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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 17:20:23 -0500
From: Kevin Martin <kmartin@fourthfreedom.org>
Subject: (abolition-usa) [Fwd: FW: [downwinders] Senate Bill Requires Study of New Nuclear Weapon]
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I'm no lawyer, but I believe the research, development, and/or threat to
use "mini-nukes" could violate several treaties: Comprehensive Test Ban
Treaty, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and Nuclear-Free Zone
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Subject: FW: [downwinders] Senate Bill Requires Study of New Nuclear Weapon
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Yes, the Republicans are very serious about building new nukes.
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Subject: [downwinders] Senate Bill Requires Study of New Nuclear Weapon
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Senate Bill Requires Study of New Nuclear Weapon
By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, June 12, 2000; Page A02
The Senate has paved the way for the Energy Department's nuclear
weapons laboratories to aid Pentagon research into a new low-
yield nuclear weapon that could destroy hardened and deeply
buried targets by penetrating far into the ground before
exploding.
The purpose of the study is to develop "a deep penetrator that
could hold at risk a rogue state's deeply buried weapons or
Saddam Hussein's bunker without torching Baghdad," said one
former senior Pentagon official who is still involved in
government military and intelligence research.
The most recent modernization of a U.S. strategic nuclear weapon,
the B-61 thermonuclear bomb, took place in the early 1990s. At
that time the bomb, which has a variety of yields above 50
kilotons (or 50,000 tons of TNT, more than three times the power
of the Hiroshima bomb), was given an earth-penetrating capability
great enough to destroy "a garden variety underground bunker, 100
meters into solid rock," the former official said.
"What's needed now is something that can threaten a bunker
tunneled under 300 meters of granite without killing the
surrounding civilian population," he said.
Last year, a Pentagon effort to get assistance from Energy's
weapons labs in researching the options for such a weapon was
blocked when Energy lawyers said a 1994 provision in the law
prohibited the government's nuclear laboratories from "all
research and development which could lead to a precision, low-
yield nuclear weapon," according to a senior Energy official who
asked not to be identified.
To overcome that roadblock, Senate Republicans this year put a
provision in the fiscal 2001 defense authorization bill that
specifically requires the secretaries of Defense and Energy to
undertake such a study and permits the nuclear labs to "conduct
any limited research and development that may be necessary" to
complete it, according to a Senate Armed Services Committee
report.
The measure is expected to pass the Senate this week and
eventually be approved by a House-Senate conference, according to
its supporters.
Supporters of this new low-yield nuclear weapon include a small
group of senior Republican senators and some top officials within
the nuclear weapons community who, in the wake of Senate defeat
of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty last October, believe the
United States may soon need to resume underground testing to
design new warheads and maintain old ones.
"The United States will eventually need a new, low-yield nuclear
weapon" because the explosive power of silo-busting thermonuclear
warheads designed for the Cold War is "too high" to deter small
nations in today's multipolar world, said Paul Robinson, the head
of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories, one of the nation's
leading weapons labs.
Without building such a new weapon, "we would end up being self-
deterred," Robinson said at a forum in New Mexico last March.
Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.), chairman of the Senate Armed
Services strategic subcommittee, sponsored the defense bill
amendment because, as he said at a May 23 committee meeting, the
legislative language from 1994 prohibited Energy's nuclear
laboratories "from conducting any research related to the design
of a new low-yield nuclear warhead."
"I understand the attorneys have blocked the Energy weapons labs
from conducting any studies or research to support the Defense
Department in assessing options for addressing current or future
threats because of this 1994 provision," Allard said.
Armed Services Committee Chairman John W. Warner (R-Va.) said at
the May 23 hearing: "I do not believe that, in the foreseeable
future, we're going to see the abolishment totally of nuclear
weaponry. . . . And, therefore, we've got to maintain a
capability in the United States for a future president or
presidents to initiate a program, to build a new warhead."
