Report on Sentencing of Y12 Resisters, Day One
Sep 12, 2011 7 Comments ›› orepaY12 Resisters’ Sentencing Begins MONDAY morning, September 12, 2011 • Jean Gump Jean Gump was the first of the July 2010 Y12 Resisters to be sentenced in federal court in Knoxville. Jean was not present, but was represented by Francis Lloyd. After hearing from the prosecution, which requested a four month prison term to be followed by ...
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NEW! Community meetings!
Sep 7, 2011 No Comments ›› orepaOREPA announces the first in a series of community meetings for Knoxville and East Tennessee! Short of taking a hammer to nuclear warheads (which some people do), is there anything regular people can really do to get rid of nuclear weapons? You are invited to join the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance for an evening exploring what we can do about one ...
Continue ReadingDNFSB Report Raises Y12 Safety Questions
Aug 29, 2011 3 Comments ›› orepaFor more than twenty years, officials at the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex have responded to concerns about safety with a promise: “Safety is Job One.” But a report released August 25, 2011, by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board following a review of safety procedures at Y12 suggests the motto needs updating. A more accurate motto ...
Continue ReadingHiroshima Day Quiz
Aug 9, 2011 No Comments ›› orepaSunday, 7 August 2011. We gathered at the gates of the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex for the Sunday vigil—as we have every Sunday for the last eleven years. After reading the Peace Declaration published by the Mayor of Hiroshima, we tested our wits with the Hiroshima Day quiz. You can take the quiz now (answers ...
Continue ReadingNew Bomb Plant for Oak Ridge Is Announced
Jul 27, 2011 1 Comment ›› orepaNATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION RELEASES RECORD OF DECISION: WE WILL BUILD THE $7.5 BILLION URANIUM PROCESSING FACILITY [NUCLEAR BOMB PLANT] IN OAK RIDGE, TN It’s a YES on the new bomb plant for Oak Ridge. Last Wednesday, the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration published its Record of Decision in the Federal Register. And the decision was ...
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
