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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 14:10:28 -0700
From: Jackie Cabasso <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS: NIF ACTION ALERT!

URGENT: CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY.  TELL THEM TO CUT FUNDING FOR THE
NATIONAL IGNITION FACILTIY (NIF).  ASK THEM TO CO-SPONSOR AND SUPPORT THE=
 RYAN
AMENDMENT.  CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD [phone]. MORE INFORMATION FOLLOWS. .=
 . .
.=20

Representative Paul Ryan (R) Wisconsin, will be introducing a floor=
 amendment
early this week. This amendment will cut $74 million in construction funding
for the National Ignition Facility (NIF). The NIF=20
is a nuclear weapons project and will promote nuclear proliferation.=20

Please call your representative and ask them Co-sponsor and support the Ryan
amendment. If you do not know your representative's number then call the
capitol switchboard at [phone]. This is not a partisan issue, please
contact both democrat and republican offices to cosponsor. Your=20
representative's staff can contact Leah Braesch in Ryan's office to sign-on=
 to
the amendment. This is a really important opportunity and can make a big
difference in our efforts to stop NIF. Please make this a priority and call=
 the
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability's DC office at [phone]=20
to let us know who you've contacted.=20

This action alert is sponsored by a coalition of environmental groups=
 including
Taxpayers for Common Sense, U.S. Pirg, Tri-Valley CARES, the Alliance for
Nuclear Accountability, Friends of the Earth, Physicians for Social
Responsibility, and the Natural Resources Defense Council.


BACKGROUND
The National Ignition Facility Ignites controversy and Skyrocketing Costs=20
but not Ignition

The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is a partially built stadium size laser
facility at the Lawrence Livermore Lab (LLNL) in Livermore, California.=20
NIF is the most expensive project in the DOE's Stockpile Stewardship nuclear
weapons program. Its stated purpose is to simulate the conditions inside the
later stages of a nuclear weapon explosion by fusing atoms at pressures and
temperatures that obtain a net gain of energy. This process is known as
thermonuclear ignition. Information gained from these experiments is useful=
 for
understanding and potentially improving weapons design. There is a fine but
crucial line between maintaining current weapons capabilities and creating=
 new
weapons designs. New nuclear weapons designs may ignite a new arms race. =B7=
=20

Massive cost overruns have transformed NIF into a fiscal black hole=
 siphoning
enormous amounts of money from many DOE programs. In the last five years,=
 due
to ongoing technical problems and=20
reprehensible management practices, NIF's estimated construction and=
 operation
costs over its life-cycle have doubled from 5 Billion to 10 Billion,
threatening the funding for other DOE programs and facilities. In a highly
unusual official statement, the Sandia National Laboratory publicly=
 criticized
NIF's budgetary overruns and called for a reduction in NIF's funding and=
 laser
structure.=20
Basic Questions about NIF's fundamental purpose, it's chances of achieving
ignition and its engineering problems should be further scrutinized. Before
this occurs, we must first halt construction. The construction budget of 74
million and Energy Secretary Richardson's supplemental=20
construction request of 95 million should be cut now, during NIF's
reevaluation.=20

NIF is Plagued by Technical and Design Problems=20
NIF' Optics are Subject to Frequent Blowouts: As each laser beam is convered=
 to
ultraviolet (the 3rd harmonic), it damages the very expensive final optics
components, causing them to explode=20
after only a few dozen experiments. This problem could take a decade or more
and many millions of dollars to resolve. Further, its resolution at any=
 price
is uncertain.=20

Target Material TBA:       =20
At the meeting of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Task Force on NIF=
 on
Dec. 13, 1999, Lab scientists revealed they have not yet found a material to
make ignition capable targets - BB-sized pellets that will hold the frozen
radioactive fuel for thermonuclear ignition. =B7=20

Diagnostics are Priceless:=20
Also at the SEAB Task Force, it was revealed that NIF's diagnostics have not
been designed and will only be partially designed by 2003. Diagnostics show
researchers what is actually going on in a NIF explosion, without which=
 there
will be no data. Diagnostic costs are not included in most of=20
NIF's rising cost estimates.=20

