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From: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com (abolition-usa-digest) To: abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: abolition-usa-digest V1 #368 Reply-To: abolition-usa-digest Sender: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk abolition-usa-digest Wednesday, August 30 2000 Volume 01 : Number 368 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 09:16:41 -0400 From: Ellen Thomas <prop1@prop1.org> Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/08/29 - Daybook; Announcements - --=====================_227967071==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 1) Washington Daybook - August 29, 2000 - Washington Times, Agence France-Presse http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000829215813.htm 8:30 a.m. =97 Nuclear Regulatory Commission holds a meeting of the= Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. Location: Conference Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville. Contact: 301/415-6805. National Academy of Sciences meeting =97 all day =97 The National= Academy of Sciences hosts a meeting on "Naval Forces' Capability for Theater Missile Defense." Location: Cecil and Ida Green Building, 2001 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Contact: 202/334-3523. 3 p.m. =97 Environmental Protection Agency holds a meeting of the= small community advisory subcommittee to focus on the panel's comments on the proposed national primary drinking water standard for arsenic. Location:= Room 3428 Ariel Rios North, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Contact: 202/564-3646. National Academy of Sciences meeting =97 all day =97 The National= Academy of Sciences hosts a meeting on "Naval Forces' Capability for Theater Missile Defense." Location: Cecil and Ida Green Building, 2001 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Contact: 202/334-3523. European security forum =97noon =97 The Cato Institute presents a policy= forum, "Creating a European Security and Defense Identity: Fact or Fantasy?" The participants include John Bolton, American Enterprise Institute; John= Hulsman, Heritage Foundation; and Christopher Layne, Cato Institute. Location: F.A. Hayek Auditorium, 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Contact: 202/789-5229. - --- PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES - - George Bush - Portland, Maine 12 noon - Open airport arrival at the Portland International Jetport= in Portland, Maine, Northeast Air Hanger 1:45 p.m. - Leadership Forum on Education, Moore Middle School, 171 Auburn Street, Portland, Maine (207) 874-8150=20 5:30 p.m. - Open airport arrival at the Pease International Tradeport in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Pan American Service Hanger at 14 Aviation Drive - - Al Gore - Albuquerque, NM and Eugene, OR 11:45 a.m. =97 Discusses plans to provide access to quality affordable health care to every child in America, Rio Bravo Park, Albuquerque, N.M. 6:30 p.m. =97 Discusses plans to provide a prescription drug benefit= for all 40 million Americans on Medicare, Alpine Springs Assisted Living Center, Eugene, Ore. - - Ralph Nader=20 Tuesday, August 29, Buffalo, NY=20 12:00-12:30 PM - Press Conference Statler Towers, 107 Delaware= Street (Downtown Buffalo) 12:30-1:30 PM - Speech and Rally=20 4:30-6:00 PM Speech, United Electrical Workers of America, Avalon Hotel, 16 West 10th Street=20 Wednesday, August 30, Southhampton, NY=20 6:30 - 9:00 PM - Evening with Ralph Nader, Avram Fine Arts Theatre, Southampton College , 239 Montauk Highway, Southampton, NY, With musical guests Thunder Bird Sisters Post-event fundraiser with Ralph at Chancellors Hall - Please RSVP= to Ron Stanchfield at 631-324-6655. - - Pat Buchanan Tuesday, August 29, 2000, Buchanan Interview, PBS Newshour w/ Jim Lehrer LIVE Wednesday, August 30, 2000, Buchanan Interviews:=20 Court TV "Pros and Cons" LIVE, Host: Nancy Grace Wednesday, FOX News Channel, "The Edge" Host: Donna Hanover 2) Activist Announcements - - Vieques water-only fast entering its third week On July 25, 00 Andr=E9s Thomas-Conteris began a juice fast in support of the people of Vieques, Puerto Rico. See http://prop1.org/protests/pr/000725.andres.htm. When bombing resumed on= August 14th, Andres began a water-only fast. He is asking that President Clinton= meet with the leaders of Vieques for one hour. This is not an unreasonable request. Andres is a treasure to the activist community and deserves a bit= of your time. Please bombard the White House (phone 202-456-1111-0, email mailto:president@whitehouse.gov, mailto:vice-president@whitehouse.gov). You