From: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com (abolition-usa-digest) To: abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: abolition-usa-digest V1 #457 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 Tuesday, August 7 2001 Volume 01 : Number 457 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 13:41:12 -0400 From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: NRC admits deaths from reactor relicensings - --=====================_185713682==_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 18:40:59 -0400 >Subject: Fwd: NRC admits deaths from reactor relicensings >X-FC-MachineGenerated: true >From: "ctcan@snet.net" > > >>>Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 15:02:39 -0400 >>>From: michael mariotte >>> >>> >>>Subject: NRC admits deaths from reactor relicensings >>> >>>Dear Friends: We encourage you to send this release to your local media >>>and to your elected officials. >>> >>>Michael Mariotte >>>NIRS >>> >>>NEWS FROM NIRS/WISE-AMSTERDAM >>>Nuclear Information and Resource Service >>>1424 16th Street NW, #404, Washington, DC 20036 >>>202-328-0002; f: 202-462-2183; nirsnet@nirs.org; www.nirs.org >>> >>> >>>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michael Mariotte, Paul >>Gunter >>>July 31, >>>2001 202-328-0002 >>> >>> >>>GOVERNMENT ADMITS EACH NUCLEAR REACTOR RELICENSING EXPECTED TO KILL 12 >>>PEOPLE >>> >>>MORE THAN 1,200 COULD DIE UNDER BUSH RELICENSING PROGRAM >>> >>>The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission yesterday acknowledged that 12 >>>people are expected to die as a direct result of each commercial nuclear >>>reactor that is relicensed and operates for its 20-year license >>>extension period. >>> >>>The admission came in a correction to its 1996 relicensing regulation, >>>which was published in the Federal Register July 30. According to the >>>Federal Register notice, each relicensing is expected to be responsible >>>for the release of 14,800 person-rem of radiation during its 20-year >>>life extension. The figure includes releases from the nuclear fuel chain >>>that supports reactor operation, as well as from the reactors >>>themselves. The NRC calculates that this level of radiation release >>>spread over the population will cause 12 cancer deaths per reactor. >>> >>>However, this figure understates the ramifications of continued reliance >>>on nuclear power. Additional releases from the storage, transportation >>>and disposal of high-level radioactive waste created by the reactors >>>would cause additional deaths. The purpose of the Federal Register >>>correction notice was to except the effects of high-level waste from the >>>previously published but little-noticed 14,800 person-rem figure. >>> >>>Accidents and non-routine radiation releases are not included in the >>>NRC's figure, and could cause still higher casualties. The NRC only >>>calculated likely cancer deaths, so deaths from other radiation-induced >>>diseases and non-fatal cancers are not included in its calculations. >>> >>>There currently are 103 commercial reactors operating in the U.S. The >>>Bush administration and nuclear power industry have made relicensing the >>>vast majority of these reactors a centerpiece of their strategy to >>>maintain and increase reliance on nuclear power. The NRC has said it >>>expects as many as 100 reactors to apply for license extensions; this >>>would result in some 1200 cancer deaths among the U.S. population. >>> >>>"This admission by the federal government gives the lie to the >>>administration and nuclear industry's claim that nuclear power is >>>somehow an 'emissions-free' technology," said Michael Mariotte, >>>executive director of the Washington-based Nuclear Information and >>>Resource Service. "Not only does the nuclear fuel chain result in >>>meaningful greenhouse gas releases, but the deadly radiation emitted at >>>every step of the process kills people directly. The Bush administration >>>thinks killing more than 1,000 people is an acceptable price to pay for >>>continued use of nuclear power. We think it's a national scandal." >>> >>>(Mariotte noted that the only operating uranium enrichment plant in the >>>U.S., at Paducah, Kentucky, is the nation's largest emitter of CFC-114, >>>which was banned by the Montreal Protocol for being a major ozone >>>destroyer and greenhouse contributor.) >>> >>>Paul Gunter, director of NIRS' Reactor Watchdog Project, pointed out, >>>"The NRC's notice implicitly admits that the 103 reactors now >>>operating-if they last only until the end of their original license >>>period-will be responsible for more than 2,400 cancer deaths in the >>>U.S., even without all of the dozens of accidents and 'incidents' that >>>have plagued the industry over the years and caused additional releases >>>of lethal radiation." >>> >>>"Instead of relicensing atomic reactors," said Gunter, "we should be >>>closing them and accelerating implementation of clean, sustainable, >>>energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies." >>> >>>#30# >>> >>>To see the Federal Register posting of July 30, 2001 by the U.S. Nuclear >>>Regulatory Commission: >>> >>>http://frwebgate2.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=915531559 6+0+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve >>> >>>See Table B-1 > >Rosemary Bassilakis & Sal Mangiagli >Citizens Awareness Network >54 Old Turnpike Road >Haddam, CT 06438 > >Ph/fax 860 345-2157 >ctcan@snet.net >www.nukebusters.org > > > - --=====================_185713682==_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="body621.htm"
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 15:02:39 - -0400
From: michael mariotte <nirsnet@nirs.org>


