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 addresses plan to burn MOX fuel in Chattanooga reactor

Sep 12, 2012 No Comments ›› orepa

Members of the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance traveled to Chattanooga, TN on Tuesday, September 11, for a hearing hosted by the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Tennessee Valley Authority on the plan to dispose of weapons grade (and some other) plutonium by processing it, turning it into Mixed Oxide (MOX) fuel, and burning …

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Greg Boertje Obed released pending trial for Transform Now Plowshares action

Sep 12, 2012 No Comments ›› orepa

Greg Boertje-Obed was released from Blount County Detention Center at 8:30pm on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 to await trial, currently scheduled for February 26, 2013.   Greg’s release came as a result of his request for a detention hearing following the reset of the trial date from October to February. He had originally declined to …

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When Did DOE Decide to Supersize the UPF?

Aug 29, 2012 No Comments ›› orepa

Ladies and Gentlemen, if you would please step to the left and move toward the rear of the chamber, please, we would like to accommodate as many people as possible in the Time Machine. I believe we have room for everyone, if we are all willing to get cozy. Our trip today will be a …

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Y12 security breach raises BIG questions about NNSA

Aug 15, 2012 No Comments ›› orepa

NNSA: The one thing they can manage right is shifting blame to others   The recent breach of security at the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in Oak Ridge, TN, when three civilians, including an 82 year-old woman, penetrated the inner sanctum, high security PIDAS zone and made physical contact with the nation’s storehouse for nuclear …

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Peace Lantern Ceremony Recalls Nagasaki Bombing

Aug 10, 2012 No Comments ›› orepa

August 9 • Peace Lantern Ceremony :: Throughout the afternoon, strong winds and heavy rain buffeted East Tennessee, but Misaki Tanaka’s facebook messages kept going out: “We will still meet for the Peace Lanterns. Bring your kimono.” and “Gathering at Earth Fare parking lot at 7:15—see you there!” Misaki was, again this year, the prime …

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