can email Andres at Charitable Choices <mailto:andres@charitablechoices.org> =20 "I am a part of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, a faith-based organization that seeks to resolve conflicts nonviolently. The FOR has= worked for many years on the demilitarization of Puerto Rico through the Task Force= on Latin America and the Caribbean. I am also a lay missioner with the United Methodist Church whose leadership in Puerto Rico has taken a strong position against the bombing in Vieques. I have decided to enter into an open-ended, liquid-only fast (juices with calories) appealing to your conscience so that you grant the long-requested meeting. This fast will become a liquid-only, no-calorie (water with some non-caloric salts, electrolytes, vitamins, minerals, etc.) if the Navy resumes the massive bombing exercises. This= type of fast will continue indefinitely until you grant the meeting with the religious and peace movement leaders of Vieques. "Our witness is called Fast for Justice and Peace in Vieques, Puerto Rico: An Appeal to the Conscience of President Clinton to Meet with the Leaders of Vieques. We will hold a press conference in Lafayette park at 12 noon today and a prayer vigil and peace witness every evening from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. "Mohandas K. Gandhi called fasting the 'prayer of a soul in anguish.' It is the final stage along the path of an ever intensifying nonviolent= witness. Indeed, those of us moved to fast are in deep anguish over the death of= David Sanes on April 19, 1999 during a Navy bombing exercise. We are alarmed at= the escalating cancer rates and other deleterious health effects on Vieques= because of the bombing, and the rising repression by police, military and judicial authorities against peace activists on that tiny island. We are anguished= over the threat that the bombs will continue to fall and we are filled with hope knowing that when we act together we can bring change." [July 25, 2000,= Andr=E9s Thomas-Conteris] - - ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ACTIVISTS HOLD NATIONAL LISTENING SESSIONS -= starting in Jackson, Mississippi, August 29, 2000 - A coalition of business,= industry, health, academic and environmental professionals plans to hold the first in= a series of public meetings next Tuesday (August 29th) to discuss= environmental justice issues around the country. Environmental justice activists draw attention to the disproportionate number of hazardous wastes, contaminated manufacturing sites and polluting industries placed in poor, non-White communities. The National Environmental Policy Commission will hold its= first Listening Session on Tuesday, August 29 in Jackson, Mississippi. The Commission was an outgrowth of recommendations from the Congressional Black= =20 Caucus under the leadership of Congressman James Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat. The purpose of the Commission is to identify environmental issues and policy alternatives. The Commission will deliberate and report on appropriate roles for human health, environmental protection, = environmental justice and economic development considerations in a comprehensive environmental policy. The Medical University of South Carolina=B9s= Environmental Biosciences Program (EBP) and The National Association for Equal Opportunity= in Higher Education (NAFEO) will provide leadership in coordinating Commission activities. "We must work together to ensure participation from all stakeholders in order to develop a comprehensive environmental policy," explained David Rivers of EBP. The Commission will conduct a series of Listening Sessions throughout the country over the next year to obtain= greater insight into national environmental policy. More information is available= at: http://www.ebp.musc.edu. (ENS 8/22/00) http://ens.lycos.com/ens/aug2000/2000L-08-22-09.html - - NADER 2000 ACTION ALERT The Commission on Public Debates is set to make a decision within the next= few weeks about which candidates will appear in the national Presidential= Debates. Now is the time for Greens and Nader supporters around the country to= blanket the media with demands to "Free the Speech" and let Ralph into the debates.