No Ignition at the National Ignition Facility???=20
Even Livermore lab's NIF project manager Ed Moses, stated his reservations
about the chances of achieving ignition "the goal of achieving ignition is a
longshot" (San Jose Mercury News 11/16/99).=20
The General Accounting Office (GAO) report scheduled for release in June,=
 2000
may specify half and quarter size options for NIF. A NIF with half or=
 quarter
lasers reduces the possibility of ignition exponentially.=20

A dangerous CATCH-22=20
NIF is purported to eliminate the need for nuclear testing but upon closer
inspection it may eventually lead to the necessity for future nuclear tests.
Despite DOE's statement that NIF is essential to the maintenance of the=
 nuclear
arsenal, many experts have concurred that NIF has almost no=20
relevance to its stated goal of maintaining the safety and reliability of=
 the
current stockpile. Edward Teller, known as the father of the atomic bomb,=
 was
asked about the NIF's usefulness to maintaining nuclear weapons, he replied
"None whatsoever" (Contra Costa Times 5/14/00). Furthermore,=20
Los Alamos theoretical weapon physicist, Rod Schultz, wrote that NIF's=
 touted
importance to the weapons stockpile "does not reflect the technical judgment=
 of
the nuclear weapons design community. (Albuquerque Tribune 4/29/97)=20

NIF would, however, enhance the capability for design of new nuclear weapons
and modification of existing weapons. If NIF is realized, lab directors may
soon point out that some of the new, modified, nuclear weapons cannot be
reliably certified without full scale nuclear testing, thus providing the
rationale for future nuclear testing. This is in stark contrast of NIF's=
 stated
purpose of eliminating the need for nuclear testing.=20

In Sum...
Due to massive cost overruns, NIF has become a financial drain on other
programs at the DOE.
After multi-year construction and schedule delays, NIF may be built at half=
 or
quarter scale, which would likely preclude the attainment of its stated goal=
 of
ignition. NIF is unnecessary, it only adds to the risk of a potential arms
race. NIF may necessitate full scale nuclear testing by altering weapon=
 designs
that cannot be otherwise certified. As costs and timelines are pushed off=
 into
the horizon, NIF's budget is ballooning with no end in sight. Engineering
problems and scientific uncertainties leave no responsible option other than
cutting all funding for construction until the program is adequately
reevaluated.=20

********************************************=20
Loulena Miles=20
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow (www.scoville.org)=20
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability=20
1801 18th St. NW Suite 9-2=20
Washington, DC 20009=20
[phone]=20
Fax [phone]=20
Website: www.ananuclear.org=20
e-mail: [e-mail]=20
The Alliance for Nuclear Accountability is a nationwide=20
alliance of organizations working to address issues of=20
nuclear weapons production and waste cleanup.



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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 20:02:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) NIF: Amendment-Urgent-Call Your Rep. Today

Greetings peace and environmental advocates. THIS IS A PRIORITY REQUEST.
Cutting the funding for the National Ignition Facility is possible if we
make a strong effort during the next 2 days (Tuesday and Wednesday). There
is a good coalition in place working to bring this amendment to the floor,
but we need grassroots support to make phone calls to ask for Members of
Congress to support and co-sponsor this amendment. There will be
educational materials distributed to Congress on Tuesday and Wednesday, but
calls from constituents are absolutely essential. (Apologies for duplicates
of this message where lists overlap -- but getting the word out is
crucial!) Here is the info you need to make that call...

ACTION ALERT

Representative Paul Ryan (R) Wisconsin and Representative Dennis Kucinich
(D) Ohio will be introducing a floor amendment this week, possible as soon
as Tuesday, June 27th. This amendment will cut $74 million in construction
funding for the National Ignition Facility (NIF). The NIF is a nuclear
weapons project and will promote nuclear proliferation. The plan would be
to take the money from NIF construction and apply it to beneficial
Department of Energy cleanup programs.

Please call your representative and ask them Co-sponsor and support the
Ryan/Kucinich amendment. If you do not know your representative's number
then call
the capitol switchboard at [phone]. This is not a partisan issue,
please contact both Democrat and Republican offices to cosponsor.

