By KEVIN COLLISON
October 1, 2008
A Kansas City Council committee delayed its recommendation on a proposed new nuclear weapons plant following a lengthy session during which peace activists described the project as immoral.
The Planning and Zoning Committee decided to hold off consideration for two weeks to learn more details about the $500 million redevelopment plan. It calls for the city to provide more than $40 million in tax incentives to build infrastructure for the 1.5-million-square-foot complex proposed for Missouri 150 and Botts Road.
read more...On September 13th, Mycle Schneider, International Consultant on Energy and Nuclear Policy, gave a fascinating presentation on the Status and Trends of the World Nuclear Industry. To see Mycle's text analysis published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, click here. To see Mycle's powerpoint presentation
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Leaders of the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability met in Oak Ridge this week for their annual strategizing session.
Susan Gordon, staff director of the Alliance since 1995, said they went over goals and accomplishments for 2008 and began formulating plans for 2009. I asked Gordon if the group achieved its 2008 goals, and she replied with a hint of humor: "Some of them. Did we get rid of nuclear weapons? No." read more...Des Moines Free Register
September 8, 2008
By Susan Gordon and Martin Fleck
Nearly 60 years ago, Americans learned of the first case of nuclear proliferation. The Soviet Union, thought to be years away from acquiring its own atomic bomb, set off a successful test explosion in August 1959. The nuclear-weapons arms race had begun.
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Frank Munger
The national network of 35 groups, including the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, is meeting in Oak Ridge next week. (Interesting that it coincides with a nuclear security summit taking place at Y-12.)
The organization was originally called the Military Production Network. It focuses on issues related to production of nuclear weapons (decidedly against), nuclear waste and other concerns in communities near the government facilities.
Posted by Frank Munger on September 6, 2008 at 12:29 PM
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