Subject: NRC admits deaths from reactor relicensings

Dear Friends: We encourage you to send this release to your local media
and to your elected officials.

Michael Mariotte
NIRS

NEWS FROM NIRS/WISE-AMSTERDAM
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
1424 16th Street NW, #404, Washington, DC 20036
202-328-0002; f: 202-462-2183; nirsnet@nirs.org; www.nirs.org


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                   Contact: Michael Mariotte, Paul Gunter
July 31, 2001                                                      202-328-0002


GOVERNMENT ADMITS EACH NUCLEAR REACTOR RELICENSING EXPECTED TO KILL 12
PEOPLE

MORE THAN 1,200 COULD DIE UNDER BUSH RELICENSING PROGRAM

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission yesterday acknowledged that 12
people are expected to die as a direct result of each commercial nuclear
reactor that is relicensed and operates for its 20-year license
extension period.

The admission came in a correction to its 1996 relicensing regulation,
which was published in the Federal Register July 30. According to the
Federal Register notice, each relicensing is expected to be responsible
for the release of 14,800 person-rem of radiation during its 20-year
life extension. The figure includes releases from the nuclear fuel chain
that supports reactor operation, as well as from the reactors
themselves. The NRC calculates that this level of radiation release
spread over the population will cause 12 cancer deaths per reactor.

However, this figure understates the ramifications of continued reliance
on nuclear power. Additional releases from the storage, transportation
and disposal of high-level radioactive waste created by the reactors
would cause additional deaths. The purpose of the Federal Register
correction notice was to except the effects of high-level waste from the
previously published but little-noticed 14,800 person-rem figure.

Accidents and non-routine radiation releases are not included in the
NRC's figure, and could cause still higher casualties. The NRC only
calculated likely cancer deaths, so deaths from other radiation-induced
diseases and non-fatal cancers are not included in its calculations.

There currently are 103 commercial reactors operating in the U.S. The
Bush administration and nuclear power industry have made relicensing the
vast majority of these reactors a centerpiece of their strategy to
maintain and increase reliance on nuclear power. The NRC has said it
expects as many as 100 reactors to apply for license extensions; this
would result in some 1200 cancer deaths among the U.S. population.

"This admission by the federal government gives the lie to the
administration and nuclear industry's claim that nuclear power is
somehow an 'emissions-free' technology," said Michael Mariotte,
executive director of the Washington-based Nuclear Information and
Resource Service. "Not only does the nuclear fuel chain result in
meaningful greenhouse gas releases, but the deadly radiation emitted at
every step of the process kills people directly. The Bush administration
thinks killing more than 1,000 people is an acceptable price to pay for
continued use of nuclear power. We think it's a national scandal."

(Mariotte noted that the only operating uranium enrichment plant in the
U.S., at Paducah, Kentucky, is the nation's largest emitter of CFC-114,
which was banned by the Montreal Protocol for being a major ozone
destroyer and greenhouse contributor.)

Paul Gunter, director of NIRS' Reactor Watchdog Project, pointed out,
"The NRC's notice implicitly admits that the 103 reactors now
operating-if they last only until the end of their original license
period-will be responsible for more than 2,400 cancer deaths in the
U.S., even without all of the dozens of accidents and 'incidents' that
have plagued the industry over the years and caused additional releases
of lethal radiation."