Ask your Representative's staff to contact Leah Braesch in Ryan's office to
sign-on to the amendment to cut NIF. The phone number for Ryan's office is
[phone].

This is a really important opportunity, and can make a big difference in
our efforts to stop NIF. Please make this a priority and call the Alliance
for Nuclear Accountability's DC office at [phone] to let us know who
you've contacted.

This action alert is sponsored by a coalition of environmental, peace and
fiscal watchdog groups including Taxpayers for Common Sense, U.S. PIRG,
Tri-Valley CAREs, the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, Friends of the
Earth, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and the Natural Resources
Defense Council. Please pass it on to other friendly lists you may have.

********
BACKGROUND

The National Ignition Facility Ignites controversy and Skyrocketing Costs
but not Ignition

The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is a partially built stadium size
laser facility at the Lawrence Livermore Lab (LLNL) in Livermore,
California.

NIF is the most expensive project in the DOE's Stockpile Stewardship
nuclear weapons program. Its stated purpose is to simulate the conditions
inside the later stages of a nuclear weapon explosion by fusing atoms at
pressures and temperatures
that obtain a net gain of energy. This process is known as thermonuclear
ignition. Information gained from these experiments is useful for
understanding and potentially improving weapons design. There is a fine but
crucial line between maintaining current weapons capabilities and creating
new weapons designs. New nuclear weapons designs may ignite a new arms
race.

Massive cost overruns have transformed NIF into a fiscal black hole
siphoning enormous amounts of money from many DOE programs. In the last
five years, due to ongoing technical problems and reprehensible management
practices, NIF's estimated construction and operation costs over its
life-cycle have doubled from 5 Billion to 10 Billion, threatening the
funding for other DOE programs and facilities.

In a highly unusual official statement, the Sandia National Laboratory
publicly criticized NIF's budgetary overruns and called for a reduction in
NIF's funding and laser structure.

Basic Questions about NIF's fundamental purpose, it's chances of achieving
ignition and its engineering problems should be further scrutinized. Before
this occurs, we must first halt construction. The construction budget of 74
million and Energy Secretary Richardson's supplemental construction request
of 95 million should be cut now, during NIF's reevaluation.

NIF is Plagued by Technical and Design Problems

NIF' Optics are Subject to Frequent Blowouts:
As each laser beam is convered to ultraviolet (the 3rd harmonic), it
damages the very expensive final optics components, causing them to explode
after only a few dozen experiments. This problem could take a decade or
more and many millions of dollars to resolve. Further, its resolution at
any price is uncertain.

Target Material TBA:
At the meeting of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB) Task Force
on NIF on Dec. 13, 1999, Lab scientists revealed they have not yet found a
material to make ignition capable targets - BB-sized pellets that will hold
the frozen radioactive fuel for thermonuclear ignition.

Diagnostics are Priceless:
Also at the SEAB Task Force, it was revealed that NIF's diagnostics have
not been designed and will only be partially designed by 2003. Diagnostics
show researchers what is actually going on in a NIF explosion, without
which there will be no data. Diagnostic costs are not included in most of
NIF's rising cost estimates.

No Ignition at the National Ignition Facility???
Even Livermore lab's NIF project manager Ed Moses, stated his reservations
about the chances of achieving ignition "the goal of achieving ignition is
a longshot" (San Jose Mercury News 11/16/99). The General Accounting Office
(GAO) report scheduled for release in June, 2000 may specify half and
quarter size options for NIF. A NIF with half or quarter lasers reduces the
possibility of ignition exponentially.

A dangerous CATCH-22

NIF is purported to eliminate the need for nuclear testing but upon closer
inspection it may eventually lead to the necessity for future nuclear
tests. Despite DOE's statement that NIF is essential to the maintenance of
the nuclear arsenal, many experts have concurred that NIF has almost no
relevance to its stated goal of maintaining the safety and reliability of
the current stockpile. Edward Teller, known as the father of the atomic
bomb, was asked about the NIF's usefulness to maintaining nuclear weapons,
he replied "None whatsoever" (Contra Costa Times 5/14/00). Furthermore, Los
Alamos theoretical weapon physicist, Rod Schultz, wrote that NIF's touted
importance to the weapons stockpile "does not reflect the technical
judgment of the nuclear weapons design community." (Albuquerque Tribune
4/29/97)

NIF would, however, enhance the capability for design of new nuclear
weapons and modification of existing weapons. If NIF is realized, lab
directors may soon point out that some of the new, modified, nuclear
weapons cannot be reliably certified without full scale nuclear testing,
thus providing the rationale for future nuclear testing. This is in stark
contrast of NIF's stated purpose of eliminating the need for nuclear
testing.

