The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
planned to detonate 700 tons of heavy ammonium nitrate/fuel
oil charge above a tunnel structure at the Nevada Test
Site. The DTRA reports that the main purpose of the test
is to study ground shock effects on deeply buried tunnel
structures. Environmental activists and analysists predict,
however, that the test is a preparation for the development
of new nuclear weapons--like the bunker-buster.
This test, administered by the Department
of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administation
(NNSA) was scheduled for June 2nd, was then postponed
to June 23rd, and then was reported as being postponed
indefinitely as government lawyers withdrew a finding
that there would be "no significant impact"
from the blast. See
the Las Vegas Sun article about the postponement.
The DOE said it planned to go ahead with Divine Strake
-- as early as September. See
the Las Vegas Sun Article about these developments.
Now, the DOE says it will delay the test until possibly
next year and perhaps move it. Read more in the Las
Vegas Review Journal article. And read Divine
Strake Stopped! by Will Parish for an overview of
the action and the Las Vegas Sun's coverage of the Peace
Camp. Indiana residents responded to the possibility
of the test being held there and the DOE said it would
not be held there. See the News-Sentinel
article for more information. It had appeared that
White Sands, New Mexico would be the planned site for
the test. Read more about that in the Albuquerque
Tribune article. However, Senator Domenici says the
test is again destined for Nevada. Read the Las
Vegas Sun article.
NDE, along with the STOP DIVINE STRAKE
COALITION called for an international day of action on
May 28th to call for peace, no war on Iran, and environmental
justice. Many concerned people joined together on Memorial
Day weekend at the Nevada Test Site to bring these plans
to a halt.
We invite you to inform yourself about
this issue by visiting the links below and take action
by contacting your congressional representatives. Though
the test has been "postponed indefinitely,"
this does not mean that the DTRA will not seek to go forward
with it after it has made further assessment.
Learn more about the Not-Divine Strake
test
and the Stop Divine Strake Coalition
Webpages:
Stop
the Divine Strake Day of Action SCHEDULE @ Green Party
of Utah
Divine
Strake @ Citizen Alert (with updated
event photos)
Divine
Strake news story links @ Shundahai Network
Divine
Strake Alert @ Western Shoshone Defense Project
Western
Shoshone Defense Project update on the proposed test
Divine
Strake @ Disarmament Activist
Divine
Strake @ globalsecurity.org
Divine
Strake @ Utah Indymedia.org
Downloadable Documents:
Divine Strake
Stopped! by Will Parish (html/PDF/Word)
The
Divine Strake Nuclear Weapons Simulation:
A Bad Signal at a Bad Time from Western States Legal Foundation
(PDF) (96kb PDF)
There
is nothing divine about a bomb test by Barb Guy (80kb
PDF)
DOA
& NNSA Draft for Divine Strake (14.1mb
PDF)
Revised
Environmental Assessment (12.5mb PDF)
Take action now. Call or write your Congressional
Representatives
and key people involved.
President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
202-456-1111
Send President
Bush an email
Contact your U.S. Representative here
Contact your U.S. Senators here
Robert M. Gates
Secretary of Defense
1000 Defense Pentagon
Washington, DC 20301-1000
http://www.dod.gov/faq/comment.html
Samuel L. Bodman
Secretary of Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20585
1-800-dial-DOE
Fax: 202-586-4403
James Tegnelia
Director
Defense Threat Reduction Aagency
8725 John J Kingman RD Stop 6201
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201
(800) 701-5096
Send Mr.
Tegnelia an email
Nevada Test Site Office
National Nuclear Security Administration
Nevada Site Office P.O. Box 98518
Las Vegas, NV 89193-8518
702-295-3521
Visit
NDE's Stop Divine Strake 2007 Page for Updated Information