"Instead of relicensing atomic reactors," said Gunter, "we should be
closing them and accelerating implementation of clean, sustainable,
energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies."

#30#

To see the Federal Register posting of July 30, 2001 by the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission:

http://frwebgate2.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=9155315596+0+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve

See Table B-1

Rosemary Bassilakis & Sal Mangiagli
Citizens Awareness Network
54 Old Turnpike Road
Haddam, CT 06438

Ph/fax 860 345-2157
ctcan@snet.net
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Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 17:50:17 -0400 From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Colombia Mobilization in DC September 27&28 >Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 20:40:20 -0400 >Subject: Colombia Mobilization in DC September 27&28 >To: act-ma@igc.topica.com, adamw@brandeis.edu, uqbar25@hotmail.com, bevwever@aol.com, brianaull@aol.com, coakley50@earthlink.net, choffman@ci.cambridge.ma.us, disarmnetma@egroups.com, emeagher@peacenet.org, esmoseley@mindspring.com, emspakf@workers.uwex.edu, fellman@brandeis.edu, jcadarette@att.net, jhiran01@emerald.tufts.edu, joan.ecklein@umb.edu, john_macdougall@uml.edu, kwood@igc.org, caknight@erols.com,= lfenn@thecia.net, ebg17e@email.msn.com, lisachuck@aol.com, holbein@mediaone.net, csnboston@hotmail.com, nicolehay@hotmail.com, pwork@igc.org, palist@peace-action.org, phsmith@igc.org, randers@ci.cambridge.ma.us, rweiz@world.std.com, sgallant@xchange.com, thgale@gis.net >From: "masspa@gis.net" > > > > > > > > > > > > >3. NATIONAL MOBILIZATION ON COLOMBIA > >September 27-28, 2001 > >Washington, DC > > > >This event marks the start of a large, national mobilization against US > >militarization of the Andean Region. It is sponsored by organizations > >including: human rights groups, labor groups, environmental groups, > >peace groups, religious groups, Latin America solidarity groups, > >indigenous rights groups, and groups interested in populations of the > >African Diaspora=F3among others! Please send this to your lists and come > >join the action in DC: > > > >Thursday: > >Hear Personal Testimony at Workshops and Panels! > >Meet with Key Policy Makers and Experts! > >Lobby Your Congresspersons! > >Reunion of Witness For Peace Returned Colombia-Delegates! > > > >Friday: > >More Workshops! > >Nonviolent Demonstration/Vigil on the Capitol Steps! > >Strategy Sessions To Build a Local and National Movement! > >Fiesta to Celebrate Colombia! > > > >Thursday and Friday morning WORKSHOPS: > > > >=85 The "War on Drugs" > >=85 Displacement and Refugee Issues > >=85 The Situation of Human Rights Defenders > >=85 Labor in Colombia > >=85 Immigration/TPS > >=85 Quagmires: Is Colombia another Vietnam? > >=85 Aerial Eradication: Environmt & Health Impacts > >=85 Impacts on Indigenous peoples > >=85 The hidden face: Afro-Colombians > >=85 Globalization: The Role of Oil, Trade, TNCs, & IFIs > >=85 And more! > > > >The Colombia Mobilization is a national coalition of organizations and > >individuals working to transform U.S. policy toward Colombia and the > >Andean region. We share the following principles. > > > >1. We call for an end to U.S. military aid to Colombia and the Andean > >region. Current U.S. military aid to Colombia, including military > >training and private contracting, is a failed policy. As part of the > >"War on Drugs," U.S. military assistance is inflaming a violent conflict > >and contributing to increased human rights abuses, including massive > >displacement. Afro-Colombians, indigenous groups, trade unionists, the > >rural poor, human rights defenders, social organizations, and others > >working for peace and justice in Colombia are suffering > >disproportionately from these human rights violations. > > > >2. We call for an end to U.S. funding of counter-narcotic aerial > >eradication in Colombia and the Andean region. We recognize that > >U.S.-funded aerial eradication, or fumigation, of coca and poppy crops > >is destroying critical biodiversity throughout the Amazon region and is > >creating health and food-security crises among the local populations. > >Aerial eradication is a destructive tool that largely fails to achieve > >U.S. policy goals, without addressing the real development needs that > >drive people to cultivate coca leaf and poppy. > > > >3. We call for dramatic expansion of drug treatment and prevention in > >the United States. Any sincere effort to curb illegal drug use in the > >United States must seriously address the issue of demand, and must > >de-emphasize the destructive and ineffective supply-side policies, > >including punitive and racist mandatory minimum drug sentencing. > > > >4. We call for the United States to support comprehensive sustainable > >economic development alternatives throughout the Andean region, as well > >as efforts for peace that include the full participation of civil > >society. U.S.