Tri-Valley CAREs

What: A Community Forum to Stop a Plan to Truck Deadly Plutonium Across Three States to Livermore...

When: January 30th, 7 PM - 9 PM

Where: Livermore Main Public Library, 1188 S. Livermore Ave.

Who: Presenters will indlude Jay Coghlan, Executive Director, Nuclear Watch New Mexico; Peter Strauss, Environmental Scientist & Superfund Technical Advisor; Marylia Kelley, Executive Director, Tri-Valley CAREs; and Scott Yundt, Staff Attorney, Tri-Valley CAREs

Why: In September 2012, Livermore Lab's security level was downgraded. The Livermore Lab is no longer authorized to handle, test or store nuclear bomb-usable quantities of plutonium, including, of course, whole plutonium bomb cores (also called pits).

Yet...

Plutonium Pits are Coming on a Freeway Near You: According to a new Dept. of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) plan, the government will ship dangerous plutonium bomb cores from Los Alamos, New Mexico to the Livermore Lab, possibly multiple times per year.

Further...

The Plan May be as Illegal as it is Dangerous: The NNSA has done no environmental impact statement or review of the potential consequences of using Livermore Lab to test plutonium bomb cores without the necessary security infrastructure.

Meanwhile...

Cleanup Hangs in the Balance: The Livermore Lab and its Site 300 are both federal Superfund cleanup sites. Will the Lab invest in cleaning up the toxic and radioactive wastes already leaking - or continue dangerous weapons activities that contaminate the air, soil and groundwater?

Finally...

Your Voice will Make a Difference: There are safer alternatives, and public involvement now can stop the plutonium bomb cores from being put on the road. We will discuss another vision for the future of Livermore Lab and offer tangible action steps for getting there.

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