Seventy-five years after the United States destroyed Hiroshima, Japan, killing 70,000 people in an instant and that many more in the months to follow, OREPA members gathered at the gates of the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Complex to echo the call…
Our peace lantern ceremony was intentionally small to minimize the risk of COVID-19 which has been persistently spreading in Knoxville. But we did feel it was important to bear witness, so thirteen masked people created a wide circle at Sequoyah…
Just over eight months ago, federal judge Pamela Reeve stripped the National Nuclear Security Administration of its legal authority to build the Uranium Processing Facility bomb plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The UPF is an integral part of NNSA's…
SUNDAY VIGIL ATTENDANCE UPDATE
Since April, Sunday vigils at the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in Oak Ridge have been a singular affair—we decided to exercise extreme caution in the
Groups challenge bomb plant earthquake analysis
NUCLEAR WATCHDOGS CHALLENGE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY EARTHQUAKE ANALYSIS “NOT WHAT THE COURT ORDERED” (Knoxville, TN) The National Nuclear Security Administration received strong pushback from citizen watchdogs
OREPA challenges Final Supplement Analysis
The Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, along with Nuclear Watch New Mexico, has challenged the National Nuclear Security Administration’s latest justification for the Uranium Processing
NNSA releases “Final” earthquake study
SUMMARIZES IMPACTS FROM EARTHQUAKES EVEN AS STUDIES TO UNDERSTAND EARTHQUAKE IMPACTS ARE ONGOING The National Nuclear Security Administration has released its Final Supplement Analysis [SA]
Hiroshima/Nagasaki 75
Remembering Hiroshima 75 years later The destruction of Hiroshima, Japan and the death of more than 60,000 of its citizens happened in single instant, unleashed
More Safety Problems at Y-12 Bomb Complex
TENNESSEE NUCLEAR WEAPONS FACILITY CONTINUES TO BE PLAGUED BY SAFETY PROBLEMS SAFETY BOARD: OAK RIDGE NUCLEAR STORAGE FACILITY UNSAFE NNSA AND CONTRACTOR CONSPIRE TO DOCTOR
Seismic Expert Issues Scathing Review
Seismic Expert Issues Scathing Review of NNSA Earthquake Study at Oak Ridge Nuclear Bomb Plant David D. Jackson, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of
NNSA earthquake analysis “inadequate.”
The Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance joined people from around the country in declaring the National Nuclear Security Administration’s environmental analysis of earthquake risks at
Your comments needed on new Supplement Analysis
all, tuesday, may 26 is the deadline for comments on the national nuclear security administration’s latest attempt to authorize continued bomb production in unsafe facilities
OREPA accuses NNSA of mendacity on nuclear criticality safety
A letter dated April 6, 2020 from Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, to Consolidated Nuclear Services, operating contractor of the
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Sunday Vigil
The OREPA Board has now decided that we are prepared to do a limited re-opening of the Sunday vigil to allow for slightly more participation. We are asking anyone who wants to attend a Sunday vigil to sign up in advance—by the Thursday before. There are two ways to sign up. You can email Ralph at orep@earthlink.net or you can call him at 865 776 5050. If the five slots are already taken, we’ll ask you to wait until next week. All vigilers are expected to wear masks. Bring your own chair. Avoid physical contact and maintain an appropriate social distance in the circle of chairs. Of course, if for any reason you feel you may have been exposed to the virus or to someone with the virus, you should not attend the vigil. At this point, we are not resuming our monthly potlucks.
