The Budget requests $6,618 billion for Weapons Activity within the Dept. of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). That is an increase of $320 M (5.1%) over the 2008 appropriation. However, bottom line adjustments to the 2008 appropriation reduce the 2008 total by $120 M. Thus, in the program-by-program comparisons, the budget shows Weapons Activities increasing by only $200 million or 3.1%. If the bottom line adjustments were spread throughout the programs (as they will have to be in the operating plan) the 2008 spending plan would appear to be $120 M smaller and the program-by-program increases, noted below for 2009 in comparison to 2008, would, on average, be larger.
Reliable Replacement Warhead Program
The "Slippery Slope" to New Nuclear Weapons could cost billions, diminish U.S.
security, result in new nuclear weapons designs less safe and reliable than
the current arsenal.
Then write a letter to Sen. Feinstein opposing RRW and Complex 2030. Use these sample letters to craft your own and send it in to Sen. Feinstein (address included in the sample letters).
Help us stop Livermore Lab’s Planned Open-Air Bomb Testing at Site 300 Using Radioactive and Toxic Materials
Print, sign and send this letter to help us keep our community safe.
Complex 2030
We Call it Dangerous Nuclear Proliferation: DOE's Plans to Build 125 New Nuclear Weapons Every Year
Read all about these dangerous plans by reading our
Stay tuned, public hearings and comments comming this fall!
Plutonium is a highly carcinogenic and toxic heavy metal. This photo shows tracks made by a microscopic particle of plutonium lodged in lung tissue. Photograph by Robert Del Tredici from his book entitled, At Work in the Fields of the Bomb (Harper and Row), 1987
Dept. of Energy Will Double Plutonium at Livermore Nuclear
Weapons Lab
The Department of Energy has officially announced plans to double the plutonium limit at Livermore Lab to 3,080 pounds - enough plutonium for more than 300 nuclear bombs. Having this much plutonium in Livermore presents enormous, unstudied risks - such as making the lab a terrorist target, leaving the San Francisco Bay area vulnerable to environmental releases from accidents or routine operations, and provoking other countries to follow suit and increase their stockpiles of nuclear materials. It makes even less sense considering that DOE is now planning to move all the plutonium out of Livermore by 2014. Read our press release here, or download our four-page community bulletin here.
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