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- Subject: ORIGINAL BOMB DESIGNERS CHALLENGE BUSH POLICY
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- /** psr.bulletins: 38.0 **/
- ** Topic: Mnhtn Prjct Phys. Test Moratorium **
- ** Written 7:29 am Jul 29, 1992 by psrnatl in cdp:psr.bulletins **
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
- CONTACT: Dr. Robert K. Musil July 28, 1992
- or Emily Green (202)785-3777
-
- ORIGINAL BOMB DESIGNERS CHALLENGE BUSH POLICY
- ON NUCLEAR TESTING
- Call on Senate to Enact Immediate Moratorium
-
- WASHINGTON D.C. -- Six physicists from the world-renowned
- Manhattan Project, which led to the first atomic bomb,
- joined together in an unprecedented call for the U.S.
- Senate to enact a moratorium on nuclear weapons testing.
- The signers include Nobel Laureate and former Chairman of
- the Atomic Energy Commission under Presidents Kennedy,
- Johnson and Nixon, Dr. Glenn Seaborg, and Nobel Laureate
- Dr. Owen Chamberlain.
-
- "The advantages of an immediate mutual moratorium and of a
- comprehensive test ban outweigh, in our judgement, any
- perceived benefits of further tests for any reason,"
- states a letter directed to all U.S. Senators and signed
- by Drs. Glenn Seaborg, Owen Chamberlain, Bernard Feld,
- Carson Mark, Joseph Rotblat, and Herbert York. The Bush
- Administration continues to maintain that nuclear testing
- is necessary to ensure the safety and reliability of the
- U.S. nuclear deterrent.
-
- The Manhattan Project, which was launched in 1942 under
- President Franklin Roosevelt, led to the first test of a
- nuclear weapon at Alamogordo New Mexico, on July 16, 1945.
- Since that time, the U.S. has conducted 940 test nuclear
- weapons explosions.
-
- The Nuclear Testing Moratorium Act would establish a
- one-year moratorium on U.S. tests as long as Russia
- continues its current moratorium. The legislation has
- accumulated 53 co-sponsors in the Senate and is expected
- to come to a vote within the week. It was approved by a
- vote of 237-167 in the House of Representatives on June 4.
-
-
- The physicists' letter was released by the Manhattan
- Project II - a campaign of Physicians for Social
- Responsibility -- which aims to undo, as completely and
- quickly as possible, the legacy of nuclear danger left by
- the original Manhattan Project. It calls for a global
- moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons and
- international controls on weapons dismantlement as well as
-
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- - more - much deeper reductions in strategic weapons and a
- strengthened non-proliferation regime, among other measures.
- Manhattan Project II is directed by former Defense and State
- Department official Dr. Daniel Ellsberg and has been endorsed by
- over 60 national and international organizations.
-
- "The judgement of these original bomb designers clearly
- matches that of the majority of the American public that
- U.S. national security is best served by an immediate
- moratorium and a global test ban rather than by further
- nuclear testing," stated Dr. Ellsberg.
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- Founded in 1961, PSR is a national organization of over 25,000
- health professionals and supporters in more than 120 chapters
- working to prevent nuclear war, protect the environment, and
- reorder national spending priorities. It is the U.S. affiliate of
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
- recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize.
-
- For further information about Manhattan Project II, call Daniel
- Ellsberg at 510/526-4310. To arrange interviews with Manhattan
- Project scientists who have signed the statement of support for a
- test moratorium, call Emily Green at the number listed above.
-
- See attached listing of statement signers, their backgrounds and
- organizational affiliations (for identification purposes only.)
-
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