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Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 15:19:25 -0500
From: "John Krehbiel, Jr." <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Radioactive material in Irish Sea

The following article appeared in The Irish Times.  Anyone have more
information/thoughts regarding ...
>
>
>                                                                 Saturday, January 8, 2000
>
>
>                            Nuclear material dumped
>                                        in Irish Sea
>
>
>                     By Eamon Timmins
>
>                     Thousands of tonnes of radioactive material which were dumped in the Irish Sea
>                     between 1950 and 1976 pose an extremely low risk to human health and marine
>                     life, a Department of the Marine task force has concluded.
>
>                     The Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources, Dr Woods, said the report
>                     allayed genuine public anxiety about past radioactive dumping and was also a
>                     critical up-to-date assessment of its effects on public health and the marine
>                     environment.
>
>                     The findings have proved controversial, with strong criticism from the Labour
>                     Party and the Greens.
>
>                     The task force of scientists and marine experts was established in 1997 by Dr
>                     Woods, following an admission by the British government that radioactive
>                     material had been dumped at six locations in the Irish Sea.
>
>                     The Green Party TD Mr Trevor Sargent said the report was more of a political
>                     face-saving exercise than a scientific report. "This matter cannot be put to rest
>                     until a full study of the seabed is carried out, rather than relying on water quality
>                     alone," he said.
>
>                     The Green MEP Ms Patricia McKenna said there was no safe level of radiation
>                     and any radioactive discharge constituted a risk, no matter how small. The
>                     report's assertion that the dumping did not constitute a health hazard was simply
>                     irresponsible on the part of a national government supposed to safeguard the
>                     health and well-being of people.
>
>                     Labour's marine spokesman, Mr Michael Bell, said the finding of no health risk
>                     would have to be treated with caution. Repeated independent surveys had
>                     shown alarming levels of radioactivity in the Irish Sea. "Only two years ago the
>                     Radiological Protection Institute found that some radioactive levels along the
>                     east coast were 30 times higher than four years previously," he said.
>
>                     The report does, however, acknowledge that the possibility of this material
>                     resurfacing and being washed ashore could not be discounted.
>
>                     Archive documentation show ed that material was dumped at sites at the
>                     Beaufort Dyke, the Holyhead Deep, Liverpool Bay, Morecambe Bay and in the
>                     Firth of Clyde off Garroch Head and the Isle of Arran. The radioactive material
>                     ranged from contaminated material from Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities,
>                     to industrial waste and material dumped by the Ministry of Defence.
>
>                     On the basis of documentation provided by the British government the task
>                     force, assisted by the Radiological Protection Institute and the Department of
>                     Experimental Physics at UCD, conducted an assessment of the potential
>                     radiological consequences of the dumped material.
>
>                     It concluded that the dumped material did not pose a health hazard. "The task
>                     force is of the view that members of the public have no reason, arising from the
>                     likely effects of this dumping, to be concerned about eating fish caught in the
>                     Irish Sea or the safety of swimming or participating in other water sports and
>                     recreational activities in the Irish Sea, along the Irish coast," the report said.
>
>                     The findings were almost identical to the results of an assessment by the UK
>                     National Radiological Protection Board, published in 1997.
>
>                     The brief of the task force did not extend to explosives and chemical weapons
>                     which were also dumped off the Donegal and Cork coasts. However, it noted
>                     that the Beaufort Dyke was a British and Irish munitions dump and
>                     acknowledged concerns that radioactive material could become dislodged, just
>                     as phosphorous devices dumped in the dyke had washed up on Scottish and
>                     Irish coastlines in 1995 and 1998.
>
>                     The possibility of radioactive material becoming dislodged and resurfacing only
>                     existed in relation to material which was packaged and dumped in containers.
>                     But the chance of this occurring was very unlikely, given the location and depth
>                     at which this material was buried and that most items were dumped in steel
>                     containers encased in concrete, and the small number of items involved.
>
>                     "However, although it appears highly unlikely, the possibility of return of the
>                     dumped material cannot be completely discounted," the report said.
>
>                     The task force did not believe it was necessary or practical to attempt to retrieve
>                     the dumped material. Deliberate movement was likely to present a greater hazard
>                     than the very low risk that it might resurface.
>
>                     The report recommended caution in carrying out works near any of the dump
>                     sites that may disturb the seabed, and advocated a careful assessment of any
>                     potential risks before such works are undertaken. The on-going marine
>                     radioactivity monitoring programme undertaken by the RPII was considered
>                     adequate and no additional monitoring was needed. But the report recommended
>                     that monitoring be maintained at current levels.
>
>                     As part of its investigation the task force also interviewed a former seaman, Mr
>                     Walter Regan, who told The Irish Times in 1998 that from the late 1950s and
>                     early 1960s he dumped barrels of toxic and possibly radioactive waste into the
>                     sea, 60 miles south of Holyhead, when working for the Limerick Steamship
>                     Company. The report noted that, given the bonus payments to sailors, the
>                     cargoes might have been toxic, but the task force could not ascertain if they
>                     were radioactive.

