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Protestors oppose non-nuclear parts manufacturing facility in south Kansas City
Posted: 9:10 AM
Last Updated: 54 minutes ago
* By: Cynthia Newsome
KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A protest Wednesday at the groundbreaking ceremony for a non-nuclear parts manufacturing facility in south Kansas City, ended with seven people arrested.
The seven protestors were arrested and booked on a complaint of disorderly conduct.
Kansas City Police officials say the protestors were in the street trying to prevent guests from getting to the groundbreaking ceremony.
An estimated 40 members of Kansas City Peace Planters, and their supporters, gathered near the construction site at 150 Highway and Botts Road.
The facility is being built for Honeywell Federal Manufacturing Technologies.
It will only produce non-nuclear parts to be used elsewhere in nuclear weapons.
No nuclear or radioactive material will be used at the plant.
Ann Sullentrop of Peace Works helped organize Wednesday's protest.
"Abolition of nuclear weapons is important because there still exists enough to kill everyone on earth, six times over," said Sullentrop.
But legislators and civic leaders gathered for the groundbreaking are thrilled that the plant will boost Kansas City's economy.
"We're going to have almost 2,000 construction jobs created and when the plant is built; and then after the plant opens we'll have 2,500 permanent jobs," said Congressman Emanuel Cleaver.
U.S. Senator, Kit Bond, also applauded the facility as an important key in preserving national security.
Construction is underway and the plant should open in 2012.
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