= For more background information, please visit: http://votenader.org/debates/ [From: Nader 2000 Campaign <campaign@votenader.com>] ** From Mark Robinowitz <mrobinowitz@igc.org> August 26, 2000: "I saw Ralph Nader in Portland last night with 10,000 other people -- and= one of the loudest applauses came when he called for a world without nuclear weapons." - - Check this out! "Welcome to ROADWHORE...the purpose of this site is to allow the North American Nuclear contract engineer a means to keep in touch with other contractors" http://www.roadwhore.com/nindex.shtml http://www.roadwhore.com/nuke/wwwboard/index.html ___________________________________________________ Today's News and Archives: http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm Submit URL/Article: mailto:NucNews@onelist.com OneList Archives: http://www.onelist.com/archive/NucNews (subscribe online) Subscribe to NucNews Briefs: mailto:prop1@prop1.org 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 (a-z): George W. Bush - http://www.GeorgeWBush.com -= http://64.92.133.170/Calendar.asp Pat Buchanan - http://www.gopatgo2000.com/default.htm Al Gore - http://www.algore2000.com/ Ralph Nader - http://www.votenader.org/press.html (Please send other sites of qualified candidates.) Other Excellent News-Collecting Sites - Downwinders - http://www.egroups.com/group/downwinders DOE Watch - http://www.egroups.com/group/doewatch 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. - --=====================_227967071==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> 1) Washington Daybook - August 29, 2000 - Washington Times, Agence France-Presse <a href=3D"http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000829215813.ht= m"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000829215813.= htm</a> 8:30 a.m. =97 Nuclear Regulatory Commission holds a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. Location: Conference Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville. Contact: 301/415-6805. National Academy of Sciences meeting =97 all day = =97 The National Academy of Sciences hosts a meeting on "Naval Forces' Capability for Theater Missile Defense." Location: Cecil and Ida Green Building, 2001 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Contact: 202/334-3523. 3 p.m. =97 Environmental Protection Agency holds a meeting of the small community advisory subcommittee to focus on the panel's comments on the proposed national primary drinking water standard for arsenic. Location: Room 3428 Ariel Rios North, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Contact: 202/564-3646. National Academy of Sciences meeting =97 all day = =97 The National Academy of Sciences hosts a meeting on "Naval Forces' Capability for Theater Missile Defense." Location: Cecil and Ida Green Building, 2001 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Contact: 202/334-3523. European security forum =97noon =97 The Cato Institute presents a policy forum, "Creating a European Security and Defense Identity: Fact or Fantasy?" The participants include John Bolton, American Enterprise Institute; John Hulsman, Heritage Foundation; and Christopher Layne, Cato Institute. Location: F.A. Hayek Auditorium, 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Contact: 202/789-5229. - --- PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES - - George Bush - Portland, Maine <x-tab> </x-tab>12 noon - Open airport arrival at the Portland International Jetport in Portland, Maine, Northeast Air Hanger <x-tab> </x-tab>1:45 p.m. - - Leadership Forum on Education, Moore Middle School, 171 Auburn Street, Portland, Maine (207) 874-8150 <x-tab> </x-tab>5:30 p.m. - - Open airport arrival at the Pease International Tradeport in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Pan American Service Hanger at 14 Aviation Drive - Al Gore - Albuquerque, NM and Eugene, OR 11:45 a.m. =97 Discusses plans to provide access to quality affordable health care to every child in America, Rio Bravo Park, Albuquerque, N.M. 6:30 p.m. =97 Discusses plans to provide a prescription drug benefit for all 40 million Americans on Medicare, Alpine Springs Assisted Living Center, Eugene, Ore. - Ralph Nader Tuesday, August 29, Buffalo, NY <x-tab> </x-tab>12:00-12:= 30 PM - Press Conference Statler Towers, 107 Delaware Street (Downtown Buffalo) <x-tab> </x-tab>12:30-1:30 PM - Speech and Rally <x-tab> </x-tab>4:30-6:00 PM Speech, United Electrical Workers of America, Avalon Hotel, 16 West 10th Street Wednesday, August 30, Southhampton, NY <x-tab> </x-tab>6:30 - 9:00 PM - Evening with Ralph Nader, Avram Fine Arts Theatre, Southampton College , 239 Montauk Highway, Southampton, NY, With musical guests Thunder Bird Sisters <x-tab> </x-tab>Post-event fundraiser with Ralph at Chancellors Hall - Please RSVP to Ron Stanchfield at 631-324-6655. - Pat Buchanan Tuesday, August 29, 2000, Buchanan Interview, PBS Newshour w/ Jim Lehrer LIVE Wednesday, August 30, 2000, Buchanan Interviews: <x-tab> </x-tab>Court TV "Pros and Cons" LIVE, Host: Nancy