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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Sunday vigils

Jan 17, 2012 No Comments ›› ralph

For the last twelve years—and counting—OREPA members have gathered on Sunday afternoon at 5:00pm at the gates of the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in Oak Ridge, TN to witness to peace at the entrance to a plant that plans for the destruction of the planet. We may be playing games, sharing readings, singing—each week is …

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We are OREPA

Dec 6, 2011 1 Comment ›› orepa

Meet the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance

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Tell the Supercommittee no bucks for bombs!

Oct 24, 2011 No Comments ›› orepa

NOW IS THE TIME to send a message to the Budget Supercommittee to tell them to cut funding for the new bomb plant in Oak Ridge. Here is the info you need—including a quick link to the Supercommittee’s contact page.   United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (aka The Budget Supercommittee)   The …

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Send a message to the Budget Supercommittee NOW!

Oct 24, 2011 2 Comments ›› orepa

NOW IS THE TIME to send a message to the Budget Supercommittee to tell them to cut funding for the new bomb plant in Oak Ridge. Here is the info you need—including a quick link to the Supercommittee’s contact page.   United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (aka The Budget Supercommittee)   …

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Report on NNSA Tritium expansion meeting

Oct 21, 2011 1 Comment ›› orepa

First Report on the Scoping meeting for the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Expanding Tritium Production and Increasing Tritium Releases to the Environment   20 October 2011 Athens, Tennessee   Cooperating agencies present: National Nuclear Security Administration (Curtis Chambellin) and Tennessee Valley Authority (Dan Stout)   Agencies not cooperating and not present: Nuclear Regulatory Commission …

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