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President Obama, UN Look To Nuclear Non-Proliferation

਀䴀愀礀 ㄀㔀Ⰰ ㈀　　㤀㰀⼀戀㸀㰀戀爀㸀㰀瀀㸀ഊ ਀                    㰀戀爀㸀ഊ ਀ഊ ਀㰀愀 渀愀洀攀㴀∀渀漀渀ⴀ瀀爀漀氀椀昀攀爀愀琀椀漀渀∀㸀㰀⼀愀㸀ഊ ਀ഊThe United Nations is holding preparatory sessions for the 2010 review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The objective of the treaty is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, further the goal of achieving complete nuclear disarmament, and to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

਀ഊPresident Obama's April 5th speech in Prague promised steps toward a nuclear weapons-free world.

਀ഊRalph Hutchinson, peace activist and coordinator for the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, spoke on a panel at the UN conference about the necessity of developing practical steps to take toward non-proliferation. He said,

਀ഊ"There is a different energy today than there was when I was last here, four years ago, and it feels good. I am not persuaded that we are yet on the road to a nuclear free future, but I allowing myself to be more hopeful.

਀ഊI have come from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, home of the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex where the United States is busy manufacturing new 'secondaries' to replace the destructive thermonuclear core of aging warheads as part of the Life Extension Program. The effect of this work, according to one DOE official is to extend the life of our current nuclear arsenal by as much as 100-120 years. I will say more about this program in a moment.

਀ഊWhat happens in Oak Ridge, and the other work that this panel will describe for you at other weapons facilities around the United States, is where we see the truth about the United States' intentions; it is at these facilities that nuclear policy turns from words into warheads and that is why it is important to understand what is happening at Los Alamos, Livermore and Sandia, Pantex, Kansas City, Savannah River, the Test Site, and Oak Ridge.

਀ഊHere's why I am hopeful. In the past four months, the United States has come clean about torture. Not enthusiastically and not completely, but we are on a different road than we were on six months ago. And the reason, I think, is not because we wanted to, and not even because we have suddenly become noble or recommitted to our ideals. The reason is more practical: in order to move forward and to achieve our foreign policy goals, it is necessary to rebuild credibility, to regain status in the international community. And the only way we can do that is by developing relationships of mutual within the boundaries of international law. The US recognizes that a do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do policy is untenable, and ultimately counterproductive. So we have set out on a different path in order to achieve our security goals.

਀ഊThis is the very same dynamic that will be required for the United States to achieve it[s] security goals with respect to nuclear weapons and there are hopeful signs that the government is slowly coming to recognize that the path we are on--maintaining an enduring nuclear arsenal, will not achieve our security goals but instead undermines them.

਀ഊPresident Obama's words suggest he wants to be on the path to a nuclear weapons free world. But he can not get on that path, and people like Henry Kissinger and Sam Nunn have realized this, he can not get on that path while he clings to the false security of nuclear weapons. As long as the US maintains commitment to an enduring stockpile and continues to produce nuclear weapons components and upgrade facilities, we are not walking toward a world free of nuclear weapons.

਀ഊIt is our job, representing the voice of the people, to lay out the path and to demand, cajole, demonstrate, consult, and do everything we can to get our government on that path. In the arms control and policy communities, markers are laid down: CTBT, Fissile materials cut off treaty, new START agreement. While all are laudable goals, they are also all, for now, paper.

਀ഊMeanwhile, activities on the ground undermine these attempts to approach the goal of security through international agreements, which brings me back to my piece of the discussion: what is happening in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

਀ഊ ਀吀栀攀 夀㄀㈀ 一甀挀氀攀愀爀 圀攀愀瀀漀渀猀 䌀漀洀瀀氀攀砀㰀瀀㸀ഊ ਀㸀 䴀愀渀栀愀琀琀愀渀 倀爀漀樀攀挀琀Ⰰ 䠀䔀唀 昀漀爀 䰀椀琀琀氀攀 䈀漀礀㰀瀀㸠⠀ഊ> postwar, retooled to produce secondaries for thermonuclear


