What does Y-12 do?

This fact sheet has basic information about the nuclear weapons work at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

The University and the Bomb

Here is a fact sheet on the University of Tennessee’s plan to bid on the operations and management contract for the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in Oak Ridge, TN.

OREPA calls on University President to reconsider plan to build bombs

Immediate release, January 11, 2021 PEACE GROUP CHALLENGES UT PLAN TO MANUFACTURE NUCLEAR WEAPONS CALLS ON PRESIDENT RANDY BOYD TO RECONSIDER The Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance today released a letter sent to University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd asking him to reconsider his decision to bid on the contract to manage and operate the […]

Faith Communities hail Ban Treaty: “We believe the possession, development and threat to use nuclear weapons to be immoral.”

More than 170 faith communities from around the world marked the January 22, 2021 entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by releasing a Joint Interfaith Statement. Below, the text of the statement at the current list of signers. Joint Interfaith Statement on the Entry into Force of the Treaty […]

The Yellow Banner

Across the country, in more than 80 actions, people celebrated the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on Friday, January 22, 2021. As people posted photos of their actions on facebook, we noticed something—the ubiquitous yellow banner. The banner started as an idea for the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability—what […]