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Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 18:58:45 -0800 (PST)
From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) NIF at the New Millennium

The National Ignition Facility at the New Millennium

by Marylia Kelley
from Tri-Valley CAREs' January 2000 newsletter, Citizen's Watch

As the curtain descends on 1999, we look back at one of Tri-Valley CAREs'
top issues - and we offer you, our readers, this pop quiz on the National
Ignition Facility (NIF) currently under construction at Livermore Lab. Each
of these questions has been covered in prior editions of Citizen's Watch,
and we will send you back issues, fact sheets or a copy of our NIF report
on request.

Here is your test. The NIF is:

(1) a nuclear weapons project?
(2) the largest weapons facility ever to be built at Livermore?
(3) a means to "compensate" weaponeers for the "loss" of underground
nuclear testing?
(4) intended to advance nuclear weapons design capabilities?
(5) a nuclear proliferation risk?
(6) cited by India as a reason for that nation's nuclear tests?
(7) at odds with both the Comprehensive Test Ban and Non-Proliferation treaties?
(8) unneeded for the task of merely maintaining the arsenal?
(9) wildly over budget and behind schedule?
(10) beset by serious underlying technical problems?
(11) under scrutiny from Congress and the Dept. of Energy?
(12) draining funds from civilian science initiatives at the Lab?
(13) a source of more radioactive waste and pollution?
(14) a project that ought to be cancelled?
(15) a focal point for peace activists around the globe?

Answer: all of the above are true.

Still, at year's end, our Congresswoman, Ellen Tauscher, visited the Lab
and vowed to continue supporting NIF, calling it a "have to have" project.
"Technically, NIF is very sound," she opined to reporters.

Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, speaking at a whirlwind, two-hour visit
to  the Lab on Dec. 21,  seemed unwilling to fundamentally rethink the
question of building NIF.  We're (DOE) going to fight the criticism," he
told reporters. "The project is sound, it's just badly managed."

In contrast, the public is neither fooled nor in denial of reality. At the
Dec. 8 public hearing in Livermore on DOE's draft supplemental  review for
the NIF, numerous people spoke clearly and eloquently about the necessity
of stopping the project and choosing instead a future without nuclear
weapons, proliferation and more environmental contamination.

The year's end saw additional detail  come to light regarding NIF's
technical difficulties.

As we reported previously, employees at the three weapons labs say NIF is
suffering severe problems in developing the three necessary laser
components - optics, diagnostics and targets.

At the meeting of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Task Force on NIF,
held in Livermore on Dec. 13, 1999, Lab scientists told the panel they had
not yet found a material out of which to make targets - which are the
BB-sized pellets that will hold the frozen radioactive fuel NIF's laser
beams are supposed to blast into thermonuclear ignition. Three types of
materials, two plastics and a beryllium shell, are being pursued,
scientists said. As yet, while research on targets has gone on for many
years, no target has been perfected, and each material is still presenting
its own unique problems. The Lab scientists proclaimed they are "close" to
developing a target.

Neither have scientists figured out how to load the targets - of whatever
material - into the NIF's reactor vessel. Serious, unresolved problems
exist with alignment and timing.

Further, presentations made to the SEAB Task Force on NIF publicly revealed
some of the problems with diagnostics that workers have discussed with us.
Diagnostics, in sum, are the devices needed for  researchers to understand
what is actually going on in a NIF shot. No diagnostics means no data.

To begin, diagnostics for NIF have not been designed. Lab scientists
postulated they might have a "core package" of diagnostics ready for
"acceptance" by 2003. This would trigger the next phase of diagnostics
development, which would extend from "'04  onwards," according to the Lab's
vugraphs.

None of the costs associated with developing and creating  NIF's
diagnostics are included in the price of the project, Lab scientists
revealed. It is becoming clear that multi-billion dollar NIF  is a bit like
buying a car and finding out the engine and tires are extra.

The Lab struggled to put the best possible face on NIF, insisting  that
everything can be taken care of by  "rebaselining"  NIF to include more
time and money. To underscore their point, the Lab made a lengthy
presentation of  NIF's external reviews. In so doing, Lab scientist Joe
Kilkenny violated a court order obtained by three organizations -- Natural
Resources Defense Council, Tri-Valley CAREs and Western States Legal
Fopundation -- to prohibit the use by DOE or its contractors of a report
prepared by the 1997-98 National Academy of Sciences panel on NIF due to
the biased make up of the panel and its egregious noncompliance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act. Our attorney is following up.

Note: for more on NIF, visit our website at http://www.igc.org/tvc

Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA USA 94550

<http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - is our web site, please visit us there!

[phone] - is our phone
[phone] - is our fax

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
international Abolition 2000 network for the elimination of nuclear
weapons.



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Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 19:09:58 -0800 (PST)
From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Lawsuit Over Livermore Lab Waste

Dear peace and enviro groups --

Tri-Valley CAREs and Allies File Lawsuit Over Lab Hazardous Waste

by Sally Light, Marylia Kelley and Jackie Cabasso
from Tri-Valley CAREs' January 2000 newsletter, Citizen's Watch

On December 23, 1999, environmentalists filed suit in Alameda County
Superior Court in Oakland against the California state Department of Toxic
Substances Control (DTSC), the Regents of the University of California and
the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

The groups claim that a final permit issued by DTSC earlier this year for
the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to treat hazardous and
radioactive wastes, including the construction and operation of new
facilities, violates the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). CEQA
requires preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) when a project
may cause significant impacts to the environment and surrounding community.