 ਀㸀 䠀䔀唀Ⰰ 戀攀爀礀氀氀椀甀洀Ⰰ 氀椀琀栀椀甀洀 搀攀甀琀攀爀椀搀攀Ⰰ 䐀唀Ⰰ ⬀㰀瀀㸠⠀ഊToday


 ਀㸀 䰀椀昀攀 䔀砀琀攀渀猀椀漀渀 倀爀漀最爀愀洀㰀瀀㸠⠀ഊ> produces new secondaries for 'upgraded' warheads


 ਀㸀 圀㠀㜀 ⠀爀攀瀀氀愀挀椀渀最 圀㘀㈀⤀Ⰰ 䈀㘀㄀ 戀漀洀戀Ⰰ 䴀漀搀猀 㜀 ☀ ㄀㄀Ⰰ 愀渀搀 渀漀眀 圀㜀㘀㰀瀀㸠⠀ഊ> W76 upgrade produces new warhead: W76-1 W76 warhead for MK4 missile, for Trident subs

਀ഊUpgrade: new (modified) fuse to allow precision detonation height


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 ਀吀漀洀漀爀爀漀眀 椀渀 伀愀欀 刀椀搀最攀㰀瀀㸀ഊ ਀㸀 挀漀渀琀椀渀甀攀搀 䰀䔀倀㰀瀀㸀ഊ ਀㸀 唀爀愀渀椀甀洀 倀爀漀挀攀猀猀椀渀最 䘀愀挀椀氀椀琀礀Ⰰ ␀㌀⸀㐀 戀椀氀氀椀漀渀 瀀爀漀搀甀挀琀椀漀渀 昀愀挀椀氀椀琀礀 琀漀 爀攀瀀氀愀挀攀 猀椀砀 愀最椀渀最 戀甀椀氀搀椀渀最猀 琀栀愀琀 愀爀攀 挀甀爀爀攀渀琀氀礀 攀渀最愀最攀搀 椀渀 瀀爀漀搀甀挀琀椀漀渀 愀挀琀椀瘀椀琀椀攀猀 眀椀琀栀 漀渀攀Ⰰ 渀攀眀Ⰰ 猀甀瀀攀爀ⴀ猀攀挀甀爀攀Ⰰ 猀琀愀琀攀ⴀ漀昀ⴀ琀栀攀ⴀ愀爀琀 昀愀挀椀氀椀琀礀⸀㰀瀀㸠⠀ഊObviously, this heavy investment in a new production facility will be seen by others as a provocative act. In a moment you will hear about plans for two other production facilities--it is my belief that the road to a nuclear free future dead ends at these bomb plants. Only if they are removed from the path can we move forward.

਀ഊUS can not credibility claim compliance with Article 6--and credibility is crucial--while investing in an enduring stockpile through life extension, new production facilities, and 'backdoor' new weapons systems.

਀ഊOptimism

਀ഊ ਀吀栀攀 渀攀眀猀 琀栀愀琀 琀栀攀 吀爀椀琀椀甀洀 䔀砀琀爀愀挀琀椀漀渀 䘀愀挀椀氀椀琀礀 愀琀 匀愀瘀愀渀渀愀栀 刀椀瘀攀爀 椀猀 戀攀椀渀最 瀀甀琀 漀渀 栀漀氀搀 昀漀爀 ㄀　 礀攀愀爀猀 椀猀 愀 栀漀瀀攀昀甀氀 猀椀最渀ⴀⴀ椀琀 愀瀀瀀攀愀爀猀 琀漀 戀攀 琀甀爀渀椀渀最 琀栀攀 爀栀攀琀漀爀椀挀 椀渀琀漀 挀漀渀挀爀攀琀攀 爀攀愀氀椀琀礀⸀ 吀栀椀猀 昀愀挀椀氀椀琀礀 挀漀猀琀 洀漀爀攀 琀栀愀渀 栀愀氀昀 愀 戀椀氀氀椀漀渀 搀漀氀氀愀爀猀 琀漀 戀甀椀氀搀 愀渀搀 栀愀猀 漀瀀攀爀愀琀攀搀 愀 氀椀琀琀氀攀 洀漀爀攀 琀栀愀渀 ㈀ 礀攀愀爀猀 愀渀搀Ⰰ 愀挀挀漀爀搀椀渀最 琀漀 爀攀瀀漀爀琀猀 氀愀猀琀 眀攀攀欀Ⰰ 眀椀氀氀 戀攀 瀀氀愀挀攀搀 漀渀 漀瀀攀爀愀琀椀漀渀愀氀 猀琀愀渀搀戀礀 愀渀搀 椀猀 渀漀琀 攀砀瀀攀挀琀攀搀 琀漀 戀攀 甀猀攀搀 昀漀爀 琀爀椀琀椀甀洀 瀀爀漀搀甀挀琀椀漀渀 昀漀爀 琀攀渀 礀攀愀爀猀⸀㰀瀀㸠⠀ഊThe astonishing outpouring of public sentiment against the DOE/NNSA's Complex Transformation was also hopeful. More than 100,000 people submitted comments on the Environmental Impact Statement and the government was forced to back off some of its more ambitious goals.