Grace Wednesday, <x-tab> </x-tab>FOX News Channel, "The Edge" Host: Donna Hanover 2) Activist Announcements - - Vieques water-only fast entering its third week On July 25, 00 Andr=E9s Thomas-Conteris began a juice fast in support of the people of Vieques, Puerto Rico. See <a href=3D"http://prop1.org/protests/pr/000725.andres.htm" eudora=3D"autourl= ">http://prop1.org/protests/pr/000725.andres.htm</a>. When bombing resumed on August 14th, Andres began a water-only fast. He is asking that President Clinton meet with the leaders of Vieques for one hour. This is not an unreasonable request. Andres is a treasure to the activist community and deserves a bit of your time. Please bombard the White House (phone 202-456-1111-0, email <a href=3D"mailto:president@whitehouse.gov" eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:presid= ent@whitehouse.gov</a>, <a href=3D"mailto:vice-president@whitehouse.gov" eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:v= ice-president@whitehouse.gov</a>). You can email Andres at Charitable Choices <<a href=3D"mailto:andres@charitablechoices.org" eudora=3D"autourl">mailt= o:andres@charitablechoices.org</a>> <x-tab> </x-ta= b>"I am a part of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, a faith-based organization that seeks to resolve conflicts nonviolently. The FOR has worked for many years on the demilitarization of Puerto Rico through the Task Force on Latin America and the Caribbean. I am also a lay missioner with the United Methodist Church whose leadership in Puerto Rico has taken a strong position against the bombing in Vieques. I have decided to enter into an open-ended, liquid-only fast (juices with calories) appealing to your conscience so that you grant the long-requested meeting. This fast will become a liquid-only, no-calorie (water with some non-caloric salts, electrolytes, vitamins, minerals, etc.) if the Navy resumes the massive bombing exercises. This type of fast will continue indefinitely until you grant the meeting with the religious and peace movement leaders of Vieques. <x-tab> </x-tab>"Our witness is called Fast for Justice and Peace in Vieques, Puerto Rico: An Appeal to the Conscience of President Clinton to Meet with the Leaders of Vieques. We will hold a press conference in Lafayette park at 12 noon today and a prayer vigil and peace witness every evening from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. <x-tab> </x-tab>"Mohanda= s K. Gandhi called fasting the 'prayer of a soul in anguish.' It is the final stage along the path of an ever intensifying nonviolent witness. Indeed, those of us moved to fast are in deep anguish over the death of David Sanes on April 19, 1999 during a Navy bombing exercise. We are alarmed at the escalating cancer rates and other deleterious health effects on Vieques because of the bombing, and the rising repression by police, military and judicial authorities against peace activists on that tiny island. We are anguished over the threat that the bombs will continue to fall and we are filled with hope knowing that when we act together we can bring change." [July 25, 2000, Andr=E9s Thomas-Conteris] - ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ACTIVISTS HOLD NATIONAL LISTENING SESSIONS - starting in Jackson, Mississippi, August 29, 2000 - A coalition of business, industry, health, academic and environmental professionals plans to hold the first in a series of public meetings next Tuesday (August 29th) to discuss environmental justice issues around the country. Environmental justice activists draw attention to the disproportionate number of hazardous wastes, contaminated manufacturing sites and polluting industries placed in poor, non-White communities. The National Environmental Policy Commission will hold its first Listening Session on Tuesday, August 29 in Jackson, Mississippi. The Commission was an outgrowth of recommendations from the Congressional Black Caucus under the leadership of Congressman James Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat. The purpose of the Commission is to identify environmental issues and policy alternatives. The Commission will deliberate and report on appropriate roles for human health, environmental protection, environmental justice and economic development considerations in a comprehensive environmental policy. The Medical University of South Carolina=B9s Environmental Biosciences Program (EBP) and The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) will provide leadership in coordinating Commission activities. "We must work together to ensure participation from all stakeholders in order to develop a comprehensive environmental