-supported international financial institutions, such as > >the World Bank and IMF, have promoted development and trade policies in > >the Andean region that have failed to address the region's growing > >poverty and need for long-term social investment. Proposed U.S.-led > >free trade agreements will further contribute to economic injustice if > >they favor large corporations over the needs of the general population. > >For the United States to make a positive contribution in Colombia, the > >development and human rights needs > >of Colombian people and an emphasis on the peace process must be > >incorporated into the policy-making process. > > > >5. We call for the United States to help alleviate the conditions of > >refugees and those people internally displaced because of the conflict. > >With over 300,000 Colombians internally displaced in 2000, and thousands > >of refugees spilling into neighboring countries, US policy is > >aggravating a staggering humanitarian crisis that is militarizing > >borders and threatening regional stability. The United States should > >increase humanitarian assistance, prevent further displacement by > >safeguarding communities' human rights, and provide temporary protected > >status (TPS) to Colombians living in the United States whose lives are > >in danger because of the conflict. > > > >6. We are committed to nonviolence in our own actions as well as > >supporting exclusively nonviolent, negotiated political solutions to the > >conflict in Colombia. We do not support or endorse any armed actor in > >the Colombian conflict. > > > >Sign-ons to date: > > > >Amazon Watch > >Carolina Interfaith Taskforce on Centra America (CITCA) > >Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America > >Church of the Brethren, Washington Office > >Colombia Human Rights Committee > >Colombia Support Network > >Common Sense Drug Policy > >Disarm Education Fund > >Ecumenical Program on Central America and the Caribbean (EPICA) > >Fellowship of Reconciliation > >Global Exchange > >Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA > >Drug Policy Project & The Peace and Security Program > >Institute for Policy Studies > >International Labor Rights Fund > >International Rivers Network > >Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns > >Nicaragua Network > >Peace Action > >Rainforest Action Network > >Rights Action > >School of the Americas Watch > >Global Ministries/Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) > >United Church of Christ > >Public Life and Social Policy Office > >United Church of Christ, Justice and Witness Ministries > >United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE) > >U.S. Labor Education in the Americas Project (USLEAP) > >Witness for Peace > > > >For more information www.ColombiaMobilization.org > =20 - - 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, 1 Aug 2001 17:58:52 -0700 From: marylia@earthlink.net (marylia) Subject: (abolition-usa) New items on Tri-Valley CAREs' website Greetings. Tri-Valley CAREs has new information up on its website at www.igc.org/tvc that may interest you. Sorry for any cross-postings. Check out the website, and you will find: * HIROSHIMA COMMEMORATION AT LIVERMORE LAB (AT 7 AM), BENEFIT CONCERT IN BERKELEY (AT 7 PM) WITH SINGER-SONGWRITER JESSE COLIN YOUNG. You are invited! See web for details. * FORMER LIVERMORE LAB SCIENTIST GOES ANTI-NUKE, TOURS JAPAN TO STOP NIF-- Read all about Issac Trotts' work with colleagues in Gensuiken on the campaign to convince Hoya Corporation to stop producing glass for the National Ignition Facility mega-laser. * LAWSUIT DOUBLES STATE INSPECTIONS AT LIVERMORE LAB -- Tri-Valley CAREs, Western States Legal Foundation and Physicians for Social Responsibility, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter reach a settlement with the State of California over hazardous waste regulation at Livermore Lab. * FIVE STORIES: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER IN WASHINGTON, DC -- Hear about five Tri-Valley CAREs members adventures in the "halls of power" during the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability's "DC Days." * ON LASERS, TOXIC WASTE AND THE BUDGET -- Get an update on some of the good, the bad and the ugly in the fiscal year 2002 budget process. * GOVERNMENT AUDIT ADDS $200 MILLION TO NIF, DISCLOSES PLUTONIUM PLANS -- Read a summary of the latest General Accounting Office analysis of the National Ignition Facility mega-laser. * SOARING COST OF THE NIF MEGA-LASER MAY TOP $30 BILLION -- Get the facts on Tri-Valley CAREs' latest report on the hidden costs of the NIF. Then, download the entire report (including very cool cover art!) from our website. * AND MORE. Check it out at http://www.igc.org Peace, Marylia Marylia Kelley Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment) 2582 Old First Street Livermore, CA USA 94550 - is our web site, please visit us there! (925) 443-7148 - is our phone (925) 443-0177 - 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. - - 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, 