In a recent telephone interview, Warner said, "The next president
has got to put this on top of his agenda." He added, "We should
do research and analysis" that could lead to new weapons because
"there is a dwindling industrial base and dwindling category of
capable people to build weapons."
Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the presumptive GOP presidential
candidate, who opposed approval of the Comprehensive Test Ban
Treaty, has supported a moratorium on testing "because it gives
more flexibility," said Condoleezza Rice, Bush's foreign policy
adviser and a member of the National Security Council staff
during his father's administration.
Bush foresees any resumption of testing in the near future as
being based on "questions of reliability and safety" of current
weapons, Rice said in a telephone interview. As for developing
new weapons, Bush is "reserving judgment. . . . It has not come
up, but it is not inconceivable," she said.
Bush, in a May 23 speech, said that "America should rethink the
requirements . . . for nuclear deterrence and a new security
environment." He said that if elected president, he would get his
defense secretary "to conduct an assessment of our nuclear force
posture."
The last full Pentagon nuclear posture review was in 1994, with
an update in 1997 before the Helsinki summit between President
Clinton and Russia's Boris Yeltsin. The current Senate version of
the fiscal 2001 defense authorization bill not only permits
research on the new low-yield weapons but also calls for the
secretary of defense, "in consultation with the Secretary of
Energy, to prepare a plan for the long-term sustainment and
modernization of U.S. strategic forces."
That nuclear posture study, the panel said, "would look beyond
current efforts to modernize existing systems and lay out a
comprehensive vision for the maintenance of deterrent forces."
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 08:13:31 -0400
From: Ellen Thomas <prop1@prop1.org>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/06/15 - Daybook (and a couple of upcoming events)
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1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000615215050.htm
9:30 a.m. =97 Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee holds a=
hearing
to receive testimony on the goals and specific legislative provisions of the
National Energy Security Act of 2000. Location: 366 Dirksen Senate Office
Building. Contact: 202/224-4971.
10:30 a.m. =97 Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing to=
examine
issues dealing with terrorism, focusing on the report of the National
Commission on Terrorism. Location: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building.=
Contact:
202/224-4651.
Los Alamos fires news conference =97 1:15 p.m. =97 Sens. Pete V.=
Domenici, New
Mexico Republican, and Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico Democrat, hold a news
conference on compensation for the victims of the Los Alamos fires.=
Location:
Capitol, Senate Swamp. Contact: 202/224-6621 or 202/224-5521.
Taipei-Beijing-Washington relations discussion =97 9 a.m. =97The=
National
Press Club holds a Morning Newsmaker news conference on
Taipei-Beijing-Washington relations. The speaker is Dr. Lin Chong-Pin,=
chairman
of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Republic of China. Location: First
Amendment Room, National Press Club, 14th and F streets NW. Contact:
202/662-7593.
=20
Kosovo discussion =97 9:30 a.m. =97 The National Press Club holds a=
panel
discussion on America's continuing participation in Kosovo and the results=
to
date of efforts to bring a stable peace to Kosovo. Location: National Press
Club, 14th and F streets NW. Contact: 202/662-7500.
Common Cause news conference =97 noon =97 Common Cause holds a news=
conference
to release a study detailing spending on lobbying and political donations by
tobacco, gun, gambling and alcohol interests. Location: 1250 Connecticut=
Ave.
NW. Contact: 202/736-5770.
Technological change and American security symposium =97 noon =97 The
Brookings Institution and Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat,=
present a
symposium on technological change in warfare and new threats to U.S.=
security.
Location: 325 Russell Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/797-6105.
Russia discussion =97 3 p.m. =97The Atlantic Council of the United=
States
hosts a presentation and discussion, "Enterprise Reform in Russia" by=
economist
Harry Broadman of the World Bank. Location: Atlantic Council Conference=
Room,
910 17th St. NW. Contact: 202/778-4968.
