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OREPA plans action near Y-12 Friday to mark nuclear weapons treaty start Oakridger The Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance will mark the beginning of a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons with what is said to be a “peaceful protest” near the Y-12 National Security Complex on Friday. The group invited people via Facebook to join the protest at 1 p.m. Friday on Scarboro Road across from Y-12 and the New Hope Visitor’s Center. OREPA plans to read the treaty and hang a banner stating “As ...

By Keith Johnson An elderly Catholic nun is one of three anti-nuclear weapons activists whom the United States government has labeled as “terrorists” for taking part in a symbolic act of vandalism against one of the nation’s largest death factories. Earlier this month, after only 2.5 hours of deliberation, a federal jury in Knoxville , Tennessee found Sister Megan Rice, 83; Greg Boertje-Obed, 57; and Michael Walli, 63 guilty of willful destruction of government property and injuring nati...

Cleanup contractor UCOR awarded $28 million for performance Special to The Oak Ridger The U.S. Department of Energys Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management recently awarded Oak Ridge cleanup contractor UCOR $28 million for its performance from April 2020 through September 2020, amounting to 98% of the available fee for the evaluation period. The OREM issued its fee determination scorecard for UCOR for the second six-month period of fiscal 2020 after completing its evaluation of the contra...

Y-12 ‘angels’ give more than $11K to local charities Special to The Oak Ridger In a year when masks seem to outnumber wings, Y-12 National Security Complexs “angels” used some creativity to ensure local children had a wonderful Christmas. The Tennessee branch of the T2 Employee Club distributed more than $11,000 to local charities to be used to purchase Christmas gifts for local children, according to a news release. The following agencies each received $1,400 for the children in their ...

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Plowshare anti nuclear-weapons activists again face prison . December 28, 20205: Heard on Morning Edition EMMA PEASLEE.  Dressed in black, the seven intruders cut through a fence and stole along the perimeter of the naval base, trying to avoid detection from the guard towers, as a loudspeaker overhead blared: “Deadly force is authorized!” Patrick O’Neill, who had a GoPro strapped to his head, tried to reassure himself by remembering a scene in the Bible where Jesus escapes unscathed fro...

Listen • 3:31 Seven Catholic activists, known as the Kings Bay Plowshares, broke into a naval submarine base in Georgia on April 4, 2018. Dressed in black, the seven intruders cut through a fence and stole along the perimeter of the naval base, trying to avoid detection from the guard towers, as a loudspeaker overhead blared: "Deadly force is authorized!" Patrick ONeill, who had a GoPro strapped to his head, tried to reassure himself by remembering a scene in the Bible whe...

Longtime Anti-Nuclear Activists Face Prison, Again, After Breaking Into Naval Base By Emma Peaslee  December 28, 2020 Dressed in black, the seven intruders cut through a fence and stole along the perimeter of the naval base, trying to avoid detection from the guard towers, as a loudspeaker overhead blared: “Deadly force is authorized!” Patrick O’Neill, who had a GoPro strapped to his head, tried to reassure himself by remembering a scene in the Bible where Jesus escapes unscathed from a ...

24 Dec 2020 / 15:43 H. Pix for illustration purposes. KOTA BHARU: Three men who have just been released from prison in Thailand are among 20 individuals housed at the State Education Technology Resource Sector Quarantine Centre, here, for 10 days starting yesterday. Kelantan Quarantine Centre co-ordinator, Captain (PA) Muhammad Shafie Rosslee said from information obtained, the three men in their 20s to 60s, were jailed in the neighboring country for illegal entry and staying beyond the perm...

- Clarksville, TN Online - https://www.clarksvilleonline.com - Lamar Alexander announces Congress Approves 6th Year of Record Funding for National Laboratories; 7th Year of Record Funding for Locks, Dams, Harbors Posted By Politics | Washington, D.C. – Congress has passed legislation sponsored by subcommittee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) that includes the sixth consecutive year of record funding for the Office of Science – the most impo...