policy," explained David Rivers of EBP. The Commission will conduct a series of Listening Sessions throughout the country over the next year to obtain greater insight into national environmental policy. More information is available at: <a href=3D"http://www.ebp.musc.edu/"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.ebp.musc.edu</a>. (ENS 8/22/00) <a href=3D"http://ens.lycos.com/ens/aug2000/2000L-08-22-09.html"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://ens.lycos.com/ens/aug2000/2000L-08-22-09.html</a>= - NADER 2000 ACTION ALERT The Commission on Public Debates is set to make a decision within the next few weeks about which candidates will appear in the national Presidential Debates. Now is the time for Greens and Nader supporters around the country to blanket the media with demands to "Free the Speech" and let Ralph into the debates. For more background information, please visit: <a href=3D"http://votenader.org/debates/" eudora=3D"autourl"><font= color=3D"#0000FF">http://votenader.org/debates/ </a>[From: Nader 2000 Campaign <campaign@votenader.com>] ** From Mark Robinowitz <mrobinowitz@igc.org> August 26, 2000: "I saw Ralph Nader in Portland last night with 10,000 other people - -- and one of the loudest applauses came when he called for a world without nuclear weapons." - Check this out! "Welcome to ROADWHORE...the purpose of this site is to allow the North American Nuclear contract engineer a means to keep in touch with other contractors" <a href=3D"http://www.roadwhore.com/nindex.shtml"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.roadwhore.com/nindex.shtml</a> <a href=3D"http://www.roadwhore.com/nuke/wwwboard/index.html"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.roadwhore.com/nuke/wwwboard/index.html</a><br= > ___________________________________________________ Today's News and Archives: <a href=3D"http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm</a> Submit URL/Article: <a href=3D"mailto:NucNews@onelist.com"= eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:NucNews@onelist.com</a> OneList Archives: <a href=3D"http://www.onelist.com/archive/NucNews" eudora=3D"autourl">http:/= /www.onelist.com/archive/NucNews</a> (subscribe online) Subscribe to NucNews Briefs: <a href=3D"mailto:prop1@prop1.org"= eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:prop1@prop1.org</a> Quick Route to U.S. Congress: <a href=3D"http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm</a> (Senators'= Websites) <a href=3D"http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html</a>= (Representatives' Websites) <a href=3D"http://thomas.loc.gov/"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://thomas.loc.gov/</a> (Pending Legislation -= Search) Presidential Candidates' Websites (a-z): George W. Bush - <a href=3D"http://www.georgewbush.com/"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.GeorgeWBush.com</a> - <a= href=3D"http://64.92.133.170/Calendar.asp"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://64.92.133.170/Calendar.asp</a> Pat Buchanan - <a href=3D"http://www.gopatgo2000.com/default.htm"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.gopatgo2000.com/default.htm</a> Al Gore - <a href=3D"http://www.algore2000.com/"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.algore2000.com/</a> Ralph Nader - <a href=3D"http://www.votenader.org/press.html"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.votenader.org/press.html</a> (Please send other sites of qualified candidates.) Other Excellent News-Collecting Sites - Downwinders - <a href=3D"http://www.egroups.com/group/downwinders"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.egroups.com/group/downwinders</a> DOE Watch - <a href=3D"http://www.egroups.com/group/doewatch"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.egroups.com/group/doewatch</a> Online Petition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons - <a= href=3D"http://www.petitiononline.com/prop1/petition.html"= eudora=3D"autourl"><font= size=3D2>http://www.PetitionOnline.com/prop1/petition.html</a> Distributed without payment for= research and educational purposes only, in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107. </html> - --=====================_227967071==_.ALT-- - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:00:23 -0400 From: Ellen Thomas <prop1@prop1.org> Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/08/30 - Announcements; Cheney in Atlanta today, on defense - --=====================_14143723==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 1) Washington Daybook - August 30, 2000 - Washington Times, Agence France-Presse Congress