01 Aug 2001 22:04:29 -0700 From: Tim Bruening Subject: (abolition-usa) Why Republicans Should Oppose Star Wars Dear Abolition Caucus: Below is a sample letter about why Republicans should oppose Star Wars. What do you think of my letter? I believe that Republicans should oppose Star Wars for the following reasons: I. Only 2 of the last 4 tests have been successful, and those tests had unrealistically easy conditions. The targets in the tests had only one decoy, as opposed to the multiple decoys in a real life attack. Also, the interceptor was told where the target missile would be. How can Republicans advocate deploying a weapons system which hasn't been proven to work against realistic attacks and doesn't even consistently pass easy tests? Moreover, a missile defense system wouldn't stop terrorist attacks. II. National Missile Defense and Theater Missile defense would cost hundreds of billions of dollars. How can Republicans favor spending hundreds of billions on a system which doesn't work? Isn't that against their philosophy of small government? III. Missile defense systems would violate the ABM treaty, and provoke the Russians and Chinese into resuming the nuclear arms race, increasing the threat of nuclear war, undermining our security, and forcing increased U.S. military spending. How can Republicans support something that violates treaties, undermines national security, and forces increased government spending? Please contact President Bush (The White House, Washington, D.C., 20502; (202) 456-1111; president@whitehouse.gov) to urge him to put missile defense on the back burner and go for a treaty to abolish nuclear weapons. Please also contact Senator Boxer (U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-3553; senator@boxer.senate.gov), Senator Feinstein (U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-3841; senator@feinstein.senate.gov), and Representative Ose (U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C., 20515; 202-225-5716; doug.ose@mail.house.gov) to urge them to vote to stop spending money on missile defense, and sponsor a resolution urging Bush to push for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Sincerely, Timothy Bruening 1439 Brown Drive Davis, CA 95616 - - 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: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 10:23:20 -0700 From: carol wolman Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Why Republicans Should Oppose Star Wars Dear Tim, The best summary I have seen so far is from an email by Edward Perry. He states: " > My argument has been that the main concern should be that there is a better > way to handle the missile threat. President Kennedy had a real immediate > threat not a predicted future threat and he did not propose a missile > defense system He eliminated the threat with negotiated mutual > disarmament.We should look to diplomacy not technology to solve the problem. > > The book from Robert McNamara entitiled Wilson's Ghost: Reducing the Risk of > Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century is more than critical > of missile defense -- "McNamara and Blight put forth a multi-faceted action > program for realizing Wilson's dream in our new century" > I would like to transform the fight betwee Senate Democrats and President > Bush opver NMD into a political confrontation between Wilson's Democratic > dream of a world without war and the Republican isolationism of President > Bush. > Democrats in the Senate would kill NMD if the thou Peace, Carol Tim Bruening wrote: > Dear Abolition Caucus: > > Below is a sample letter about why Republicans should oppose Star Wars. > What do you think of my letter? > > I believe that Republicans should oppose Star Wars for the following > reasons: > > I. Only 2 of the last 4 tests have been successful, and those tests had > unrealistically easy conditions. The targets in the tests had only one > decoy, as opposed to the multiple decoys in a real life attack. Also, > the interceptor was told where the target missile would be. How can > Republicans advocate deploying a weapons system which hasn't been proven > to work against realistic attacks and doesn't even consistently pass > easy tests? Moreover, a missile defense system wouldn't stop terrorist > attacks. > > II. National Missile Defense and Theater Missile defense would cost > hundreds of billions of dollars. How can Republicans favor spending > hundreds of billions on a system which doesn't work? Isn't that against > their philosophy of small government? > > III. Missile defense systems would violate the ABM treaty, and provoke > the Russians and Chinese into resuming the nuclear arms race, increasing > the threat of nuclear war, undermining our security, and forcing > increased U.S. military spending. How can Republicans support something > that violates treaties, undermines national security, and forces > increased government spending? > > Please contact President Bush (The White House, Washington, D.C., 20502; > (202) 456-1111; president@whitehouse.gov) to