[NV Greens] No New Mushroom Clouds - Anywhere: Divine Strake Needs an EIS

[Bob Tregilus]

ALERT! ~ ALERT! ~ ALERT!

* * * Please distribute widely! * * *

NO NEW MUSHROOM CLOUDS OVER NEVADA - OR ANYWHERE!

· PROTEST and MARCH in CARSON CITY, SATURDAY, February
3rd, at NOON! More info at this link:
http://renopeace.org/nonewnukes.htm

· SIGN THE PETITION DEMANDING a full review and formal
public hearings regarding the purposed Divine Strake
open-air detonation at the Nevada Test Site! To sign
click this link: http://renopeace.org/nonewnukes.htm

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Background - What is Divine Strake?

The proposed 700 ton Divine Strake explosion, to be
conducted at the Nevada Test Site by the Department of
Energy, will create a 10,000 foot mushroom cloud --
resuspending long-lived radionuclides leftover from
1000 nuclear weapon tests in the fifties and sixties,
putting residents in Nevada and other downwind
communities in danger of radioactive contamination.

Nuclear weapons experts widely agree that the Divine
Strake open-air detonation at the Nevada Test Site
(NTS) will be used to develop tactical nuclear weapons
known as "bunker busters." Divine Strake WILL generate
a large mushroom cloud over Nevada and WILL resuspend
radioactive particles in the soil leftover from
historic atomic tests. This radiation has the
"potential to be transported outside the NTS boundary
by wind, and may contribute a radiological dose to the
public."* 

Divine Strake could well ignite a whole new generation
of nuclear weapons and spawn an era when nuclear
testing becomes a reality once again at the Nevada
Test Site on Western Shoshone aboriginal land.

Utah's governor (a Republican) and the mayor of Salt
Lake City - "downwinders" from the Nevada Test Site -
are outraged and held public hearings that drew
hundreds of concerned residents. And at least one Utah
county has issued a formal statement expressing
opposition to Divine Strake and concern for public
safety.*

Nevada's governor and members of our congressional
delegation have been oddly silent on this grave public
safety concern.

As Nevadans we must demand accountability from our
elected officials!

The federal government has performed only a minimal
Environmental Assessment (EA) of the proposed test.
Tribes were not consulted and there has been no
meaningful period for public comment, public hearings,
or enough details about the purpose of Divine Strake.

An full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) would
remedy these concerns, allow public hearings and a
detailed explanation related to the purpose of the
Divine Strake detonation.

* * * TAKE ACTION - NOW! * * *

· Sign the petition demanding our elected officials
lobby for a full EIS! Please follow this link to sign
the petition: http://renopeace.org/nonewnukes.htm

· Attend the No New Mushroom Clouds Over Nevada, or
Anywhere! protest and march in Carson City this
Saturday, February 3rd at noon!

WHO: No New Mushroom Clouds Over Nevada - or Anywhere
Coalition.

WHAT: No New Mushroom Clouds Over Nevada, or Anywhere!
Join with others to oppose the planned Divine Strake
explosion at the Nevada Test Site and tell Nevada
officials to demand an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) in order to protect all residents from the
resuspension of radioactive elements in the soil.

WHEN: Saturday, February 3, 2007, Noon to 2:00 pm.

WHERE: Assemble at the Nevada Legislative Building
(401 South Carson Street, Carson City) at noon
(building immediately south of the Capital Building).
The march to the Nevada State Governor's Mansion (600
N. Mountain Street, Carson City) will begin at 12:30
after a program of speakers and music.

ADMISSION: Free

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* * * Please distribute widely! * * *

This action alert was issued by the No New Mushroom
Clouds Over Nevada - or Anywhere Coalition. For more
information please visit this link:
http://renopeace.org/nonewnukes.htm

* * * Please distribute widely! * * *

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* Appendix F, Potential Offsite Radiological Doses
Estimated for the Divine Strake Experiment, published
by the DOE: http://tinyurl.com/yvhqy4

* http://deseretnews.com







 
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