In the Lab's case, the DTSC inexplicably decided to forego an EIR, and,
instead, to issue a Negative Declaration, which is basically an
unsubstantiated assertion by the state agency that the Lab will not harm
the environment.

Offering a Negative Declaration for something  as complex  as a hazardous
waste facility at a nuclear weapons laboratory is inappropriate and
illegal.  According to the lawsuit, the Livermore Lab certainly has the
potential to cause significant environmental harm.

DOE documents specify that, in 1997, Livermore Lab generated 2,769,600
pounds of hazardous waste and 243,200 pounds of mixed hazardous and
radioactive waste. The Lab also discharges hundreds of thousands of gallons
of wastewater each year into the Livermore municipal sewer system.

Livermore Lab operations and hazardous waste management activities have
resulted in releases of hazardous and radioactive materials into the air,
soil and groundwater - including releases of radioactive tritium,
plutonium, uranium, high explosives and other chemical pollutants like TCE,
PCE, Freon and carbon tetrachloride.

Both the Livermore Lab main site and site 300 are on the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's "Superfund" list of most polluted areas in the nation.


Over the years, numerous Lab workers have been contaminated with
radioactive and hazardous materials. Such exposures continue up to the
present. Last year, a chemist was injured when a temporary waste container
ruptured. This year, a hazardous waste management contractor was sprayed
with a slurry of Radney nickel when the cap on a waste container blew off.

As a regular reader of Citizen's Watch, you may recall other recent
incidents as well: in July of this year, the Lab suffered a uranium waste
fire, in which the material was "glowing and starting to expand," according
to DOE documents. That incident forced the temporary shut down of three
buildings. Also in July, the Lab failed a waste audit conducted by DOE, and
had to suspend all shipments to the Nevada Test Site. Thirty-three
corrective action orders were issued.

According to DTSC records, the agency knew of the Lab's pattern of abuse -
and yet still cut corners to grant the permit without conducting an
environmental review or putting mitigation measures into place.

The three groups bringing the suit -Tri-Valley CAREs, Western States Legal
Foundation, and the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of Physicians for Social
Responsibility - had filed an administrative appeal earlier this year
asking DTSC to reverse its decision to issue the permit. DTSC  denied the
appeal. This led to the filing of the current lawsuit.

Plaintiffs are represented by attorneys Michael Veiluva, of Alborg, Veiluva
and Cannata, Phyllis Olin of Western States Legal Foundation, and Alan Ramo
and Anne Eng with the Environmental Law and Justice Clinic, Golden Gate
University School of Law.

Stay tuned!


Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA USA 94550

<http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - is our web site, please visit us there!

[phone] - is our phone
[phone] - is our fax

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
international Abolition 2000 network for the elimination of nuclear
weapons.



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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 15:15:53 +1100
From: "Helen Caldicott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Radioactive material in Irish Sea

John, This is a very serious situation, people should NOT be eating the
fish, measurements of isotopes should be done in the fish from these areas,
and probably people should NOT swim in the Irish sea, Helen Caldicott

- ----- Original Message -----
From: John Krehbiel, Jr. <[e-mail]>
To: <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 7:19 AM
Subject: (abolition-usa) Radioactive material in Irish Sea


