Parables Illuminate Bomb Plant Issues

Two recent reports prepared by OREPA examine the case against the Uranium Processing Facility. You can download them (pdf files) here:

The first examines the spiraling costs and incoherent design process for the UPF:

Deciding Not to Build

The second report is OREPA's presentation at the Draft Y12 SWEIS hearing in Oak Ridge which proposes the construction of a Dedicated Dismantlement Facility in Oak Ridge:

Future of Y12

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 components. You can read a copy of OREPA's comments here:

OREPA comments on FSWEIS

and you can see the follow-up letter here:

SWEIS ltr

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You can find information about the Uranium Processing Facility here:

UPF (doc)

And Updates with summaries of current issues here:

April 2014: UPF Update April 2014

MARCH 2014: UPF Update March 2104

JANUARY 2014: UPF Update January 2104

DECEMBER 2013: UPF Update December 2013

OCTOBER 2013: UPF Update October 2013

AUGUST 2013: UPF update August 2013

JULY 2013: UPF-update-July-2013.pdf

JUNE 2013: UPF-update-June-2013-web.pdf

MAY 2013: UPF-update-May-2013-web.pdf