Globalization lecture =97 6:30 p.m. =97 The Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace holds a lecture, "The Great Globalization Debate." The
speaker is Anthony Giddens, London School of Economics director. Location:=
Root
Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Contact: 202/939-2306.
2) Drumming Session for Peace in Vieques, and in support of the Fast for
Vieques in front of the White House, beginning this Saturday June 17 at=
12:00
noon in Lafayette Park in front of the White House. Bring your drums,=
bongos,
congas, cowbells, sticks. . .or just come and join us! Contacts:=20
H=E9ctor Rosario, Fast for Vieques in Front of the White House (cell phone=
=20
number 202-270-2706) Flavio Cumpiano, Committee for the Rescue and=
Development
of Vieques (phone number 202-721-4688)
3) SPECIAL INVITATION to attend Nuclear Reduction/Disarmament Initiative=20
Interfaith Service at 12 noon on Wednesday, June 21, 2000 at Washington
National Cathedral. Religious leaders participating in the liturgy include:=
=20
Bishop William B. Oden, President, Council of Bishops, The United Methodist
Church; Rabbi David Saperstein, Director and Counsel, Religious Action=
Center
of Reform Judaism; Dr. Muzammil H. Siddiqi, President, The Islamic Society=
of
North America. The preacher for the interfaith service will be former Chief=
of
Army Chaplains, Major General (Ret.) Kermit D. Johnson. The Nuclear
Reduction/Disarmament Initiative is an interfaith project led by Washington
National Cathedral, with assistance from former Senator Alan Cranston and=
his
Global Security Institute, and the Fourth Freedom Forum. Funding has been
provided by the Ploughshares Fund, The John Merck Fund, and W. Alton Jones
Foundation. Please pass this information on throughout your jurisdiction and
among your constituencies to ensure as many as possible have the opportunity=
to
participate in this very special interfaith service. For more information
please call Wendy Starman (202) 537-6258. Visit the Nuclear
Reduction/Disarmament Initiative online at
<http://www.cathedral.org/cathedral/nuclear>
[From: Daryl Kimball <dkimball@clw.org> ]
4) Presidential Candidates
George W. Bush June 16, 2000 - Canton Ohio and Lexington Kentucky
10:05 a.m. - Visit Passages School, Gymnasium, 1253 3rd St. S.E.
Canton,
OH 330/438-2677=20
4:30 p.m. - Arrival Lexington Blue Grass Airport Tac-Air, Gate 51,=
4029
Airport Rd. Lexington, KY 859/255-7724
5) Website for GOP Protest Organizing Up and Running=20
For info on the the GOP convention protests visit the
new website: http://www.thepartysover.org
___________________________________________________
Today's Newspapers and Archives: http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm
Interactive Archives (since 6/10/00): http://www.onelist.com/archive/NucNews
Subscribe to NucNews: mailto:prop1@prop1.org (NucNews-Subscribe)
Submit URL/Article: mailto:NucNews@onelist.org
About NucNews: http://prop1.org/nucnews/nucnews.htm
Excellent e-mail news resources:
DOE Watch - doewatch@onelist.com - http://members.aol.com/doewatch=20
Downwinders - downwinders@onelist.com - http://www.downwinders.org/=20
EnviroNews - environews@envirolink.org -=
http://www.envirolink.org/environews=20
Planet Ark/Reuters - mailto:anna@planetark.org -=
http://www.planetark.org/news/
Radbull (Radiation Bulletin) mailto:radbull-request@energy-net.org=20
Quick Route to U.S. Congress:
http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm (Senators' Websites)
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html (Representatives' Websites)
http://thomas.loc.gov/ (Pending Legislation - Search)
Presidential Candidates' Websites:
George W. Bush - http://www.georgewbush.com/
Pat Buchanan - http://www.buchananreform.com/index.asp
Al Gore - http://www.algore2000.com/
Ralph Nader - http://www.votenader.org/press.html
Online Petition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons -
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/prop1/petition.html
Distributed without payment for research and educational=20
purposes only, in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107.