urge him to put missile > defense on the back burner and go for a treaty to abolish nuclear > weapons. Please also contact Senator Boxer (U.S. Senate, Washington, > D.C., 20510; 202-224-3553; > senator@boxer.senate.gov), Senator Feinstein (U.S. Senate, Washington, > D.C., 20510; 202-224-3841; senator@feinstein.senate.gov), and > Representative Ose (U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C., > 20515; 202-225-5716; doug.ose@mail.house.gov) to urge them to vote to > stop spending money on missile defense, and sponsor a resolution urging > Bush to push for the abolition of nuclear weapons. > > Sincerely, > > Timothy Bruening > 1439 Brown Drive > Davis, CA 95616 > > - > 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. - - 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: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 16:29:50 -0400 From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Letter to Times Hi Friends, Here's my letter to the Times editor. Try to swamp then with letters. August 6, 2001 Editor, New York Times BY FAX : 556-3622 Now that the New York Times Magazine has fully revealed that the current focus on national missile defense “ has obscured its larger purpose” to field an offensive array of weapons in space, (“The Coming Space War”, August 5, 2001), isn’t it essential that your various reports about “missile defense”, for example, “Conservative Coalition Pushes Missile Shield on Capitol Hill”, August 6, 2001, acknowledge that there is more to the “shield” or “defense” than meets the eye? Characterizing the current plans to dominate and control the military use of space as a “shield” or “defense” plays into the hands of the Bush Administration’s “spin” to allay public concerns against starting an explosively expensive program to turn the heavens into a battlefield, trashing years of carefully negotiated arms control agreements and starting a new nuclear arms race with Russia and China. The Times should be commended for its Magazine expose of what the space warriors are really up to. This new information should be reflected in all Times reporting on space warfare programs. Without including this context, an uninformed and misguided public will fail to demand an honest debate about whether we really want our country to be the leader in turning the heavens into a battlefield. The irony is, that should we decide to take an offensive position in space without a full airing of the implications of “missile defense”, we will be making our country much less secure. Other countries are bound to follow us into space, just as they followed our lead in building nuclear bombs. We should be considering more viable options, such as supporting efforts to strengthen the biological and chemical weapons treaties’ inspection and monitoring provisions, working for a verifiable missile ban, and moving more swiftly towards nuclear disarmament as we promised more than 25 years ago in the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Sincerely, Alice Slater President - - 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: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 13:15:58 +0800 From: People's Task Force for Bases Clean Up Subject: (abolition-usa) [Fwd: Fwd: nuke monitoring] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - --------------789319122D82 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear friends: Please comment on this, it's about a CTBT monitoring station. Are there any possible health effects from maintaining such stations. Hope we get some info on this. In solidarity, Myrla Baldonado People's Task Force for Bases Cleanup PHILIPPINES - --------------789319122D82 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: Received: from smtp.skyinet.net (unknown [202.78.88.138]) by pop3.skyinet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D05FE28245 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 04:02:25 +0800 (PHT) Received: from web12408.mail.yahoo.com (web12408.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.135]) by smtp.skyinet.net (Postfix) with SMTP id D76C3327EF for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 04:02:24 +0800 (PHT) Message-ID: <20010723200222.78955.qmail@web12408.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [203.172.29.80] by web12408.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 23 Jul 2001 13:02:22 PDT Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 13:02:22 -0700 (PDT) From: betmarcelo Reply-To: bechay2@yahoo.com Subject: Fwd: nuke monitoring To: basecln@skyinet.