not in session; Washington Times website not responding to efforts= to read file. 2) SECRETARY CHENEY'S SCHEDULE: Wednesday, August 30 in Atlanta;=20 TO DISCUSS NATIONAL DEFENSE=20 3:00 p.m. - Speech on Military Readiness, DoubleTree Hotel Ballroom, 3342 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia, (404) 231-1234=20 7:15 p.m. - Reception, Georgia Victory 2000, Grand Hyatt, 3300 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia, (404) 365.8100=20 - - G.W BUSH TOMORROW, August 31, in Toledo, OH and Louisville, KY Toledo, Ohio:=20 10:00 a.m. - 100th School Visit, Springfield High School, 1470 South McCord Road, Holland, Ohio, (419) 867-5633=20 Louisville, Kentucky:=20 1: 45 p.m. - 101st School Visit, Location: Butler Traditional High School, 2222 Crumf Lane, Louisville, Kentucky, (502) 485-8220=20 3) Activist Announcements - - Correction re "Vieques water-only fast entering its third week" (8/29/00) Yesterday I gave you the wrong link to Andr=E9s Thomas-Conteris' 7/25/00= letter to President Clinton announcing his, and others', fast in support of the= people of Vieques, Puerto Rico. See instead http://prop1.org/protest/puerto_rico/000725pr.andres.fast.htm. - - Send in Your Message Against the Re-start of Tokai Reprocessing Plant Citizens' Nuclear Information Center (CNIC): "We are collecting messages protesting the re-start of the Tokai Reprocessing Plant through our web-site and by e-mail and will submit them to the Tokai Village Mayor and the= president of the plant operator, the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute. We= have submitted the messages to the above two on August 9th, the day the plutonium bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. We will continue to collect messages until 31 August 2000, and will finally compile all messages and once again submit= them to the Mayor and the operator. To send a message, go to http://cnic.jca.apc.org/english/action/ or send it to our e-mail address mailto:cnic-jp@po.iijnet.or.jp - - Savannah River NWF Employees United Legal Defense Fund (EULDF) http://www.euldfinc.org/ - Articles http://www.euldfinc.org/page3.htm Monthly Meeting =96 1st Thursday of each month, Aiken County Municipal= Building, Richland Avenue, Aiken, SC @ 6:30 p.m. =20 - - What if there was a nuclear event, a power-plant goes critical and spews= out tons of radioactive gasses and particles and suddenly YOU and your family= are in danger?=20 http://www.medicalcorps.com - - Coal Combusion: Nuclear Resource or Danger? - Releases from coal= combustion contain naturally occurring radioactive materials--mainly, uranium and thorium. http://www.ornl.gov/ORNLReview/rev26-34/text/colmain.html - - Note that federal charges are still likely: Ashland County, Wisc. drops charge against disarmers of Navy antenna ASHLAND, WI, August 28-In a precedent-setting move, Ashland County District Attorney Michael Gableman has chosen not to prosecute peace= activists who downed wooden poles supporting the antenna lines for the U.S. Navy's Project ELF transmitter, located near Clam Lake, WI. In a letter dated= August 28, 2000, Gableman informed Ashland County Circuit Court Judge Robert Eaton that he will not pursue the charge of intentional damage to property= originally brought against Bonnie Urfer, 48, and Michael Sprong, 37, both of Luck, WI. Judge Eaton read into the record an August 28 letter from the U.S. Attorney's office in Madison, WI that said in part, "Barring something unforeseen, we intend to initiate federal prosecution in this matter....."= =20 Contact: John LaForge (715) 472-4185, Nukewatch, P.O. Box 649, Luck, WI= 54853 - http://www.nukewatch.com - - NRC DOCUMENTS JUST RELEASED FOR PUBLIC USE The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has just made available a series= of previously unpublished NUREG - Nuclear Regulatory Commission - documents that were until August 25th formally designated for internal use only. In contrast to their typical policy of openness, the NRC FOIA representative said to me yesterday: quote: I do not believe that the public would be interested in these documents. :unquote. I disagree. You can obtain a copy of any of these documents by sending a written request, or a facsimile or email request to: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Russell A. Powell, FOIA/PA Officer Washington, D.C. 20555 telephone number: (301) 415-7169 fax number: (301) 415-5130 e-mail address: mailto:foia@nrc.gov In your note, you should mention the phrase "Freedom of Information Act". You can either order an entire document, or you can request only a portion of a document if you wish, for example the first 