Nevada Test Site EIS: Tell 'em What (Not) to Do

Start Date:	Oct 13, 2009		Thanks to you, we’re atDirect Goal met 106 Thanks!
End Date:	Oct 16, 2009
Goal Amount:	100
Current Amount:	106
Sponsor:	Nevada Desert Experience
Tags:	disarmament test site arms control npt ctbt Environment/Toxics Nuclear Issues Peace & Peacemaking
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The National Nuclear Safety Administration(NNSA) that oversees the Nevada Test Site(NTS) is considering expanding activities at the NTS even though President Obama has publicly stated a renewed commitment to global nuclear disarmament.
Public comment, on the scope of a new Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement(SWEIS) to guide the NTS for the next 10 years, is being accepted through this Friday, October 16. By sending in this message, we hope you will add your voice to ours, calling for a broad inclusion of issues related to the NTS and its role in the nuclear weapons complex.
The scope needs to be broadly defined now, so more specific concerns can be introduced as the SWEIS is drafted and finalized. If the scope is too narrowly defined, the context will be lost: Nuclear weapons are bad. They need to be destroyed, not stockpiled, "stewarded" or replaced. Nothing is more devastating, in a shorter time, for a longer time, than a nuclear bomb. This context will not influence the drafters of the SWEIS unless we tell them it has to!
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I hope you like and agree with all of the points we've prepared, but feel free to personalize and edit the message. This isn't going to representatives, so brevity isn't as much of an issue as for some e-letters. The more broad the scope of the EIS, the more issues and evidence can be introduced as it is drafted and finalized. More extensive points plus other ways of submitting comments are on the NDE website. If you prefer to call comments into the NNSA, there is a toll-free number: 877-781-6105.
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	These comments are submitted in the interest of developing alternatives to more activity at the Nevada Test Site and to promote a comprehensive Draft SWEIS that includes "potential impacts and issues both on and off the Nevada Test Site." It is very important that the environmental impact of work done at the NTS be viewed in the context of the entire nuclear weapons complex, and not be divorced from the social and environmental problems created by nuclear programs in general. The "scope" of the SWEIS needs to be broad because the damage caused by nuclear development is extremely long-term, widespread, and can get much worse in an instant whether by accident or intention. 1. The scope of the SWEIS needs to include the possibility of closing the NTS in its entirety. Closing the Test Site would be a concrete, confidence-building sign to the world that the United States will not enlarge or re-shape its nuclear stockpile and is sincere in working for nuclear disarmament. 2. The Nevada Test Site land rightfully belongs to the Western Shoshone Nation, and their wishes should be paramount. The Treaty of Ruby Valley (1863) grants their Nation the NTS land and more. They should have the final say regarding any of the work mentioned in this message or the SWEIS. 3. Stockpile Stewardship undermines our moral position as a nation in the face of other countries seeking nuclear weapons. Proposed NTS work must not undermine the obligation to eliminate nuclear weapons as per Article VI of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The Tonopah Test Range (TTR), sub-critical tests, Joint Actinide Shock Physics Experimental Research (JASPER) and other Stockpile Stewardship programs should be eliminated. 4. No quantity or quality of environmental education programs like "Operation Clean Desert" with its "Dr. Proton" and "Adam the Atom" justify keeping the NTS open. No single polluter can compare with the United States military. Nothing in the world can cause as much environmental devastation in as short a time, lasting for as long a time, as nuclear weapons. Any educational programs conducted by the NTS or its managers must be as a warning against further contamination and destruction. 5. If not closed in its entirety, the Nevada Test Site should be closed to all but "Environmental Restoration." No new hazards or toxins should be introduced to the NTS, including low or mixed level waste from other military sites. At least one of the test shot sites needs to be characterized fully to track off-site drift of contaminants. Groundwater monitoring stations need to be better designed and placed, and they must test for other contaminants in addition to tritium. Evidence of plutonium drifting much faster than expected needs to be further researched. 6. Any project such as the Nonproliferation Test and Evaluation Complex (NPTEC) needs to be conducted in support of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) mandate to monitor NPT compliance. Furthermore, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) Organization has the task of monitoring compliance with the CTBT, not the United States. While individual countries have an interest in being able to verify treaty compliance, the United States needs to focus more on taking concrete steps towards disarming than worrying about other countries. 7. The Renewable Energy Option has potential for positive use, but the Western Shoshone should determine what happens at the NTS. 8. The lives of workers at the NTS, but developing or maintaining nuclear weapons shouldn't be viewed as a jobs program.
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Message*	The National Nuclear Safety Administration(NNSA) that oversees the Nevada Test Site(NTS) is considering expanding activities at the NTS even though President Obama has publicly stated a renewed commitment to global nuclear disarmament. They are deciding now on the scope of a new Environmental Impact Statement(EIS) to guide the NTS for the next 10 years. The scope needs to be broadly defined now, so more specific concerns can be introduced as the EIS is drafted and finalized. We need your help to push for a more inclusive EIS. The deadline for comments is this Friday, Oct. 16. I just sent in a statement with the help of points prepared by Nevada Desert Experience. Will you take a moment and send comments in too?