In Sum...
Due to massive cost overruns, NIF has become a financial drain on other
programs at the DOE.

After multi-year construction and schedule delays, NIF may be built at half
or quarter scale, which would likely preclude the attainment of its stated
goal of ignition.

NIF is unnecessary, it only adds to the risk of a potential arms race.

NIF may necessitate full scale nuclear testing by altering weapon designs
that cannot be otherwise certified.

As costs and timelines are pushed off into the horizon, NIF's budget is
ballooning with no end in sight. Engineering problems and scientific
uncertainties leave no responsible option other than cutting all funding
for construction until the program is adequately reevaluated.

Bottom line:
Call your Representative today and ask him/her to co-sponsor and vote for
the Ryan/Kucinich ammendment to cut NIF construction.

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
Abolition 2000 global network for the elimination of nuclear weapons, the
U.S. Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the Back From the Brink
campaign to get nuclear weapons taken off hair-trigger alert.



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Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 03:04:22 PDT
From: "Abolition2000 Pacific Region" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) KWAJALEIN ATOLL LANDOWNERS FILE LAWSUIT

fyi:
Probably not a Viequez-type action on Kwajelein Atoll, but there's legal
claims made for more rental fees of the use of the atoll. Still hoping that
it will lead to something like Viequez!! :o)

Richard Salvador
Honolulu, Hawaii

- --

http://pidp.ewc.hawaii.edu/pireport/2000/June/06-27-09.htm

PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT

Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center
Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of Hawaiæi at Manoa

Tuesday, June 27, 2000


KWAJALEIN LANDOWNERS FILE LAWSUIT

MAJURO, Marshall Islands (June 23, 2000 û Marshall Islands Journal)---The
lawsuit filed this week by Kwajalein landowners against the RMI government
isn't an attack on the government, said a Kwajalein attorney.

"This is not a political battle, nor is it a personal attack on anyone in
the Marshall Islands government," attorney Scott Taylor said in a
communication to the Marshall Islands Journal Tuesday. The landowners
disagree with the position taken by the government and "the courts have been
asked to decide the issue," Taylor said.

While the RMI government takes the opposite view, the landowners believe
that they are the only ones who should negotiate on Kwajalein rental issues
and also that they are entitled to much higher payments than they are
currently receiving, he said. (Kwajalein currently is used by the United
States Army as a missile range. See: http://www.smdc.army.mil/kmr.html )

"Past payments were no more than pennies on the dollar of true fair market
value (for Kwajalein)," he said. "Our clients do not have to get down on
bended knees and beg for a handout or even a hand up," he said.

"All that is truly needed to alleviate the poor living conditions on Ebeye
and truly provide hope for a better life for all of its inhabitants is fair
compensation of the people of Kwajalein."

Taylor said they are not accusing the RMI government of acting in bad faith.

"It is simply that the philosophies of the government, which have recently
surfaced, are so divergent from the strong beliefs and goals of our clients,
that it is hard to imagine how the RMI can proceed on behalf of our clients
and avoid what has now become an indisputable conflict of interest," Taylor
said.