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<b>1) Washington Daybook</b>, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000615215050.htm"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000615215050.=
htm</a><br>
<br>
9:30 a.m. =97 Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee holds a hearing to receive testimony on the goals and specific
legislative provisions of the National Energy Security Act of 2000.
Location: 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact:=20
202/224-4971.<br>
<br>
10:30 a.m. =97 Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds
a hearing to examine issues dealing with terrorism, focusing on the
report of the National Commission on Terrorism. Location: 419 Dirksen
Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-4651.<br>
<br>
Los Alamos fires news conference =97 1:15 p.m. =97 Sens.
Pete V. Domenici, New Mexico Republican, and Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico
Democrat, hold a news conference on compensation for the victims of the
Los Alamos fires. Location: Capitol, Senate Swamp. Contact: 202/224-6621
or 202/224-5521.<br>
<br>
Taipei-Beijing-Washington relations discussion =97
9 a.m. =97The National Press Club holds a Morning Newsmaker news conference
on Taipei-Beijing-Washington relations. The speaker is Dr. Lin Chong-Pin,
chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Republic of China.
Location: First Amendment Room, National Press Club, 14th and F streets
NW. Contact: 202/662-7593.<br>
<br>
Kosovo discussion =97 9:30 a.m. =97 The National Press
Club holds a panel discussion on America's continuing participation in
Kosovo and the results to date of efforts to bring a stable peace to
Kosovo. Location: National Press Club, 14th and F streets NW. Contact:
202/662-7500.<br>
<br>
Common Cause news conference =97 noon =97 Common Cause
holds a news conference to release a study detailing spending on lobbying
and political donations by tobacco, gun, gambling and alcohol interests.
Location: 1250 Connecticut Ave. NW. Contact: 202/736-5770.<br>
<br>
Technological change and American security
symposium =97 noon =97 The Brookings Institution and Sen. Charles E. Schumer=
,
New York Democrat, present a symposium on technological change in warfare
and new threats to U.S. security. Location: 325 Russell Senate Office
Building. Contact: 202/797-6105.<br>
<br>
Russia discussion =97 3 p.m. =97The Atlantic
Council of the United States hosts a presentation and discussion,
"Enterprise Reform in Russia" by economist Harry Broadman of
the World Bank. Location: Atlantic Council Conference Room, 910 17th St.
NW. Contact: 202/778-4968.<br>
<br>
Globalization lecture =97 6:30 p.m. =97 The
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace holds a lecture, "The
Great Globalization Debate." The speaker is Anthony Giddens, London
School of Economics director. Location: Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts
Ave. NW. Contact: 202/939-2306.<br>
<br>
<b>2) Drumming Session for Peace in Vieques, and in support of the Fast
for Vieques in front of the White House, beginning this Saturday June 17
at 12:00 noon in Lafayette Park</b> in front of the White House.
Bring your drums, bongos, congas, cowbells, sticks. . .or just come and
join us! Contacts: <br>
H=E9ctor Rosario, Fast for Vieques in Front of the White House (cell phone
<br>
number 202-270-2706) Flavio Cumpiano, Committee for the Rescue and
Development of Vieques (phone number 202-721-4688)<br>
<br>
<b>3) SPECIAL INVITATION to attend Nuclear Reduction/Disarmament
Initiative <br>
Interfaith Service at 12 noon on Wednesday, June 21, 2000 at Washington
National Cathedral. </b>Religious leaders participating in the liturgy
include: Bishop William B. Oden, President, Council of Bishops, The
United Methodist Church; Rabbi David Saperstein, Director and
Counsel, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism; Dr. Muzammil H.
