Bomb
Detonation has been Delayed at Nevada Test Site
The National Nuclear
Security Agency (NNSA) announced on May 26 that the 700-ton
conventional bomb detonation (known as the “bunker buster”)
originally set to explode on June 2 in Nevada, has been delayed,
though for how long is unclear. The bunker buster is feared by
citizen groups to be an ominous precursor to an actual attack
planned for Iran and North Korea by the Bush Administration...www.pulsetc.com,
5/31/06
Western Shoshone and Downwinders Again Ask Federal Court to Stop
Mushroom Cloud Blast
Two Western Shoshone Tribes
and individual Western Shoshone Indians and downwinders from
Nevada and Utah have asked a federal judge in Las Vegas for a
second time to stop the huge above-ground explosion now
scheduled for June 23, 2006, at the Nevada Test Site. The blast
was first scheduled for June 2, 2006, but then cancelled and
re-scheduled after the lawsuit was filed on April 20...www.indybay.org,
5/27/06
Green
Party Joins May 28 Protest Against Divine Strake Detonation Test
in Nevada
The Green Party has
endorsed the Stop Divine Strake Coalition's 'International Day
of Action' demanding that the Defense Threat Reduction Agency
and the Nuclear National Security Agency cancel the Divine
Strake detonation scheduled for June 23...
www.gp.org, 5/25/06
Protesters Try to Stop Pentagon Blast in Nevada
Residents downwind of the
Nevada Test Site are fighting to block a non-nuclear blast
scheduled there in June, mainly because of the legacy of Cold
War atomic testing...www.usatoday.com,
5/25/06
Nevada Lawmaker Takes Offense at Yucca Mountain Cartoon
Character
Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev.
is no fan of Yucca Mountain John. She tried Wednesday to force
the Energy Department from using the cartoon character on a
department Web site designed to inform children about nuclear
waste...planetsave.com, 5/25/06
Native Americans Protest Planned Non-Nuclear Blast at Test Site
Darlene Graham, a resident
of the Duckwater Indian Reservation in northeastern Nye County,
said she never understood why her 32-year-old brother died of
throat cancer back in 1983. He didn't smoke...Pahrump Valley
Times, 5/17/06
Lawmakers Fret Over Yucca Waste Dump Delays
A key GOP lawmaker warned
on Tuesday that the opening of a nuclear waste dump in the
Nevada desert that is already 10 years behind schedule may be
further delayed because the U.S. government has no plans to
recycle waste from 103 nuclear power plants...www.washingtonpost.com,
5/16/06
Stop
"Divine Strake" Bombing in Newe Sogobia (NTS)
On May 28, 2006 dozens of
indigenous, environmental justice and peace and disarmament
organizations will converge at the Peace Camp outside the Nevada
Test Site near Mercury Nevada to protest the Divine Strake test
scheduled for June 2, but now apparently postponed to June 23...www.indybay.org,
5/14/06
Anti-Blast Rally in St. George
Protesters are planning a
rally on Saturday in St. George to speak out against the federal
government's plan to detonate a massive explosion in the Nevada
desert next month...deseretnews.com, 5/12/06
Mushroom Cloud Blast in Nevada Delayed
A non-nuclear explosion
expected to generate a mushroom cloud over the Nevada desert
will be postponed at least three weeks, while a federal court
reviews plans for the blast, test officials said Tuesday...www.washingtonpost.com,
5/9/06
There is
Nothing Divine about a Bomb Test
I was standing a few feet from the Nevada Nuclear Test Site
where the experiment will happen. Corbin Harney, a Western
Shoshone elder, winkingly gave me permission to enter the U.S.
government-run, restricted-access site as his guest...Salt
Lake Tribune, 5/5/06
Bush's Nuclear Madness
If George Bush
gets his way, the USA is going nuclear -- and he won't let a
little thing like radioactive waste stand in his way...
www.alternet.org, 5/2/06
Official: EPA Nuclear Dump Radiation Limit Expected This Year
www.kesq.com,
5/2/06
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