25 pages of a document. - - the Response Coordination Manual, RCM-96, NUREG/BR-0230 - - The NRC Field Policy manual, NUREG/BR-0075 - - the Commissioner's Assistant Handbook, NUREG/BR-0201 - - The Office of Inspector General, NUREG/BR-0149 - - The Response Technical Manual, TRM-93, NUREG/BR-0150 - - NRC's Differing Professional Views and Opinions Process, NUREG/BR-0161 - - Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, NUREG/BR-0137 - - The NRR Technical Newsletter - monthly newsletter - - the ACRS/ACNW Administrative manual, NUREG/BR-0243 - - Computer Codes and Mathematical Models, NUREG/BR-0083 - - LPDR Update - - Distribution List Descriptions for NRC Reports & Documents,= NUREG/BR-0188 - - Regulations Handbook, NUREG/BR-0053 - - NRC Guide to Learning Opportnities, NUREG/BR-0017 - - ACRS/ACNW Members Handbook, NUREG/BR-0225 - - Translations of Foreign Documents, NUREG/BR-0080 - - NRC Drug Testing Manual, NUREG/BR-0136 - - Guidelines for conducting Public meetings, NUREG/BR-0224 - - The IG at the NRC, NUREG/BR-0146 [From: Michael Ravnitzky <mailto:mikerav@ix.netcom.com>, 26 Aug 2000] ___________________________________________________ Today's News and Archives: http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm Submit URL/Article: mailto:NucNews@onelist.com OneList Archives: http://www.onelist.com/archive/NucNews (subscribe online) Subscribe to NucNews Briefs: mailto:prop1@prop1.org 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 (a-z): George W. 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Other Excellent News-Collecting Sites - Downwinders - http://www.egroups.com/group/downwinders DOE Watch - http://www.egroups.com/group/doewatch 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. - --=====================_14143723==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> 1) Washington Daybook - August 30, 2000 - Washington Times, Agence France-Presse Congress not in session; Washington Times website not responding to efforts to read file. 2) SECRETARY CHENEY'S SCHEDULE: Wednesday, August 30 in Atlanta; TO DISCUSS NATIONAL DEFENSE <x-tab> </x-tab>3:00 p.m. - Speech on Military Readiness, DoubleTree Hotel Ballroom, 3342 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia, (404) 231-1234 <x-tab> </x-tab>7:15 p.m. - Reception, Georgia Victory 2000, Grand Hyatt, 3300 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia, (404) 365.8100 - G.W BUSH TOMORROW, August 31, in Toledo, OH and Louisville, KY Toledo, Ohio: <x-tab> </x-tab>10:00 a.m. - 100th School Visit, Springfield High School, 1470 South McCord Road, Holland, Ohio, (419) 867-5633 Louisville, Kentucky: <x-tab> </x-tab>1: 45 p.m. - 101st School Visit, Location: Butler Traditional High School, 2222 Crumf Lane, Louisville, Kentucky, (502) 485-8220 3) Activist Announcements - - Correction re "Vieques water-only fast entering its third week" (8/29/00) Yesterday I gave you the wrong link to Andr=E9s Thomas-Conteris' 7/25/00 letter to President Clinton announcing his, and others', fast in support of the people of Vieques, Puerto Rico. See instead <a href=3D"http://prop1.org/protest/puerto_rico/000725pr.andres.fast.htm"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://prop1.org/protest/puerto_rico/000725pr.andres.fas= t.htm</a>. - Send in Your Message Against the Re-start of Tokai Reprocessing Plant Citizens' Nuclear Information Center (CNIC): "We are collecting messages protesting the re-start of the Tokai Reprocessing Plant through our web-site and by e-mail and will submit them to the Tokai Village Mayor and the president of the plant operator, the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute. We have submitted the messages to the above two on August 9th, the day the plutonium bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. We will continue to collect messages until 31 August 2000, and will finally compile all messages and once again submit them to the Mayor and the operator. To send a message, go to http://cnic.jca.apc.org/english/action/ or send it to our e-mail address mailto:cnic-jp@po.iijnet.or.jp - Savannah River NWF Employees United Legal Defense Fund (EULDF) http://www.euldfinc.org/ - Articles http://www.euldfinc.org/page3.htm Monthly Meeting =96 1st Thursday of each month, Aiken County Municipal Building, Richland Avenue, Aiken, SC @ 6:30 p.m. - - What if there was a nuclear event, a power-plant goes critical and spews out tons of radioactive gasses and particles and suddenly YOU and your family are in danger? http://www.medicalcorps.com - Coal Combusion: Nuclear Resource or Danger? - Releases from coal combustion contain naturally occurring radioactive