OREPA presents letter to Lamar Alexander

After failing to get an appointment for weeks, OREPA members went to Senator Lamar Alexander's office to present the letters signed during the April 21 action for ... Continue »

Alexander ignores safety; OREPA calls for investigation

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 ... Continue »

Stop the Rush to Build the UPF

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 ... Continue »

Parables for the Nuclear Age

Two short parables and a study guide to stimulate thinking about the proposal to build a new bomb plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. A Study Guide on ... Continue »

Celebrating Peacemakers!

The 2012 Peacemaker Award was presented to Utsumi Shonin and Denise Anjin-san at a grand celebration in Knoxville on Februyary 25. Erik Johnson's masterful decorations centered the ... Continue »

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OREPA Comments on Y12 Plans for New Bomb Plant

Apr 4, 2011 No Comments ›› ralph

The Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance submitted formal comments on the Final Y12 Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement on Friday, April 1 and supplemented the comments with an additional letter on Monday, April 4, after the publication of an article detailing seismic concerns about buildings currently being used at Y12 for the production of nuclear weapons ...

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Youth Declaration: A Safer World Is Our Right

Mar 30, 2011 No Comments ›› ralph

In preparation for the April 16, 2011 peace demonstration in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the youth planning committee today released their declaration, A Safer World Is Our Right. The declaration lays claim to a future free of nuclear weapons and stands in opposition to the announcement of plans for a new nuclear weapons production facility in ...

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REMEMBERING HIROSHIMA IN OAK RIDGE

Mar 27, 2011 No Comments ›› orepa

Join voices with the Hibakusha, survivors of the Bomb, to say "No!" to the new bomb plant and "Never Again!" to nuclear weapons. EVENTS ON AUGUST 6 Names and Remembrance Ceremony • 6:00 - 9:00 am • Y12 Nuclear Weapons Plant, corner of Bear Creek and Scarboro Roads March for Nuclear Abolition • 10:30 am • March begins ...

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Remembering Hiroshima: Never Again

Mar 26, 2011 7 Comments ›› orepa

The bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945, was born at the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Sixty-six years later, on August 6, 2011, the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance will mark the Hiroshima bombing with a series of events in Oak Ridge to join our voices with the hibakusha, survivors ...

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March Newsletter

Mar 24, 2011 No Comments ›› ralph

You can help stop the new bomb plant in Oak Ridge. Read how—and catch up on other OREPA news—in the March newsletter. March 11 nwsltr

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