OREPA Responds To County Officials
May 17, 2012 No Comments ›› orepaOREPA RESPONDS TO DISINGENUOUS LETTER FROM COUNTY LEADERS On May 9, 2012, the Knoxville News-Sentinel published a letter from the Mayor of Anderson County and the County Executive of Roane County rallying support for the Uranium Processing Facility in Oak Ridge, TN. In the letter, Mayor Iwanski and County Exec Woody declared themselves “very knowledgeable” of ...
Continue ReadingNew Report Calls For Downsized UPF
May 17, 2012 No Comments ›› orepaA report from Global Zero, a group dedicated to the abolition of nuclear weapons, might be expected to set its sights on a world free of nuclear weapons. A report prepared by a commission of Generals, Ambassadors and a retired Republican Senator might be expected to advocate a sustained commitment to projecting nuclear force with as ...
Continue ReadingOREPA Receives Challenge Gift
May 11, 2012 No Comments ›› orepaThe timing couldn’t be better—as OREPA continues to build the campaign against the new bomb plant at Y12, a long-time donor from eastern Kentucky has provided a challenge to OREPA supporters with a promise to match all contributions in $1,000 increments up to a total of $5,000. This means donors who are in a position ...
Continue ReadingOREPA REQUESTS INVESTIGATION OF UPF SAFETY DESIGN ISSUES
May 7, 2012 No Comments ›› orepaThe Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance has filed a request with the Department of Energy's Inspector General's Office for an investigation into negligence in the design process of the Uranium Processing Facility at the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in Oak Ridge, TN. The request comes after repeated requests for Senator Lamar Alexander to look into ...
Continue ReadingStop the Rush to Build
Apr 8, 2012 No Comments ›› orepaURGENT! President Obama's FY2013 budget is being re-fashioned in Congress right now. It includes $340 million to "accelerate construction" of the Uranium Processing Facility (thermonuclear bomb plant) in Oak Ridge. Two recent reports, one by the General Accounting Office and one by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, make it clear the UPF is no where near ...
Continue ReadingYouth Declaration for A Safer World • April 2011
Here is the text of the Youth Declaration for A Safer World Is Our Right:
Footprints for Peace