Siddiqi, President, The Islamic Society of North America. The
preacher for the interfaith service will be former Chief of Army
Chaplains, Major General (Ret.) Kermit D. Johnson. The Nuclear
Reduction/Disarmament Initiative is an interfaith project led by
Washington National Cathedral, with assistance from former Senator Alan
Cranston and his Global Security Institute, and the Fourth Freedom Forum.
Funding has been provided by the Ploughshares Fund, The John Merck Fund,
and W. Alton Jones Foundation. Please pass this information on throughout
your jurisdiction and among your constituencies to ensure as many as
possible have the opportunity to participate in this very special
interfaith service. For more information please call Wendy Starman
(202) 537-6258. Visit the Nuclear Reduction/Disarmament Initiative online
at
<<a href=3D"http://www.cathedral.org/cathedral/nuclear"=
eudora=3D"autourl"><font=
color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.cathedral.org/cathedral/nuclear</a></font><=
/u>><br>
[From: Daryl Kimball <dkimball@clw.org> ]<br>
<br>
<b>4) Presidential Candidates<br>
<br>
George W. Bush June 16, 2000 - Canton Ohio and Lexington Kentucky<br>
</b><x-tab> </x-tab>10:05
a.m. - Visit Passages School, Gymnasium, 1253 3rd St. S.E. Canton, OH
330/438-2677 <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>4:30 p.m.
- - Arrival Lexington Blue Grass Airport Tac-Air, Gate 51, 4029 Airport Rd.
Lexington, KY 859/255-7724<br>
<br>
<b>5) Website for GOP Protest Organizing Up and Running <br>
</b><font face=3D"Courier New, Courier">For info on the the GOP convention
protests visit the<br>
new website:
</font><a href=3D"http://www.thepartysover.org/" eudora=3D"autourl"><font=
face=3D"Courier New, Courier"=
color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.thepartysover.org<br>
<br>
<br>
</a></font></u><br>
___________________________________________________<br>
<br>
Today's Newspapers and Archives:
<a href=3D"http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm</a><br>
Interactive Archives (since 6/10/00):
<a href=3D"http://www.onelist.com/archive/NucNews"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.onelist.com/archive/NucNews</a><br>
<br>
Subscribe to NucNews:
<a href=3D"mailto:prop1@prop1.org" eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:prop1@prop1.org=
</a>
(NucNews-Subscribe)<br>
Submit=
URL/Article: <a href=3D"mailto:NucNews@onelist.org"=
eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:NucNews@onelist.org</a><br>
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eudora=3D"autourl">http://prop1.org/nucnews/nucnews.htm</a><br>
<br>
Excellent e-mail news resources:<br>
<br>
DOE Watch - <font color=3D"#0000FF"><u>doewatch@onelist.com</font></u> - <a=
href=3D"http://members.aol.com/doewatch" eudora=3D"autourl"><font=
color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://members.aol.com/doewatch</a></font></u> <br>
Downwinders - <font color=3D"#0000FF"><u>downwinders@onelist.com</font></u>=
- <a href=3D"http://www.downwinders.org/" eudora=3D"autourl"><font=
color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.downwinders.org/</a></font></u> <br>
EnviroNews - <font color=3D"#0000FF"><u>environews@envirolink.org</font></u>=
- <a href=3D"http://www.envirolink.org/environews" eudora=3D"autourl"><font=
color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.envirolink.org/environews</a></font></u>=
<br>
Planet Ark/Reuters - <a href=3D"mailto:anna@planetark.org"=
eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:anna@planetark.org</a> - <a=
href=3D"http://www.planetark.org/news/" eudora=3D"autourl"><font=
color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.planetark.org/news/</a><br>
</font></u>Radbull (Radiation Bulletin) <a=
href=3D"mailto:radbull-request@energy-net.org"=
eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:radbull-request@energy-net.org</a> <br>
<br>
Quick Route to U.S. Congress:<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm</a> (Senators'=
Websites)<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html</a>=
(Representatives' Websites)<br>
<a href=3D"http://thomas.loc.gov/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://thomas.loc.gov/</a> (Pending Legislation -=
Search)<br>
<br>
Presidential Candidates' Websites:<br>
<br>
George W. Bush - <a href=3D"http://www.georgewbush.com/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.georgewbush.com/</a><br>
Pat Buchanan - <a href=3D"http://www.buchananreform.com/index.asp"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.buchananreform.com/index.asp</a><br>
Al Gore - <a href=3D"http://www.algore2000.com/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.algore2000.com/</a><br>
Ralph Nader - <a href=3D"http://www.votenader.org/press.html"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.votenader.org/press.html</a><br>
<br>
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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 07:55:11 -0400
From: Ellen Thomas <prop1@prop1.org>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/06/16 - Daybook; Los Alamos Poll/Discussion; etc.