> The following article appeared in The Irish Times.  Anyone have more
> information/thoughts regarding ...
> >
> >
> >
Saturday, January 8, 2000
> >
> >
> >                            Nuclear material dumped
> >                                        in Irish Sea
> >
> >
> >                     By Eamon Timmins
> >
> >                     Thousands of tonnes of radioactive material which
were dumped in the Irish Sea
> >                     between 1950 and 1976 pose an extremely low risk to
human health and marine
> >                     life, a Department of the Marine task force has
concluded.
> >
> >                     The Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources,
Dr Woods, said the report
> >                     allayed genuine public anxiety about past
radioactive dumping and was also a
> >                     critical up-to-date assessment of its effects on
public health and the marine
> >                     environment.
> >
> >                     The findings have proved controversial, with strong
criticism from the Labour
> >                     Party and the Greens.
> >
> >                     The task force of scientists and marine experts was
established in 1997 by Dr
> >                     Woods, following an admission by the British
government that radioactive
> >                     material had been dumped at six locations in the
Irish Sea.
> >
> >                     The Green Party TD Mr Trevor Sargent said the report
was more of a political
> >                     face-saving exercise than a scientific report. "This
matter cannot be put to rest
> >                     until a full study of the seabed is carried out,
rather than relying on water quality
> >                     alone," he said.
> >
> >                     The Green MEP Ms Patricia McKenna said there was no
safe level of radiation
> >                     and any radioactive discharge constituted a risk, no
matter how small. The
> >                     report's assertion that the dumping did not
constitute a health hazard was simply
> >                     irresponsible on the part of a national government
supposed to safeguard the
> >                     health and well-being of people.
> >
> >                     Labour's marine spokesman, Mr Michael Bell, said the
finding of no health risk
> >                     would have to be treated with caution. Repeated
independent surveys had
> >                     shown alarming levels of radioactivity in the Irish
Sea. "Only two years ago the
> >                     Radiological Protection Institute found that some
radioactive levels along the
> >                     east coast were 30 times higher than four years
previously," he said.
> >
> >                     The report does, however, acknowledge that the
possibility of this material
> >                     resurfacing and being washed ashore could not be
discounted.
> >
> >                     Archive documentation show ed that material was
dumped at sites at the
> >                     Beaufort Dyke, the Holyhead Deep, Liverpool Bay,
Morecambe Bay and in the
> >                     Firth of Clyde off Garroch Head and the Isle of
Arran. The radioactive material
> >                     ranged from contaminated material from Glasgow and
Edinburgh Universities,
> >                     to industrial waste and material dumped by the
Ministry of Defence.
> >
> >                     On the basis of documentation provided by the
British government the task
> >                     force, assisted by the Radiological Protection
Institute and the Department of
> >                     Experimental Physics at UCD, conducted an assessment
of the potential
> >                     radiological consequences of the dumped material.
> >
> >                     It concluded that the dumped material did not pose a
health hazard. "The task
> >                     force is of the view that members of the public have
no reason, arising from the
> >                     likely effects of this dumping, to be concerned
about eating fish caught in the
> >                     Irish Sea or the safety of swimming or participating
in other water sports and
> >                     recreational activities in the Irish Sea, along the
Irish coast," the report said.
> >
> >                     The findings were almost identical to the results of
an assessment by the UK
> >                     National Radiological Protection Board, published in
1997.
> >
> >                     The brief of the task force did not extend to
explosives and chemical weapons
> >                     which were also dumped off the Donegal and Cork
coasts. However, it noted
> >                     that the Beaufort Dyke was a British and Irish
munitions dump and
> >                     acknowledged concerns that radioactive material
could become dislodged, just
> >                     as phosphorous devices dumped in the dyke had washed
up on Scottish and
> >                     Irish coastlines in 1995 and 1998.
> >
> >                     The possibility of radioactive material becoming
dislodged and resurfacing only
> >                     existed in relation to material which was packaged
and dumped in containers.
> >                     But the chance of this occurring was very unlikely,
given the location and depth
> >                     at which this material was buried and that most
items were dumped in steel
> >                     containers encased in concrete, and the small number
of items involved.
> >
> >                     "However, although it appears highly unlikely, the
possibility of return of the
> >                     dumped material cannot be completely discounted,"
the report said.
> >
> >                     The task force did not believe it was necessary or
practical to attempt to retrieve
> >                     the dumped material. Deliberate movement was likely
to present a greater hazard
> >                     than the very low risk that it might resurface.
> >
> >                     The report recommended caution in carrying out works
near any of the dump
> >                     sites that may disturb the seabed, and advocated a
careful assessment of any
> >                     potential risks before such works are undertaken.
The on-going marine
> >                     radioactivity monitoring programme undertaken by the
RPII was considered
> >                     adequate and no additional monitoring was needed.
But the report recommended
> >                     that monitoring be maintained at current levels.
> >
> >                     As part of its investigation the task force also
interviewed a former seaman, Mr
> >                     Walter Regan, who told The Irish Times in 1998 that
from the late 1950s and
> >                     early 1960s he dumped barrels of toxic and possibly
radioactive waste into the
> >                     sea, 60 miles south of Holyhead, when working for
the Limerick Steamship
> >                     Company. The report noted that, given the bonus
payments to sailors, the
> >                     cargoes might have been toxic, but the task force
could not ascertain if they
> >                     were radioactive.
>
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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 11:06:15 -0500
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Dr. Strangeloves figuring out nuclear weapons forever

 CTS Center for Technical Studies
       on Security, Energy, and Arms Control




The Role of Nuclear Weapons in the Year 2000:
Workshop Publications


Deterrence in the 1990s: What Can The Past Tell Us?
(CTS-26-90)
McGeorge Bundy

Nuclear Weapons in a Changing World
(CTS-10-90)
Albert Carnesale

Proliferation in South Asia After the Kashmir Crisis
(CTS-14-90)
Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema

Impact of a Reduced Nuclear Weapons Stockpile on Strategic Stability
(CTS-24-90; UCRL-JC-106901)
Paul Chrzanowski

SDI Performance and START Constraints: Modeling Phase-I Defense Engagements
(CTS-19-90; UCRL-JC-106498)
Chris Cunningham

A Proliferation Containment Strategy
(CTS-20-90)
Lewis Dunn

The Role of Nuclear Weapons in the Year 2000:
Summary of the Workshop Proceedings
(CTS-18-90; UCRL-JC-106361)
Sybil Francis

Limiting U.S. Policy Options to Prevent Nuclear Weapons Proliferation:
The Relevance of Minimum Deterrence
(CTS-17-90)
Robert L. Gallucci