The Marshall Islands Journal, Box 14, Majuro, Marshall Islands 96960
E-mail: [e-mail]














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Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 08:09:37 -0400
From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/06/27 - Daybook

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[NucNews archives through June 20, 2000 have been updated.  See
http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm.  Activist and alternative energy=
 stories
have been moved to the end of each daily link so the nuclear stories will
appear first.  Stories are grouped in alphabetized sections, first by=
 country,
then (within the U.S.) by state.  You can easily move from one section to=
 the
next by searching for "--- " within the file. =20
I will be away from the computer for the rest of the week, but you can=
 quickly
access the Washington Daybook by going to
http://www.washtimes.com/national/ and
scrolling to the "Daybook" link.  et]

1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200062722448.htm

    National missile defense symposium =97 8 a.m. =97 The Cato Institute,=
 the
Council for a Livable World Education Fund and the National Defense=
 University
Foundation sponsor a symposium on national missile defense. Sens. Jon Kyl,
Arizona Republican, and Joseph R. Biden Jr., Delaware Democrat, participate.
Location: Fifth floor, Reserve Officers Association, 101 Constitution Ave.=
 NW.
Contact: 202/842-0200.

      4:15 p.m. =97 Senate/House Conference Committee considers the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2000. Location:
Capitol, Room SC-5. Contact: 202/225-6371.

     10 a.m. =97 House Armed Services military procurement subcommittee=
 holds a
hearing on the adequacy of Navy submarine and modernization plans. Location:
2118 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-4151.

     10:45 a.m. =97 House International Relations Committee holds a hearing=
 on
how the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries' policies affect=
 the
U.S. economy. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson testifies. Location: 2172
Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-5021.

2) Presidential Candidates:

George W. Bush - Michigan
        3:15 p.m. - Leadership Forum on Welfare to Work, Employment and
Training
Designs, 3693 Metro Place Mall, Wayne, MI 734/858-4284

Others - unknown


     ___________________________________________________

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Interactive Archives (since 6/10/00): http://www.onelist.com/archive/NucNews

     Subscribe to NucNews:  mailto:[e-mail] (NucNews-Subscribe)
           Submit URL/Article: mailto:[e-mail]
                      About NucNews: http://prop1.org/nucnews/nucnews.htm

Excellent e-mail news resources:

DOE Watch - [e-mail] - http://members.aol.com/doewatch=20
Downwinders - [e-mail] - http://www.downwinders.org/=20
EnviroNews - [e-mail] -=
 http://www.envirolink.org/environews=20
Planet Ark/Reuters - mailto:[e-mail] -=
 http://www.planetark.org/news/
Radbull (Radiation Bulletin) mailto:[e-mail]=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
Updates on Current Events Outside the White House -
http://prop1.org/currevnt.htm

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<html>
<font size=3D2>[NucNews archives through June 20, 2000 have been
updated.  See
<a href=3D"http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm.%A0" eudora=3D"autourl">htt=
p://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm.
</a> Activist and alternative energy stories have been moved to the end
of each daily link so the nuclear stories will appear first.
Stories are grouped in alphabetized sections, first by country, then
(within the U.S.) by state.  You can easily move from one section to
the next by searching for "--- " within the file.  <br>
I will be away from the computer for the rest of the week, but you can
quickly access the Washington Daybook by going to
<a href=3D"http://www.washtimes.com/national/" eudora=3D"autourl">http://www=
.washtimes.com/national/</a>
and scrolling to the "Daybook" link.  et]<br>
<br>
</font><b>1) Washington Daybook</b>, by FIND/AFP and The Washington=
 Times.<br>
<font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times"><a=
 href=3D"http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200062722448.htm"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200062722448.h=
tm</a><br>
<br>
    National missile defense symposium =97 8 a.m. =97 The=
 Cato Institute, the Council for a Livable World Education Fund and the=
 National Defense University Foundation sponsor a symposium on national=
 missile defense. Sens. Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican, and Joseph R. Biden=
 Jr., Delaware Democrat, participate. Location: Fifth floor, Reserve=
 Officers Association, 101 Constitution Ave. NW. Contact: 202/842-0200.<br>
<br>
      4:15 p.m. =97 Senate/House Conference=
 Committee considers the National Aeronautics and Space Administration=
 Authorization Act of 2000. Location: Capitol, Room SC-5. Contact:=
 202/225-6371.<br>
<br>
     10 a.m. =97 House Armed Services military=
 procurement subcommittee holds a hearing on the adequacy of Navy submarine=
 and modernization plans. Location: 2118 Rayburn House Office Building.=
 Contact: 202/225-4151.<br>
<br>
     10:45 a.m. =97 House International Relations=
 Committee holds a hearing on how the Organization of the Petroleum=
 Exporting Countries' policies affect the U.S. economy. Energy Secretary=
 Bill Richardson testifies. Location: 2172 Rayburn House Office Building.=
 Contact: 202/225-5021.<br>
<br>
<b>2) Presidential Candidates:<br>
<br>
George W. Bush - Michigan<br>
</b> <x-tab>       </x-tab>3:15 p.m.=
 - Leadership Forum on Welfare to Work, Employment and Training Designs,=
 3693 Metro Place Mall, Wayne, MI 734/858-4284<br>
<br>
<b>Others - unknown<br>
<br>
</font></b><br>