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1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000616214246.htm
Film =97 noon =97 National Archives presents a screening of "The Atomic=
Cafe," a
documentary on the Atomic Age and 1950s pop culture. Location: National
Archives, theater, Constitution Avenue between Seventh and Ninth streets NW.
Contact: 301/713-6000.
National defense conference =97 8 a.m. =97 National Defense Industrial=
Association
concludes its "Summit on Integrating the Supply Chain." Location: George=
Mason
University, Johnson Center, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax. Contact:
703/247-2581.
International peace news conference =97 8:45 a.m. =97 Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace holds a news conference to announce research findings=
from
a two-year study of how local communities manage the challenges and
opportunities of living and working along international borders. Location:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
Contact: 202/939-2212.
U.S.-Pakistani relations conference =97 9 a.m. =97 National Press Club=
Morning
Newsmaker Program holds a discussion on "United States-Pakistan Relations."
Pakistani Foreign Affairs Minister Abdul Sattar participates. Location:
National Press Club, 14th and F streets NW. Contact: 202/662-7593.
2) Los Alamos security -- USA Today Discussion
http://usatoday.com/news/comment/debate.htm
Hard drives from a highly secured area are missing in the latest scandal to=
hit
the nuclear lab. Do these incidents indicate a greater problem with securing
U.S. secrets? Who is responsible? What can be done?=20
http://cgi1.usatoday.com/cgi-bin/WebX?13@@.ee86cda/12
3) Presidential Candidates
Pat Buchanan, Reform Party - D.C. today
9:05 a.m. =97 National Society of Newspaper Columnists annual=
conference,
"Bylines in the New Millennium." Location: Ritz Carlton Pentagon City=
Hotel,
1250 South Hayes St., Arlington. Contact: 202/636-4858.
George W. Bush - Florida on June 17th (Saturday)
1:20 p.m. - (Photo opportunity only) Departure Miami International
Airport Signature Flight Support - 3551 NW 59th Ave. Miami, FL 305/526-6344=
=20
3:30 p.m. - Veterans of Foreign Wars Florida State Convention, Hyatt
Orlando Hotel Paradise Ballroom - 6375 Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy. Kissimmee,=
FL
- - 407/396-1234=20
6:05 p.m. - Florida Victory 2000 Dinner
Location: Portofino Bay Hotel Tuscan Ballroom - 5601 Universal Blvd.=
Orlando,
Fl 407/503-1000=20
(No news on Gore or Nader.)
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<b>1) Washington Daybook</b>, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000616214246.htm"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000616214246.=
htm</a><br>
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<b>Film =97 noon </b>=97 National Archives presents a screening of
<b>"The Atomic Cafe,"</b> a documentary on the Atomic Age and
1950s pop culture. Location: National Archives, theater, Constitution
Avenue between Seventh and Ninth streets NW. Contact: 301/713-6000.<br>
<br>
National defense conference =97 8 a.m. =97 National Defense Industrial
Association concludes its "Summit on Integrating the Supply
Chain." Location: George Mason University, Johnson Center, 4400
University Drive, Fairfax. Contact: 703/247-2581.<br>
<br>
International peace news conference =97 8:45 a.m. =97 Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace holds a news conference to announce research findings
from a two-year study of how local communities manage the challenges and
opportunities of living and working along international borders.