A Shift to Passive Deterrence?
(CTS-21-90)
Patrick J. Garrity

Nuclear Weapons in Europe: Some Thoughts About the Next Ten Years
(CTS-09-90)
Sir Ronald Mason

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy
(CTS-08-90; UCRL-JC-105480)
Michael May

Some Soviet Views on Strategic Stability
(CTS-25-90)
Oleg Prilutsky

Minimum Deterrence
(CTS-13-90)
George Rathjens

Rethinking Nuclear Employment Policy
(CTS-15-90)
Leon Sloss

Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East
(CTS-16-90)
Leonard Spector

The Future of Defense and Technology
(CTS-11-90; UCRL-JC-105925)
Edward Teller

Future Nuclear Weapon Roles and Postures in the Context of an Overall Security
Strategy of Dissuasion
(CTS-22-90)
Richard L. Wagner, Jr.

A Future Targeting Doctrine for U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces
(CTS-23-90)
Dean Wilkening

"Remarks" About Minimum Deterrence
(CTS-12-90)
Herbert F. York

Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]
http://www.gracelinks.org

GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty to
eliminate nuclear weapons.

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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 11:09:47 -0500
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) wargames from the weapons labs

From Don Moniak, editor of
STANDpoint a periodic electronic news and commentary service from
Serious Texans Against Nuclear Dumping, Amarillo, Texas.
806-358-2622.

Mission Creep-labs play war games to protect commercial interests!

One of the headlines in the December 31, 1999 edition of ôThe Prosperity
Timesö read ôChina Seizes U.S. Assets.ö The story told how:

In the first case of expropriation since
China opened to the outside in 1979,
all US investments were nationalized
under the "special" circumstances
clause of the joint venture law.
Government representatives cited: the
deliberate policy of the US in
undermining state industries to foster
the collapse of the "socialist market"
economic structure of the PRC;
espionage and sabotage of recent
PRC Army activities and installations
by "CIA spies" using industrial
ventures as a cover;

The Prosperity Times was a pseudo futuristic tool for participants in the
May 6-8, 1996 conference at the Hyatt Dulles Hotel in Herndon, Virginia
titled ô[e-mail]  Gameö(4) sponsored by the Los Alamos,
Livermore, and Sandia Industrial Advisory Boards, Lockheed Martin, the
University of California, etc. etc. Prosperity Games are a trademarked
enterprise that ôare an outgrowth and adaptation of move/countermove
and seminar War Games.ö

In this particular session, ôThe primary objectives were to explore ways
to optimize the role of the multi disciplinary labs in serving national
missions and needs, explore ways to increase collaboration and
partnerships among government, laboratories, universities, and industry,
and create a network of partnership champions to promote findings and
policy options.ö

Suffice to say, the participants were presented with the Chinese asset
seizure following years of Chinese-American problems regarding Taiwan
and the World Trade Organization. Fortunately, they did manage to avert
the following scenario on December 31, 2001: Chinese Missile Tests off
the Coast of Southern California. That edition of the Prosperity Times
was not distributed.

Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]
http://www.gracelinks.org

GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty to
eliminate nuclear weapons.

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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 13:15:20 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (abolition-usa) LOS ALAMOS ON AUGUST 9TH, AGAIN!

LANL 2000
Peace Action New Mexico hosted the very successful rally and protest in Los
Alamos last August 9th.  We have been planning for the 2000 rally and civil
disobedience in Los Alamos since that very day!  Help us continue the fight
for the abolition of nuclear weapons.  In 1999, over 400 people confronted
the nuclear weapons machine on the 54th anniversary of the destruction of
Nagasaki at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), the belly of the nuclear
weapons beast.  Over 70
people committed civil disobedience on LANL property.  NOW we need to
escalate this critical fight to end the production of these illegal nuclear
weapons of mass destruction.  We hope to attract at least twice the number
that attended last year.

 PLEASE JOIN US  ON AUGUST 9TH. WE NEED YOUR HELP!

 We are dedicated to ending the Nuclear Age.  But, we need YOU and many
hundreds of others to stand with New Mexico communities who suffer the
consequences of nuclear weapons production.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
 Contact Peace Action New Mexico  505.989.4812 or at [e-mail] and
COMMIT to joining us at Ashley Pond in Los Alamos on August 9, 2000.  Tell
your friends and pass the word!  SEE YOU THERE!


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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 10:53:20 -0800
From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) -Year2000 Global Peace Walk is coming to the rescue

Following is today's updated California brief release about GPW2000 follo=
wed
by website references for more information and recent support letters fro=
m
the Unity Foundation, Abolition 2000, and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundatio=
n.
Also, letters from Coretta Scott King and Mrs. Cesar (Helen) Chavez alrea=
dy
delivered by the first Global Peace Walk to the United Nations in 1995.

By combining walking, running, and relays, this nine month spiritual walk
will have local events in the following California cities during the firs=
t
three weeks of its route to Washington DC and the United Nations:  San
Francisco, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara=
,
Hollywood, Bakersfield, and Tehachapi (including a memorial service at Ce=
sar
Chavez' gravesite at noon on February 4th in La Paz, Keene CA) on the ale=
rt
due to Big Mountain relocation deadline February 1st.  GPW2000 will be
conducting EarthDay2000 event in Taos, New Mexico.


