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28 August 2008

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A World Free of Nuclear Weapons

The Alliance for Nuclear Accountability is an active participant in the Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Free World, a program bringing together grassroots, regional and national organizations to reduce the threat from nuclear weapons and bring attention to the need for a meaningful debate on the role of nuclear weapons in American foreign policy.

The Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Free World advocates practical steps to eliminate the nuclear threat. We work to stop the spread of nuclear weapons, end the pursuit of new warheads, and ensure that existing stockpiles are verifiably dismantled.


Nuclear Kansas City Olive Branch Kansas City, MO August 21, 2008 By Ann Suellentrop Peaceworks Kansas City Did you know that Kansas City has a Nuclear Weapons Plant? The Kansas City Plant is located in the Bannister Federal Complex near Holmes and Bannister Road and is run by Honeywell under NNSA, the National Nuclear Security Administration. It makes over 85% of the non-nuclear components of nuclear weapons, averages over 5000 shipments a month of nuclear weapons parts and is having its busiest workload in 20 years even in this post-Cold War era! read more... Cold War-Era Uranium Processing Plant Transformed into Wildlife Haven 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 read more... Honor Vow to Ban Nuclear Weapons Albuquerque Journal Wednesday, August 06, 2008 By Frida Berrigan and Susan Gordon Sixty-three years ago this week, the United States was the first (and last — so far) nation to use nuclear weapons in war, detonating two warheads in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Tens of thousands were killed instantly, and by the end of 1945 another 200,000 had died from radiation-related ailments read more... U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy: What Next? America’s nuclear arsenal and the policies that govern its size and contents are at a critical crossroads as the Bush Administration reaches its final months. The U.S. Energy Department and its semi-autonomous weapons division, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), have pushed hard in recent years for the go-ahead to produce new kinds of nuclear weapons, and for expensive new facilities in which to manufacture them. read more... DOE Receives Over 120,000 Comments on Complex Transformation DOE Receives Over 120,000 Comments on Complex Transformation read more...