July 27th trough August 6th 2008
Columbus OH to Oakridge TN
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Nuclear Free Future July 27th trough August 6th 2008 Columbus OH to Oakridge TN |
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A little history
The Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, located near Portsmouth, Ohio, began operations in 1954 as part of a U.S. government expansion program for the production of highly enriched uranium to fuel military reactors, nuclear weapons production and for use at the Y-12 plant in Oakridge TN. In May 2001, USEC ceased uranium enrichment operations at Portsmouth and consolidated operations at the Paducah KY plant. In January of 2004 USEC announced the selection of Piketon just north of Portsmouth as the expected site for its future American Centrifuge Plant. This commercial uranium enrichment facility is planned to have an annual production level of 3.8 million SWU. The following is taken from the SONG web site. Greg Simonton, Director of the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative (SODI) wrote a letter that appeared on September 27 regarding the two-million-dollar “study” that SODI wishes to conduct as part of the SONIC “partnership” under the “Advanced Energy Initiative.” While the letter asserts that the proposal is for “nothing more and nothing less” than “an analysis,” it strangely does not describe the subject of the proposed analysis. Let’s speak plainly. SONIC proposes to turn Piketon into the largest spent fuel repository on earth, with high-level nuclear waste imported from all across the country and from overseas. This waste is thousands of times more toxic than anything handled at Piketon in the past. SONIC and the Department of Energy use doublespeak to hide their scheme. They’ve banned the terms “waste,” “spent fuel,” “plutonium” and “reprocessing plant” from their vocabulary. Instead they say “material,” “recoverable resource,” “transuranic isotopes,” and “recycling center.” We’re sorry, but you can’t make a pig from a porcupine, just by calling it another name. See the rest at the SONG web site. When & Where This event will start at the City Center Mall in Columbus Ohio on the corner of E. Rich St. and S. High St 8:00am Sunday July 27th and will end at the Y-12 Plant in Oakridge TN on Wednesday August 6th. On the morning of July 29th we will gather again at Horse shoe Mound Park in Portsmouth with the people from the Portsmouth area for a morning ceremony. For information on events happening in Oakridge please visit OREPA click here. If you would like to participate in this event as a runner, walker support car driver or a overnight host please contact us. All FootPrints for Peace events are Drug & Alcohol Free.
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