Call to Action!!
December 01 2009
The National Nuclear Security Administration wants to know what YOU think of their plan to spend $3 billion on a new bomb plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The public comment period is our window of opportunity to turn the bomb plant around. It may sound crazy, but it’s true: the NNSA will build a new bomb plant at Y12 in Oak Ridge—an act likely to provoke unprecedented global nuclear proliferation—unless we stop them.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ENDS JANUARY 29, 2010
Sometimes you only get one chance to change the future…
This is our 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 new bomb plant is called the Uranium Processing Facility, and the plan for building it is in the Draft Y12 Site Wide Environmental Impact Statement. You can see the plan at www.Y12sweis.com. That's also where you can submit comments on the plan.
THE FUTURE IS CALLING. THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO CREATE THE WORLD WE WANT TO LIVE IN.
This public comment period 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.
You don't have to be a technical expert to submit comments. You just have to take the time to write.
What you need to know:
• Everyone's comments MUST BE CONSIDERED by NNSA. 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.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ENDS JANUARY 29, 2010
Sometimes you only get one chance to change the future…
This is our 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 new bomb plant is called the Uranium Processing Facility, and the plan for building it is in the Draft Y12 Site Wide Environmental Impact Statement. You can see the plan at www.Y12sweis.com. That's also where you can submit comments on the plan.
THE FUTURE IS CALLING. THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO CREATE THE WORLD WE WANT TO LIVE IN.
This public comment period 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.
You don't have to be a technical expert to submit comments. You just have to take the time to write.
What you need to know:
• Everyone's comments MUST BE CONSIDERED by NNSA. 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
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