them to you.
Please forward to others who will use the flier.
Thanks!
peace,
ralph
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