Location: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts
Ave. NW. Contact: 202/939-2212.<br>
<br>
U.S.-Pakistani relations conference =97 9 a.m. =97
National Press Club Morning Newsmaker Program holds a discussion on
"United States-Pakistan Relations." Pakistani Foreign Affairs
Minister Abdul Sattar participates. Location: National Press Club, 14th
and F streets NW. Contact: 202/662-7593.<br>
<br>
<b>2) Los Alamos security -- USA Today Discussion<br>
</b><a href=3D"http://usatoday.com/news/comment/debate.htm"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://usatoday.com/news/comment/debate.htm</a><br>
Hard drives from a highly secured area are missing in the latest scandal
to hit the nuclear lab. Do these incidents indicate a greater problem
with securing U.S. secrets? Who is responsible? What can be done? <br>
<a href=3D"http://cgi1.usatoday.com/cgi-bin/WebX?13@@.ee86cda/12"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://cgi1.usatoday.com/cgi-bin/WebX?13@@.ee86cda/12</a=
><br>
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<b>3) Presidential Candidates<br>
<br>
Pat Buchanan, Reform Party - D.C. today<br>
</b><x-tab> </x-tab>9:05
a.m. =97 National Society of Newspaper Columnists annual conference,
"Bylines in the New Millennium." Location: Ritz Carlton
Pentagon City Hotel, 1250 South Hayes St., Arlington. Contact:
202/636-4858.<br>
<br>
<b>George W. Bush - Florida on June 17th (Saturday)<br>
</b><x-tab> </x-tab>1:20
p.m. - (Photo opportunity only) Departure Miami International Airport
Signature Flight Support - 3551 NW 59th Ave. Miami, FL 305/526-6344=20
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<x-tab> </x-tab>3:30 p.m.
- - Veterans of Foreign Wars Florida State Convention, Hyatt Orlando Hotel
Paradise Ballroom - 6375 Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy. Kissimmee, FL -
407/396-1234 <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>6:05 p.m.
- - Florida Victory 2000 Dinner<br>
Location: Portofino Bay Hotel Tuscan Ballroom - 5601 Universal Blvd.
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Planet Ark/Reuters - <a href=3D"mailto:anna@planetark.org"=
eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:anna@planetark.org</a> - <a=
href=3D"http://www.planetark.org/news/" eudora=3D"autourl"><font=
color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.planetark.org/news/</a><br>
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Quick Route to U.S. Congress:<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm</a> (Senators'=
Websites)<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html</a>=
(Representatives' Websites)<br>
<a href=3D"http://thomas.loc.gov/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://thomas.loc.gov/</a> (Pending Legislation -=
Search)<br>
<br>
Presidential Candidates' Websites:<br>
<br>
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Pat Buchanan - <a href=3D"http://www.buchananreform.com/index.asp"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.buchananreform.com/index.asp</a><br>
Al Gore - <a href=3D"http://www.algore2000.com/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.algore2000.com/</a><br>
Ralph Nader - <a href=3D"http://www.votenader.org/press.html"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.votenader.org/press.html</a><br>
<br>
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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 09:04:12 -0400
From: ASlater <aslater@gracelinks.org>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: [abolition-caucus] All GE Reactors In The USA Have Cracked Shrouds
At 05:00 AM 06/16/2000 -0400, smirnowb@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
>
>
>Jack Shannon on nuclear dangers from GE plants:
>***********************************************************************
>
>----- INCOMING EMAIL FROM JACK SHANNON -----
>
>The NRC has yet to present an accident analysis that includes a loss of
>boron
>accident or an earthquake analysis which causes the entire storage system
>to
>fall into a big "mess."