GPW2000 Press Release 10JAN2000:  Contact Trilight 415-863-2084

Global Peace Walk 2000 will take its first step across the country on
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.=92s Birthday from the War Memorial
Building in San Francisco on January 15, 2000 bringing out the prayer of
=93Global Peace Now!=94 as a universal human resolve to spread across the=
 United
States after a 9:00am ceremony with spiritual, community, and governmenta=
l
leaders and the general public.  Sendoff speakers will include
representatives of PeaceQuest, Cesar E. Chavez Foundation, and indigenous
spiritual leader Corbin Harney of Shundahai Network.

    Along the way, the Global Peace Walkers will be carrying petitions,
messages & information to educate & network with people & groups on the
following issues:  Abolition 2000 - A Call to Ban Nuclear Weapons Worldwi=
de;
Protecting our Land & Life & other Environmental & Social issues; Native
American issues (e.g., Leonard Peltier clemency; Big Mountain Dineh
relocation, AZ; Ward Valley nuclear waste dump, CA; Nevada Nuclear Test S=
ite
and Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump - Shoshone treaty violations);
Sustainable Global Economy (e.g., Permaculture, Industrial Hemp);
Alternative Healing/Medicine; Medical Marijuana; Global Conflict Resoluti=
on
by Creating a Culture of Peace and a Spiritual United Nations; the World
Thirteen Moon Calendar Change Peace Movement; Peace Pagoda Project; Globa=
l
Peace Zone Project; and Proper Funding for New-Energy Technology Research
and Development; as well as other issues that people bring to us along th=
e
way.

    On October 9, 2000 (Columbus Day), the Global Peace Walk will arrive =
in
Washington DC and bring the petitions and "The Message of Peace=94 to our
governmental leaders.  A "Millennium of Peace Ceremony" will be conducted
then with perhaps over one million people in Washington DC to rededicate =
the
Washington Monument as a Symbol of The Message of Peace.

    The walk will arrive in New York City at the United Nations on Octobe=
r
24th, 2000 (United Nations Day) to deliver the petitions and "The Message=
 of
Peace=94 to our world government leaders, to reaffirm the original princi=
ples
of the United Nations Charter to =93save succeeding generations from the
scourge of war...reaffirm faith in the dignity of human rights=94 to =93l=
ive
together in peace=94, and to help inaugurate the UN Year and Decade of
Creating a Culture of Peace for the 21st Century.

    Since the Global Peace Walk project was initiated in 1995, walking fr=
om
New York City to San Francisco for the United Nations 50th anniversary, t=
he
Global Peace Walk has received many letters and proclamations of support
from religious, political (e.g., mayors and governors), community and
cultural leaders towards the creation of a worldwide Global Peace Zone 20=
00
and these compiled messages will be included in "The Message of Peace"
documentation.

Living On the Globe with All Our Friends
Global Peace NOW!

Homepage:  http://www.globalpeacenow.org

Shundahai Network: http://www.shundahai.org
Big Mountain information:  http://www.solcommunications.com
PeaceQuest:  http://www.worldtrust.org

For printable typeset efax version of main walk flyer see
http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/208.html

Master GPW2000 schedule with links to printable local flyers, maps
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/schedule.html

Selected list of letters and proclamations of support linked to texts
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/listproc.html

For a printable typeset of  the opening day flyer you can copy and help
distribute see
http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/203.html

Check Global Peace Walk egroup for other printable flyers and general
information about GPW2000 events en route listed by subject at
http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk

Please subscribe to this list at that website address if you can help as =
a
local or outreach coordinator.

Thanks very much,

David Crockett Williams  [e-mail]
Tehachapi CA local coordinator
Global Peace Walk 2000
http://www.globalpeacenow.org
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/gpw.html

GLOBAL  EMERGENCY  ALERT  RESPONSE
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000

The Vision of Paradise on Earth
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/vision.html

Urge your Congressperson to support H.R. 2545
Global Nuclear Disarmament & Economic Conversion Act
Details & Sample Email:  http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm

Easy indexed site to email Congresspeople & Media
http://congress.nw.dc.us/wnd
(copy & paste email letters to media and Congress)

An Agenda for Peace
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/agenda.html


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http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/unity.html
Unity Foundation Global Peace Walk 2000 support letter

Following is the text of the Global Peace Walk support letter from Bill
McCarthy, President of the Unity Foundation.  A printable copy of the
original signed letter is linked to attachment bar at bottom of this post=
 at
http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/207.html


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UNITY FOUNDATION
Promoting World Peace, Cooperation & Unity for 24 Years

January 1, 2000

To Whom It May Concern

It is my pleasure to write a Letter of Support for Rev. Yusen Yamato and =
The
Global Peace Walk.