 ਀吀栀攀 䈀椀瀀愀爀琀椀猀愀渀 䌀漀渀最爀攀猀猀椀漀渀愀氀 䌀漀洀洀椀猀猀椀漀渀 眀椀氀氀 爀攀氀攀愀猀攀 椀琀猀 爀攀瀀漀爀琀 漀渀 唀匀 猀琀爀愀琀攀最椀挀 瀀漀猀琀甀爀攀 琀栀椀猀 眀攀攀欀Ⰰ 愀瀀瀀愀爀攀渀琀氀礀 愀 洀漀渀琀栀 氀愀琀攀 搀甀攀 琀漀 愀渀 椀渀愀戀椀氀椀琀礀 琀漀 挀漀洀攀 琀漀 愀 挀漀渀猀攀渀猀甀猀 漀渀 昀漀爀挀攀 猀琀爀甀挀琀甀爀攀Ⰰ 戀甀琀 愀挀挀漀爀搀椀渀最 琀漀 爀攀瀀漀爀琀猀Ⰰ 琀栀漀猀攀 眀栀漀 愀爀最甀攀搀 昀漀爀 愀 爀攀搀甀挀琀椀漀渀 椀渀 唀匀 搀攀瀀攀渀搀攀渀挀攀 漀渀 渀甀挀氀攀愀爀 眀攀愀瀀漀渀猀 愀渀搀 昀漀爀 渀攀眀 爀攀搀甀挀琀椀漀渀猀 椀渀 琀栀攀 愀爀猀攀渀愀氀 栀愀瘀攀 瀀爀攀瘀愀椀氀攀搀⸀ 吀栀椀猀 瀀攀爀猀瀀攀挀琀椀瘀攀Ⰰ 眀栀椀挀栀 氀漀漀欀猀 搀漀眀渀 琀栀攀 爀漀愀搀 琀漀 愀 眀漀爀氀搀 昀爀攀攀 漀昀 渀甀挀氀攀愀爀 眀攀愀瀀漀渀猀Ⰰ 挀漀渀琀椀渀甀攀猀 琀漀 最爀漀眀 眀椀琀栀椀渀 琀栀攀 瀀漀氀椀挀礀 攀猀琀愀戀氀椀猀栀洀攀渀琀⸀㰀瀀㸀ഊ ਀ഊFinally, I believe the hard work that grassroots groups have done over the past two decades, when our advocacy of a world free of nuclear weapons was considered naive or unrealistic (it was actually just the opposite) had built a base; we have been creating an informed citizenry who are now poised to press for action to match the encouraging rhetoric coming from the White House.


 ਀䤀渀 漀甀爀 挀愀猀攀Ⰰ 椀渀 伀愀欀 刀椀搀最攀Ⰰ 眀攀 愀爀攀 挀愀氀氀椀渀最 昀漀爀 愀渀 攀渀搀 琀漀 昀甀渀搀椀渀最 昀漀爀 琀栀攀 䰀椀昀攀 䔀砀琀攀渀猀椀漀渀 倀爀漀最爀愀洀Ⰰ 愀 挀漀渀瘀攀爀猀椀漀渀 漀昀 琀栀攀 眀漀爀欀昀漀爀挀攀 愀渀搀 昀愀挀椀氀椀琀椀攀猀 琀漀 昀甀氀氀ⴀ琀椀洀攀 搀椀猀愀猀猀攀洀戀氀礀 愀渀搀 搀椀猀洀愀渀琀氀攀洀攀渀琀Ⰰ 愀渀搀 琀栀攀 愀戀愀渀搀漀渀洀攀渀琀 漀昀 瀀氀愀渀猀 昀漀爀 琀栀攀 唀爀愀渀椀甀洀 倀爀漀挀攀猀猀椀渀最 䘀愀挀椀氀椀琀礀⸀∀㰀瀀㸀ഊ ਀ഊ ਀ഊ ਀ഊ

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