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Excellent e-mail news resources:<br>
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DOE Watch - <font color=3D"#0000FF"><u>[e-mail]</font></u> - <a=
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 - <a href=3D"http://www.downwinders.org/" eudora=3D"autourl"><font=
 color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.downwinders.org/</a></font></u> <br>
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 color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.envirolink.org/environews</a></font></u>=
 <br>
Planet Ark/Reuters - <a href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:[e-mail]</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:[e-mail]"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:[e-mail]</a> <br>
<br>
Quick Route to U.S. Congress:<br>
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Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 08:36:12 -0400
From: "Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/06/27 - Daybook

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Ellen,

Watch that Biden is opposing NMD but wants to deploy TMD off China which =
will drive them crazy.

Bruce


  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Ellen Thomas=20
  To: NucNews=20
  Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 8:09 AM
  Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/06/27 - Daybook


  [NucNews archives through June 20, 2000 have been updated.  See =
http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm. Activist and alternative energy =
stories have been moved to the end of each daily link so the nuclear =
stories will appear first.  Stories are grouped in alphabetized =
sections, first by country, then (within the U.S.) by state.  You can =
easily move from one section to the next by searching for "--- " within =
the file. =20
  I will be away from the computer for the rest of the week, but you can =
quickly access the Washington Daybook by going to =
http://www.washtimes.com/national/ and scrolling to the "Daybook" link.  =
et]

  1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times.
  http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200062722448.htm

      National missile defense symposium - 8 a.m. - The Cato Institute, =
the Council for a Livable World Education Fund and the National Defense =
University Foundation sponsor a symposium on national missile defense. =
Sens. Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican, and Joseph R. Biden Jr., Delaware =
Democrat, participate. Location: Fifth floor, Reserve Officers =
Association, 101 Constitution Ave. NW. Contact: 202/842-0200.

        4:15 p.m. - Senate/House Conference Committee considers the =
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2000. =
Location: Capitol, Room SC-5. Contact: 202/225-6371.

       10 a.m. - House Armed Services military procurement subcommittee =
holds a hearing on the adequacy of Navy submarine and modernization =
plans. Location: 2118 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: =
202/225-4151.

       10:45 a.m. - House International Relations Committee holds a =
hearing on how the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries' =
policies affect the U.S. economy. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson =
testifies. Location: 2172 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: =
202/225-5021.

  2) Presidential Candidates:

  George W. Bush - Michigan
          3:15 p.m. - Leadership Forum on Welfare to Work, Employment =
and Training Designs, 3693 Metro Place Mall, Wayne, MI 734/858-4284

  Others - unknown


       ___________________________________________________

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  Quick Route to U.S. Congress:

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  http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html (Representatives' Websites)
  http://thomas.loc.gov/ (Pending Legislation - Search)

  Presidential Candidates' Websites:

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  Al Gore - http://www.algore2000.com/
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<DIV>Ellen,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Watch that Biden is opposing NMD but wants to deploy TMD off China =
which=20
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Bruce</DIV>
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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  style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
  <A href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]" title=[e-mail]>Ellen =
Thomas</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]"=20
  title=[e-mail]>NucNews</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 27, 2000 =
8:09=20
AM</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> (abolition-usa) =
NucNews 00/06/27=20
  - Daybook</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3D2>[NucNews archives through June 20, 2000 =
have been=20
  updated.  See <A href=3D"http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm. " =

  eudora=3D"autourl">http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm. </A>Activist =
and=20
  alternative energy stories have been moved to the end of each daily =
link so=20
  the nuclear stories will appear first.  Stories are grouped in=20
  alphabetized sections, first by country, then (within the U.S.) by=20
  state.  You can easily move from one section to the next by =
searching for=20
  "--- " within the file.  <BR>I will be away from the computer for =
the=20
  rest of the week, but you can quickly access the Washington Daybook by =
going=20
  to <A href=3D"http://www.washtimes.com/national/"=20
  eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.washtimes.com/national/</A> and =
scrolling to the=20
  "Daybook" link.  et]<BR><BR></FONT><B>1) Washington Daybook</B>, =
by=20
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Times"><A=20
  href=3D"http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200062722448.htm"=20
  =
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200062722448=
.htm</A><BR><BR>   =20
  National missile defense symposium — 8 a.m. — The Cato =
Institute, the Council=20
  for a Livable World Education Fund and the National Defense University =

  Foundation sponsor a symposium on national missile defense. Sens. Jon =
Kyl,=20
  Arizona Republican, and Joseph R. Biden Jr., Delaware Democrat, =
participate.=20
  Location: Fifth floor, Reserve Officers Association, 101 Constitution =
Ave. NW.=20
  Contact: 202/842-0200.<BR><BR>      4:15 p.m. =
—=20
  Senate/House Conference Committee considers the National Aeronautics =
and Space=20
  Administration Authorization Act of 2000. Location: Capitol, Room =
SC-5.=20
  Contact: 202/225-6371.<BR><BR>     10 a.m. — =
House Armed=20
  Services military procurement subcommittee holds a hearing on the =
adequacy of=20
  Navy submarine and modernization plans. Location: 2118 Rayburn House =
Office=20
  Building. Contact: 202/225-4151.<BR><BR>     10:45 =
a.m. —=20
  House International Relations Committee holds a hearing on how the=20
  Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries' policies affect the =
U.S.=20
  economy. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson testifies. Location: 2172 =
Rayburn=20
  House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-5021.<BR><BR><B>2) =
Presidential=20
  Candidates:<BR><BR>George W. Bush -=20
  =
Michigan<BR></B> <X-TAB>       </=
X-TAB>3:15=20
  p.m. - Leadership Forum on Welfare to Work, Employment and Training =
Designs,=20
  3693 Metro Place Mall, Wayne, MI 734/858-4284<BR><BR><B>Others -=20
  unknown<BR><BR></FONT></B><BR>    =20
  ___________________________________________________<BR><BR>  =
Today's=20
  Newspapers and Archives: <A =
href=3D"http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm"=20
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ve=20
  Archives (since 6/10/00): <A =
href=3D"http://www.onelist.com/archive/NucNews"=20
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p;   =20
  Subscribe to NucNews:  <A href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]"=20
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bsp; =20
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p;          =20
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ent=20
  e-mail news resources:<BR><BR>DOE Watch - <FONT=20
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  color=3D#0000ff><U>http://members.aol.com/doewatch</A></FONT></U>=20
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  color=3D#0000ff><U>http://www.envirolink.org/environews</A></FONT></U> =

  <BR>Planet Ark/Reuters - <A href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]"=20
  eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:[e-mail]</A> - <A=20
  href=3D"http://www.planetark.org/news/" eudora=3D"autourl"><FONT=20
  =
color=3D#0000ff><U>http://www.planetark.org/news/</A><BR></FONT></U>Radbu=
ll=20
  (Radiation Bulletin) <A href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]" =

  eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:[e-mail]</A> =
<BR><BR>Quick Route=20
  to U.S. Congress:<BR><BR><A =
href=3D"http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm"=20
  eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm</A> =
(Senators'=20
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  eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html</A>=20
  (Representatives' Websites)<BR><A href=3D"http://thomas.loc.gov/"=20
  eudora=3D"autourl">http://thomas.loc.gov/</A> (Pending Legislation -=20
  Search)<BR><BR>Presidential Candidates' Websites:<BR><BR>George W. =
Bush - <A=20
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<A=20
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  =
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  Petition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons - <A=20
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