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-709779704-995918542=:78763" - --0-709779704-995918542=:78763 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii betmarcelo wrote: Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 13:00:30 -0700 (PDT) From: betmarcelo Reply-to: bechay2@yahoo.com Subject: nuke monitoring To: inq_baguio@inquirer.com.ph marcelo - 7/24/01 PHILIPPINES HOSTS MONITORING STATIONS TO DETECT NUKE TESTS SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Nuclear tests and accidents will be detected from the Philippines through three monitoring stations to be established as part of the global network that will monitor compliance with the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty [CTBT]. The CTBT prohibits all nuclear weapon test explosions and any other nuclear explosion anywhere in the world. Under the CTBT, a preparatory commission based in Vienna is establishing the International Monitoring System [IMS], a global network consisting of 321 monitoring stations and 16 radionuclide laboratories spanning some 90 countries. The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute [PNRI] said the Philippines is hosting one of 80 radionuclide stations and two auxiliary seismic stations out of 170 seismic monitoring stations in the IMS. The PNRI has informed the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority [SBMA] of its plan to establish the radionuclide station in this former US naval base. One auxiliary seismic station will be put up at the Manila Observatory in Davao while the other will be placed at the disposition of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology [PHIVOLCS]. The PNRI is sending a team to Subic Bay Freeport this week to gather additional data prior to a survey that would identify the exact site of the radionuclide station. A memorandum of agreement has to be drawn up between the two agencies. The SBMA Ecology Center said the PNRI has requested that the SBMA provide the site, power and security for the radionuclide station. The IMS is the first and most important component of the elaborate global verification regime provided in the treaty. The verification process includes clarification and consultation, on-site inspections and confidence-building measures. The IMS monitoring stations will be capable of registering vibrations from a possible nuclear explosion underground, in the seas and in the air, as well as detecting radioactive debris released into the atmosphere. These stations will transmit, via satellite, the data to the International Data Centre (IDC) in Vienna, where the data will be used to detect, locate and characterize events. These data and IDC products are made available to the States Signatories for final analysis. To date, some 100 stations are continuously transmitting data to the IDC, which began operating on February last year. The primary task of the Vienna-based Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization [CTBTO] is to ensure that the global verification regime provided in the treaty is operational by the time the CTBT comes into force. Since its adoption on Sept. 10, 1996, the CTBT has been signed by 161 states. As of this writing, the Holy See became the 78th state to ratify the treaty. The Philippine Senate ratified it last February. The CTBT will enter into force 180 days after it has been signed and ratified by the 44 states listed in Annex 2 of the treaty. These are countries with nuclear power and research reactors that formally participated in drafting the CTBT in the 1996 session of the Conference on Disarmament. Among the Annex 2 states, 41 have signed, of which 31 have ratified the treaty. The first signatories include the so-called "five nuclear states": China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States. China and the US, however, have not ratified the CTBT. The three states that have not signed the treaty are India, Pakistan and North Korea – all Asian countries known to be engaged in the development of nuclear weapons. India and Pakistan confirmed in 1998 that they conducted nuclear tests. This makes the monitoring stations in the Philippines crucial, especially the radionuclide station in Subic, which hosted a major US military facility in the Asia-Pacific. A PNRI official said Subic’s location is strategic, not just for trade and commerce or regional defense and security, but also for the purpose of monitoring explosions from nuclear tests or accidents in the Asia-Pacific region. Radionuclide stations use air samplers to detect radioactive particles released from atmospheric explosions and vented from underground or under water explosions. The verification technology can distinguish from explosions caused by nuclear reactors or nuclear tests, depending on the volume of different radioactive particles, the presence of specific particles and noble gases. "Subic is very near the South China Sea, [and] the surrounding areas – like Japan, China and Taiwan – all have nuclear facilities," the PNRI official said. The PNRI also considered as important the setting up of the radionuclide station in "a place undisturbed by industries" since the air sampler can catch a lot of industrial debris if located in an area with a heavy concentration of industries. The seismic stations detect and locate seismic events and, through the verification system, distinguish between those caused by nuclear explosions and by the many earthquakes that occur worldwide. 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  betmarcelo <bet_pdi@yahoo.com> wrote:

Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 13:00:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: betmarcelo
Reply-to: bechay2@yahoo.com
Subject: nuke monitoring
To: inq_baguio@inquirer.com.ph

marcelo - 7/24/01

PHILIPPINES HOSTS MONITORING

STATIONS TO DETECT NUKE TESTS

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Nuclear tests and accidents will be detected from the Philippines through three monitoring stations to be established as part of the global network that will monitor compliance with the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty [CTBT].

The CTBT prohibits all nuclear weapon test explosions and any other nuclear explosion anywhere in the world. Under the CTBT, a preparatory commission based in Vienna is establishing the International Monitoring System [IMS], a global network consisting of 321 monitoring stations and 16 radionuclide laboratories spanning some 90 countries.

The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute [PNRI] said the Philippines is hosting one of 80 radionuclide stations and two auxiliary seismic stations out of 170 seismic monitoring stations in the IMS.

The PNRI has informed the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority [SBMA] of its plan to establish the radionuclide station in this former US naval base. One auxiliary seismic station will be put up at the Manila Observatory in Davao while the other will be placed at the disposition of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology [PHIVOLCS].

The PNRI is sending a team to Subic Bay Freeport this week to gather additional data prior to a survey that would identify the exact site of the radionuclide station.

A memorandum of agreement has to be drawn up between the two agencies. The SBMA Ecology Center said the PNRI has requested that the SBMA provide the site, power and security for the radionuclide station.

The IMS is the first and most important component of the elaborate global verification regime provided in the treaty. The verification process includes clarification and consultation, on-site inspections and confidence-building measures.

The IMS monitoring stations will be capable of registering vibrations from a possible nuclear explosion underground, in the seas and in the air, as well as detecting radioactive debris released into the atmosphere.

These stations will transmit, via satellite, the data to the International Data Centre (IDC) in Vienna, where the data will be used to detect, locate and characterize events. These data and IDC products are made available to the States Signatories for final analysis.

To date, some 100 stations are continuously transmitting data to the IDC, which began operating on February last year.

The primary task of the Vienna-based Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization [CTBTO] is to ensure that the global verification regime provided in the treaty is operational by the time the CTBT comes into force.

Since its adoption on Sept. 10, 1996, the CTBT has been signed by 161 states. As of this writing, the Holy See became the 78th state to ratify the treaty. The Philippine Senate ratified it last February.

The CTBT will enter into force 180 days after it has been signed and ratified by the 44 states listed in Annex 2 of the treaty. These are countries with nuclear power and research reactors that formally participated in drafting the CTBT in the 1996 session of the Conference on Disarmament.

Among the Annex 2 states, 41 have signed, of which 31 have ratified the treaty. The first signatories include the so-called "five nuclear states": China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States. China and the US, however, have not ratified the CTBT.

The three states that have not signed the treaty are India, Pakistan and North Korea – all Asian countries known to be engaged in the development of nuclear weapons. India and Pakistan confirmed in 1998 that they conducted nuclear tests.

This makes the monitoring stations in the Philippines crucial, especially the radionuclide station in Subic, which hosted a major US military facility in the Asia-Pacific.

A PNRI official said Subic’s location is strategic, not just for trade and commerce or regional defense and security, but also for the purpose of monitoring explosions from nuclear tests or accidents in the Asia-Pacific region.

Radionuclide stations use air samplers to detect radioactive particles released from atmospheric explosions and vented from underground or under water explosions. The verification technology can distinguish from explosions caused by nuclear reactors or nuclear tests, depending on the volume of different radioactive particles, the presence of specific particles and noble gases.

"Subic is very near the South China Sea, [and] the surrounding areas – like Japan, China and Taiwan – all have nuclear facilities," the PNRI official said.

The PNRI also considered as important the setting up of the radionuclide station in "a place undisturbed by industries" since the air sampler can catch a lot of industrial debris if located in an area with a heavy concentration of industries.

The seismic stations detect and locate seismic events and, through the verification system, distinguish between those caused by nuclear explosions and by the many earthquakes that occur worldwide. [30]


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