I am the founder and president of Unity Foundation, a non-profit
organization with a 24 year histroy of promoting world peace, cooperation
and unity.  Since 1986, I have had the honor of working with Rev. Yusen
Yamato, a Buddhist Monk and Global Peace Walker, whose tireless efforts t=
o
promote peace have been inspiring and empowering thousands upon thousands=
 of
people around the world, including many thousands who have attended event=
s
which Unity Foundation has produced or co-produced.  These events have
included:  The Celebrations of the 20th and 30th Anniversaries of the Sum=
mer
of Love, the Unity'95 Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Founding=
 of
the United Nations, the Amercian Soviet Rock &  Roll Summit, Unity'98
Celebrating Racial Harmony in San Francisco commemorating the one year
anniversary of The President's Initiative on Race, and the 1999 State of =
The
World Forum's public event --Creating a Culture of Peace for the 21st
Century.  Rev. Yusen Yamato has presented a Peace Ceremony for each of th=
ese
special events.

Rev. Yamato has also continually walked for Global Peace since long befor=
e
1995, when he conducted The Global Peace Walk from the United Nations in =
New
York City to San Francisco in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of th=
e
Founding of the United Nations.  He has also led numerous regional Global
Peace Walks.   Beginning on January 15th, of this year 2000, Rev. Yamato
will again walk from San Francisco to the United Nations in New York City=
,
in commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the Founding of the United
Nations.

Rev. Yusen Yamato is an extraordinary person who has dedicated his life t=
o
creating global peace.  Since the promise of the New Millennium is peace =
on
Earth, I humbly request your support for the selfless efforts of Rev. Yam=
ato
and The Global Peace Walk.  Through your support you will be helping to m=
ake
the promise of peace on Earth in the 21st Century a reality.

Sincerely,

[signed]

Bill McCarthy
Founder and President

744 Treat Avenue, San Francisco, California 94110
phone: [phone]  fax: [phone]  email:  [e-mail]

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http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/abolition2000.html
Abolition 2000 Global Peace Walk support letter

Following is the text of the Global Peace Walk 2000 support letter and
message from Carah Ong, Coordinator of Abolition 2000.

A printable copy of the signed original letter is linked from attachment =
bar
at bottom of this post archived at
http://www.angelfire.com/group/global-peace-walk/206.html


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Abolition 2000

PMB 121, 1187 Coast Village Rd., Suite1, Santa Barbara CA 93108-2794
Tel:  [phone],  Fax: [phone],  E-mail: [e-mail]
http://www.abolition2000.org


January 3, 2000

Year 2000 Global Peace Walk
P.O. Box 170245
San Francisco, CA 94117-0245

Dear Friends of Global Peace Walk 2000:

At the dawn of a new century, efforts such as the Global Peace Walk are
necessary if humanity is to achieve a more peaceful and just world.  I
commend you on undertaking this important journey from San Francisco to
Washington, DC and then onto New York.  Your concern for our future and
human life and your vision of a more "United Nations" will surely engage =
the
attention of everyone you come in contact with on your journey.

Thank you for carrying the message of Abolition 2000, the global network
comprised of more than 1420 organizations in 90 countries calling for a
treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons.  At the 1995 Non-Proliferation Treat=
y
Review and Extension Conference where, frustrated by the resolve of the
nculear weapons states to maintain their arsenals, a few activists and
concerned individuas had a vision.  That vision of a more secure and liva=
ble
world, free from the threat of nuclear weapons, was the foundation for th=
e
international movement that became known as the Abolition 2000 network.
Now, more than ever before, the work of Aboliton 2000 is vital to ensure =
a
more secure and livable world for our children, grandchildren and all fut=
ure
generations.  We cannot succeed without your help.

At our Annual General Meeting held at the Hague Appeal for Peace in May
1999, we agreed that the year 2000 poses a critical challenge for the
Network.  To preserve the integrity of the Abolition 2000 name and to
continue the vital work of the Global network, members have committed to
increasing Network membership to at least 2000 organizations by the start=
 of
the Non-Proliferation Treaty Conference in April.  We will also make
Abolition 2000 attendance and presence known at the NPT conference.  Than=
k
you for helping make the number of supporting groups climb to over 2,000 =
by
joining us in our endeavors!

Thank you again for undertaking this journey to raise concern for our fut=
ure
and develop a "Spiritual United Nations."   My best wishes to you for a s=
afe
and healthy trip.

In Peace,

[signed]

Carah Ong
Coordinator

A Global Network to eliminate nuclear weapons supported by citizen groups=
,
political leaders, religious leaders, professional associations, colleges
and universities, nobel laureates, retired miltary leaders, and
municipalities

A secure and livable world for our children and grandchildren requires th=
e
elimination of nuclear weapons and the redress of environmental degredati=
on
and human suffering -- the legacy of more than fifty years of nuclear
testing and production.

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http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/napf.html
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation support letter

Following is the text of the Global Peace Walk support letter and message
from David Krieger, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. A
printable copy of the signed original is linked to attachment bar at bott=
om
of this post archived at
http://www.angelfire.com/group/global-peace-walk/205.html


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Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

December 21, 1999

Year 2000 Global Peace Walk
P.O. Box 170245
San Francisco, CA 94117-0245

Dear Participants in the Year 2000 Global Peace Walk:

Congratulations on undertaking this journey for peace across the United
States. Your walk is taking place on the edge of a new millennium and I
trust it will be part of a transformation that will bring us a more peace=
ful
future.