>
> See http://www.geocities.com/mothersalert/earthquake.html from the
>March 13, 1995 "The Nation" magazine
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>From: Jacksha1@aol.com
>During July of this year[1999] I made a presentation to the Town board of
>the Town
>of Oswego concerning the GE Boiling Water Reactors and the dangers
>associated
>with such reactors.
>
>The reactors have inherent design flaws i.e., control rods coming up into
>the
>core from the bottom, but most disturbing to me is the fact that all of the
>GE reactors in the US have cracked "shrouds." A serious matter which no one
>seems to care about.
>
>Additionally all US Nuclear Power Plants are now running out of room to
>store
>their depleted fuel elements and are beginning to store up to twice the
>amount of fuel elements without the benefit of new analysis or issuing new
>Safety Analysis Reports.
>
>I suspect this is illegal as well as stupid. I am also aware of the manner
>in
>which the NRC has allowed the utilities to perform the existing safety
>analysis reports. All commercial power plants use, for their storage
>facilities, a Diffussion Theory program known as PDQ -7. This program is at
>least thirty years old. Unless the utilities are using a Monte Carlo
>program
>such as "KENO" or it's equivalent the calculations are seriously out of
>date
>and totally unreliable. The calculations have, furthermore, never been
>tested
>against any experiment simply because no experiments have ever been
>performed
>for a geometry pattern or loading densities similar to expended core fuel.
>The only way to test any kind of computer program, be it PDQ-5, PDQ-7,
>KENO,
>etc., is to normalize the computer program to a known experiment. The NRC
>ha
>s
>never done this, nor do they intend to do it.
>
>The NRC is of the opinion that they need only to add boron plates or
>homogeneous boron to a storage system and everything is OK, well the NRC is
>wrong.
>
>The NRC has yet to present an accident analysis that includes a loss of
>boron
>accident or an earthquake analysis which causes the entire storage system
>to
>fall into a big "mess."
>
>Mostly the NRC is loaded with a bunch of incompetent nuclear "scientists"
>or
>those who will sell out for their salary.
>
>The entire Nuclear Industry is now drifting into chaos with the politicians
>assuring the public that the intellectual level of the scientists in the
>programs [both NRC/DOE] is the same as it was during the days of the
>Manhattan project. Well, I hate to wake anyone up, but such is not the
>case.
>
>The US will have an accident, sooner or later, that will exceed Chernobyl
>by
>orders of magnitude simply because the people in charge no longer know
>anything, and those of us who do can't get our organizations together to
>stop
>these incompetent fools refuse to act as a cohesive unit..
>
>We have Green Peace, Save the Whales, the Sierra Club, GAP, etc., etc.,
>etc.,
>all working on a common problem as though they were all different problems.
>I
>hate to tell you folks that the PROBLEM is the corporations running the
>government and they don't care about the whales, the eagles, freedom,
>justice
>or anything else except the bucks and if we don't get together and take on
>one problem at a time we will lose.
>
>Consider what would have happened if the Military in W.W.II decided to take
>out all of the Japanese held Islands all at once, none of the Islands would
>have been taken and we would have nothing but a bunch of dead Soldiers,
>Sailors, Airmen, and Marines. That is what is going to happen to us if we
>don't get our acts together and fight the war the way it should be fought.
>
>So lets get together ladies and gentlemen or it will be all over for us
>sooner or later.
>
>Respectively Submitted,
>
>John P. Shannon, Major USMCR (Retired)
>518-587-3245
>Former Nuclear Reactor Physicist/Engineer and Manager of Health and Safety
>for the Naval Reactors Program before I wrote a report critical of the
>Naval
>Reactors largest Land Based Reactor site. Not only are the Naval Reactors
>Nuclear Power Plants a disaster, but everything else in the Naval Reactors
>Program is a disaster, including their training and operations.
>
>
>
>
>
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