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OREPA to present information about U.S. weapons programs at United Nations

Posted at 11:42 am March 27, 2017
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Ralph Hutchison

Ralph Hutchison

The United Nations conference on a nuclear weapons ban opens in New York City on Monday, March 27. The purpose of the conference is to “negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading toward their total elimination,” a press release said.

Ralph Hutchison, coordinator of the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, will be presenting in a side event during the conference on Tuesday, March 28, with colleagues from other nuclear weapons sites, the press release said. The panel discussion, “US Nuclear Modernization Under President Trump: Implications for the Ban Treaty Process,” was organized by the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability. The focus will be on U.S. efforts to modernize the entire nuclear weapons program, the release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Federal, Front Page News, Government, Nonprofits Tagged With: Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, nuclear modernization, nuclear weapons ban, Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, OREPA, Ralph Hutchison, United Nations

Activists ask federal officials to build UPF underground at Y-12

Posted at 12:58 pm December 10, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Uranium Processing Facility

Pictured above is the proposed Uranium Processing Facility at Y-12 National Security Complex, with the administrative area in the front and the fortified section of the building in the rear. (Submitted image)

The proposed multi-billion-dollar building that would process uranium at the Y-12 National Security Complex should be buried below ground, an Oak Ridge nonprofit organization and a Washington, D.C.-based group told federal safety officials in a Monday letter.

The groups planned to make their request during an all-day meeting and public hearing of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board in Knoxville on Tuesday. The board is meeting in two sessions from 8 a.m. to noon and 2 to 6 p.m. today (Tuesday) at the Knoxville Convention Center.

The Monday letter was from the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability in Washington, D.C. Among the dozen signatories is Ralph Hutchison, coordinator of the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, a group that has long been critical of the nuclear weapons work at Y-12. OREPA said the letter’s signatories represent thousands of members at sites across the country. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: above-ground, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, ANA, below-ground, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, DNFSB, Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility, Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, OREPA, Project on Government Oversight, Ralph Hutchison, safety, security breach, U.S. Department of Energy, UPF, uranium, Y-12 National Security Complex

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Public Notice: NNSA announces no significant impact of Y-12 Development Organization operations at Horizon Center

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