Transform Now Plowshares Trail Day One

For those trying to follow jury selection in the Transform Now Plowshares trial, it was not an ideal situation. The public and media were isolated in an adjacent courtroom with a widescreen TV; the video remained steady—half the screen was filled with carpet, and the rest with an upward gazing view of the podium in …

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Ramsey Clark: Y12 activities are unlawful

HE WALKS AROUND WITH IT BY HIS SIDE   The judge interrupted the questioning of former Attorney General Ramsey Clark as he testified at a hearing in federal court in Knoxville, Tennessee in preparation for the Transform Now Plowshares trial in May. Bill Quigley, counsel for the defense, had just asked Clark if the threat …

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    OREPA SUNDAY VIGIL TO CONTINUE AS PLANNED • DESPITE GOVERNMENT’S PLAN TO BUILD BARRIER TO STIFLE ASSEMBLY     • Sunday, March 31, 2013 • Knoxville, TN ||   On Thursday, March 27, 2013 the National Nuclear Security Administration announced it would close off the area immediately outside the gates of the Y12 …

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Say no to the UPF

The time to stop it is before they build it! Join us April 6 to take a stand against the new bomb plant at Y12.

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“No Excuse. None whatsoever.”

ONGOING SECURITY VULNERABILITY AT Y12 NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX REVEALED   Four and a half months after Plowshares activists enter facility, hole in perimeter fence still not repaired.   The Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance today released photos showing that, four and a half months after the July 28, 2012, incursion by the Transform Now Plowshares …

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OREPA REQUESTS INVESTIGATION OF UPF SAFETY DESIGN ISSUES

May 7, 2012 No Comments ›› orepa

The 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 …

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Alexander ignores safety; OREPA calls for investigation

May 7, 2012 No Comments ›› orepa

Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander’s persistence dismissive attitude toward safety concerns raised by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has led the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance to call for an investigation by the Department of Energy’s Inspector General’s office. More than half a billion dollars has been spent on the design of the Uranium Processing …

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Stop the Rush to Build

Apr 8, 2012 No Comments ›› orepa

URGENT! 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 …

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Stop the Rush to Build the UPF

Apr 8, 2012 No Comments ›› orepa

President Obama has asked for $340 million to “accelerate construction” of the Uranium Processing Facility in Oak Ridge. But several reviews show the UPF is nowhere close to being ready to build. Stopping the rush to build is the most critical thing we can do right now—and the place to do it is in Congress. …

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SAFETY BOARD QUESTIONS UPF PLANS

Apr 4, 2012 No Comments ›› orepa

SAFETY BOARD BLASTS NNSA PLANS FOR OAK RIDGE BOMB PLANT RUSH TO BUILD SHORT-CUTTING SAFETY PLANS?   The statement is blunt: “The Board has determined that safety is not adequately integrated into the design.”   That from an April 2, 2012 letter to National Nuclear Security Administration head Thomas D’Agostino from Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety …

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