Divine Strake

Divine Strake Petition

SIGN THE PETITION DEMANDING a full review and formal public hearings regarding the purposed Divine Strake open-air detonation at the Nevada Test Site! To sign click this link: http://renopeace.org/nonewnukes.htm

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Background - What is Divine Strake?

The proposed 700 ton Divine Strake explosion, to be conducted at the Nevada Test Site by the Department of Energy, will create a 10,000 foot mushroom cloud -- resuspending long-lived radionuclides leftover from 1000 nuclear weapon tests in the fifties and sixties, putting residents in Nevada and other downwind communities in danger of radioactive contamination.

Nuclear weapons experts widely agree that the Divine Strake open-air detonation at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) will be used to develop tactical nuclear weapons known as "bunker busters." Divine Strake WILL generate a large mushroom cloud over Nevada and WILL resuspend radioactive particles in the soil leftover from historic atomic tests. This radiation has the "potential to be transported outside the NTS boundary by wind, and may contribute a radiological dose to the public."*

Divine Strake could well ignite a whole new generation of nuclear weapons and spawn an era when nuclear testing becomes a reality once again at the Nevada Test Site on Western Shoshone aboriginal land.

Utah's governor (a Republican) and the mayor of Salt Lake City - "downwinders" from the Nevada Test Site - are outraged and held public hearings that drew hundreds of concerned residents. And at least one Utah county has issued a formal statement expressing opposition to Divine Strake and concern for public safety.*

Nevada's governor and members of Nevada's congressional delegation have been oddly silent on this grave public safety concern.

The federal government has performed only a minimal Environmental Assessment (EA) of the proposed test. Tribes were not consulted and there has been no meaningful period for public comment, public hearings, or enough details about the purpose of Divine Strake.

A full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) would remedy these concerns, allow public hearings and a detailed explanation related to the purpose of the Divine Strake detonation.

* * * TAKE ACTION - NOW! * * *

· Sign the petition demanding Nevada's elected officials lobby for a full EIS! Please follow this link to sign the petition: http://renopeace.org/nonewnukes.htm

* * * Please distribute widely! * * *

This action alert was issued by the No New Mushroom Clouds Over Nevada - or Anywhere Coalition.

* Appendix F, Potential Offsite Radiological Doses Estimated for the Divine Strake Experiment, published by the DOE: http://tinyurl.com/yvhqy4