As you may know, Abolition 2000 was born in 1995 at the Non-Proliferation
Treaty Review and Extension Conference. The Abolition 2000 Statement call=
s
for a treaty by the end of the year 2000 that sets forth a plan for the
global elimination of nuclear weapons. This treaty, as well as steps to e=
nd
the nuclear threat, such as de-alerting nuclear arsenals and de-coupling
warheads from delivery vehicles, are essential to ensuring a more secure
future for humanity. I hope that you will educate and advocate the goals =
of
Abolition 2000 as you walk across this land.

You will do a great service to humanity by awakening peole you encounter =
on
your journey to the need for our government to take a leadership role to
achieve a nuclear weapons free world.

I commend you for your efforts and vision and wish you a safe and healthy
journey on behalf of humanity.

Sincerely,

David Krieger
President

1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 121 - Santa Barbara CA 93108-2794
805-965-3443, fax [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]
http://www.wagingpeace.org


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Among the support letters/messages received by the initiating route of
Global Peace Walk from New York to San Francisco in 1995 compiled and han=
d
delivered to the President of the United Nations General Assembly on Octo=
ber
26, 1995, was President Clintons UN 50th anniversary message and the
following letters from the widows of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Ces=
ar
Chavez.


http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/king.html
Coretta Scott King support letter of 1995

Following is the text of the support letter for the Global Peace Walk
Project from The Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social
Change, Inc., by Coretta Scott King, which was among the many such messag=
es
compiled and hand delivered to the President of the General Assembly of t=
he
United Nations at an NGO conference there on disarmament, October 26, 199=
5.

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THE KING CENTER

CORETTA SCOTT KING
Chair, President and
Chief Executive Officer

January 11, 1995

fax:  [phone]

To the United Nations 50th Anniversary Global Peace Walk '95:

I write express my warmest greetings and encouragement to all of the good
people who are taking part in the United Nations 50th Anniversary Global
Peace Walk '95 as you gather in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s
birthday anniversary.

The theme for the 1995 King holiday observance is "Kingian Nonviolence in
Action: Empowering Future Generations to Serve."  The theme underscores t=
he
vital importance of community services in the spirit of Martin Luther Kin=
g,
Jr.  It also reflects the critical need to educate and and train young
people in Dr. King's teachings to prepare them to become effective agents=
 of
nonviolence conflict-resolution and social change.

In keeping with this vision, the King Center has trained thousands of peo=
ple
from all walks of life and many nations to apply Dr. King's philosophy an=
d
methods of nonviolent conflict-resolution and social change.  With your
support, we will be able to expand our training programs and reach millio=
ns
of new activists around the world, who are dedicated to creating a global
community of peace with justice.

It is gratifying that the United Nations 50th Anniversary Global Peace Wa=
lk
'95 is committed to working for the realization of my husband's dream for=
 a
beloved world community.  The great work you are doing is an inspiration =
to
all of the King Center family.

In closing, I wish you the best for a joyful observance and I look forwar=
d
to hearing of your continued success.

Sincerely,

[signed]

Coretta Scott King


The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc.
449 Auburn Ave., NE  -- Atlanta, GA 30312-1590 -- [phone]
Fax:  [phone]

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http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/cesar.html
Cesar Chavez Foundation Global Peace Walk support letter 1995

Following is the text of the support letter received by the widow of Cesa=
r
Chavez on the occasion of the Global Peace Walk's initiating route in 199=
5
from New York to San Francisco having the honor of the hospitality of the
UFW and Cesar E. Chavez Foundation community called La Paz, in Keene,
California in the southern Sierra Nevada foothills between Tehachapi and
Bakersfield, California, the final resting place of this widely beloved
California champion of nonviolence and social justice, La Paz, The Peace.

The below letter was among those hand delivered to the President of the
United Nations General Assembly at an NGO conference at the UN on October
26, 1995.


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CESAR E. CHAVEZ FOUNDATION

PO Box 62, Keene, CA 93531, Phone [phone], Fax [phone]


7 June 1995

Dear Rev. Yusen Yamato,

I want to thank you and all of the supporters and participants in the Glo=
bal
Peace March for honoring us and for honoring Cesar's legacy by visiting a=
nd
praying at his grave site here at La Paz.

We all must make a commitment to work for peace and for justice in our
world.  Your efforts demonstrate to the word, and remind us all here at L=
a
Paz, that there is much work to be done.  You will never know the true
magnitude of the positive effects your march is havign on the many
communities you have visited and will visit while on your journey.

You and the participants of the Global Peace Now march are leading us all=
 by
standing up and taking the right steps -- the steps towards peace and
justice for everyone.  As you leave La Paz to continue on this march down
the road to justice and to sanity, I want you to know that you carry with
you my blessings and prayers, in the spirit of my husband, Cesar E. Chave=
z.

Si Se Puede!

[signed]

Helen F. Chavez


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