Stop Complex 2030! Say No to New Nuclear Weapons!
Stop the Nuclear Bombplex
The Bombplex
The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), which is responsible for maintaining the United States’ nuclear weapons arsenal, is designing new nuclear weapons. These new designs are being prepared under the so-called Reliable Replacement Warhead Program (RRW). To begin industrial production of these new weapons, the NNSA has proposed an expensive, dangerous and unnecessary overhaul of the current nuclear complex. The resulting Bombplex will mean new facilities for new nuclear weapons development and maintenance.
New nukes in the US mean new nukes in other countries!
Designing and building new nuclear weapons will encourage other countries to follow the same path, ultimately leading to a new nuclear arms race. At a time when the United States is trying to convince North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program, Iran to halt uranium enrichment and the rest of the world to abstain from developing nuclear weapons, we should not be taking actions that encourage other countries to develop or expand their nuclear weapons capabilities. We should be dismantling our existing weapons, not developing new ones.
The Bombplex and RRW violate international law!
Article VI of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, of which the United States is both a signatory and one of the chief architects, says that the United States is obligated to engage in effective multilateral efforts leading to nuclear disarmament. By defying international law and building a new generation of nuclear weapons, the United States would be hindering international non-proliferation initiatives and crippling international nuclear disarmament efforts.
The NNSA is wasting money by replacing nuclear weapons that ARE proven reliable and that will last for decades!
The NNSA has said that the Reliable Replacement Warhead is necessary to replace aging nuclear weapons in the US arsenal. The NNSA already spends billions of dollars every year making sure our nuclear arsenal is reliable and will last for decades. The Government Accounting Office has estimated that simply building the Bombplex will cost an additional $150 billion. According to a currently unreleased study conducted by the nuclear labs themselves, the nuclear weapons we have now could last as long as 100 years! The reality is that we don’t need to waste money on nuclear weapons that will continue to be functional long into the future.
There is still time to act! The Bombplex is not yet a reality! The DOE is legally required to listen to what you have to say!
This is your chance to be heard! The DOE has released a Notice of Intent for the Bombplex. Until January 17, 2007, they are required to hold public hearings around the country where you can comment. You can also submit comments through this email! Write to the NNSA today to tell them that the Bombplex is wrong!
Public hearing schedule can be found at:
http://www.ananuclear.org/Bombplex/CalendarOfHearings.doc
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