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| | | published Saturday, August 16, 2008 | 131 Views |
The Fernald Preserve and its visitors center make their public debut Wednesday at the former site of the government facility that processed uranium metal for nuclear weapons from 1952 to 1989
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| | | published Saturday, April 12, 2008 | 0 Views |
Plutonium pits— carefully fabricated spheres of metal— and high explosives are the "triggers" for thermonuclear weapons weapons.
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In spite of a decade of work on its program to eliminate surplus weapons plutonium, not a single gram has been disposed of by the Department of Energy.
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| | | published Thursday, May 10, 2007 | 7364 Views |
 The
Department of Energy (DOE) FY 2008 budget request was submitted to
Congress on Monday, February 5, 2007. The Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability (ANA) is concerned that spending on nuclear weapons and
energy will divert funds away from environmental cleanup, radiation
health programs and plutonium disposition. The Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability opposes any attempt to cut funding for vital cleanup
programs while increasing spending on unnecessary weapons activities.
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| | | published Thursday, May 10, 2007 | 4385 Views |
 The
Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) Program is a congressionally created
plan “for improving the long-term safety, reliability, and security of
the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile.” RRW was adopted by Congress to
reduce the need to return to full-scale nuclear weapons testing and
facilitate deep cuts to the stockpile.
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| | | published Thursday, May 10, 2007 | 3660 Views |
On October 19, 2006, the National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA), the semi-autonomous nuclear weapons agency
within the Department of Energy (DOE), published a formal Notice of
Intent to build “Complex 2030,” the nuclear weapons complex of the
future. If allowed to move forward, this new Bombplex will design new
nuclear weapons and resume industrial-scale bomb production.
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| | | published Thursday, February 01, 2007 | 8340 Views |
The Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA), a national network representing communities downwind and downstream from U.S. nuclear weapons facilities, is concerned that spending on nuclear weapons and energy will divert funds away from environmental cleanup, radiation health programs and plutonium disposition.
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| | | published Wednesday, November 29, 2006 | 3434 Views |
Independent Review of Department of Energy Study Undermines Need for New Nuclear Weapons; Groups call on Energy Department to abandon discredited “Complex 2030” Plan.
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