materials--mainly, uranium and thorium. <font= color=3D"#0000FF">http://www.ornl.gov/ORNLReview/rev26-34/text/colmain.h= tml - Note that federal charges are still likely: Ashland County, Wisc. drops charge against disarmers of Navy=20 antenna <x-tab> </x-tab>ASHLAND, WI, August 28-In a precedent-setting move, Ashland County District Attorney Michael Gableman has chosen not to prosecute peace activists who downed wooden poles supporting the antenna lines for the U.S. Navy's Project ELF transmitter, located near Clam Lake, WI. In a letter dated August 28, 2000, Gableman informed Ashland County Circuit Court Judge Robert Eaton that he will not pursue the charge of intentional damage to property originally brought against Bonnie Urfer, 48, and Michael Sprong, 37, both of Luck, WI. <x-tab> </x-tab>Judge Eaton read into the record an August 28 letter from the U.S. Attorney's office in Madison, WI that said in part, "Barring something unforeseen, we intend to initiate federal prosecution in this matter....." Contact: John LaForge (715) 472-4185, Nukewatch, P.O. Box 649, Luck, WI 54853 - <a href=3D"http://www.nukewatch.com/" eudora=3D"autourl"><font= color=3D"#0000FF">http://www.nukewatch.com</a> - NRC DOCUMENTS JUST RELEASED FOR PUBLIC USE <x-tab> </x-tab>The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has just made available a series of previously unpublished NUREG - Nuclear Regulatory Commission - documents that were until August 25th formally designated for internal use only. In contrast to their typical policy of openness, the NRC FOIA representative said to me yesterday: quote: I do not believe that the public would be interested in these documents. :unquote. I disagree. <x-tab> </x-tab>You can obtain a copy of any of these documents by sending a written request, or a facsimile or email request to: <x-tab> </x-tab>Nuclear Regulatory Commission <x-tab> </x-tab>Russell A. Powell, FOIA/PA Officer <x-tab> </x-tab>Washington, D.C. 20555 <x-tab> </x-tab>telephone number: (301) 415-7169 <x-tab> </x-tab>fax number: (301) 415-5130 <x-tab> </x-tab>e-mail address: <a href=3D"mailto:foia@nrc.gov" eudora=3D"autourl"><font= color=3D"#0000FF">mailto:foia@nrc.gov</a> In your note, you should mention the phrase "Freedom of Information Act". <x-tab> </x-tab>You can either order an entire document, or you can request only a portion of a document if you wish, for example the first 25 pages of a document. - the Response Coordination Manual, RCM-96, NUREG/BR-0230 - - The NRC Field Policy manual, NUREG/BR-0075 - - the Commissioner's Assistant Handbook, NUREG/BR-0201 - - The Office of Inspector General, NUREG/BR-0149 - - The Response Technical Manual, TRM-93, NUREG/BR-0150 - - NRC's Differing Professional Views and Opinions Process, NUREG/BR-0161 - - Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, NUREG/BR-0137 - - The NRR Technical Newsletter - monthly newsletter - - the ACRS/ACNW Administrative manual, NUREG/BR-0243 - - Computer Codes and Mathematical Models, NUREG/BR-0083 - - LPDR Update - - Distribution List Descriptions for NRC Reports & Documents, NUREG/BR-0188 - - Regulations Handbook, NUREG/BR-0053 - - NRC Guide to Learning Opportnities, NUREG/BR-0017 - - ACRS/ACNW Members Handbook, NUREG/BR-0225 - - Translations of Foreign Documents,=20 NUREG/BR-0080 - - NRC Drug Testing Manual, NUREG/BR-0136 - - Guidelines for conducting Public meetings, NUREG/BR-0224 - - The IG at the NRC, NUREG/BR-0146 [From: Michael Ravnitzky <<a href=3D"mailto:mikerav@ix.netcom.com" eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:miker= av@ix.netcom.com</a>>, 26 Aug 2000] ___________________________________________________ Today's News and Archives: <a href=3D"http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm</a> Submit URL/Article: <a href=3D"mailto:NucNews@onelist.com"= eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:NucNews@onelist.com</a> OneList Archives: <a href=3D"http://www.onelist.com/archive/NucNews" eudora=3D"autourl">http:/= /www.onelist.com/archive/NucNews</a> (subscribe online) Subscribe to NucNews Briefs: <a href=3D"mailto:prop1@prop1.org"= eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:prop1@prop1.org</a> Quick Route to U.S. Congress: <a href=3D"http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm</a> (Senators'= Websites) <a href=3D"http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html</a>= (Representatives' Websites) <a href=3D"http://thomas.loc.gov/"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://thomas.loc.gov/</a> (Pending Legislation -= Search) Presidential Candidates' Websites (a-z): George W. 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