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CEP opposes development of new nuclear weapons systems and resumption of testing of nuclear weapons, and works for justice for individuals and families affected by radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons testing.

President Bush, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair hold a press conference, Thursday, May 25, 2006, after they met earlier at the White House.

NEW! EXPERTS: DIVINE STRAKE 'MUSHROOM CLOUD' COULD HAVE SICKENED MANY, BY KEN RITTER, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER, JUNE 27, 2007

BRITAIN'S TRIDENT MISSLE REPLACEMENT: SHHH! CAN YOU MAKE OUT THE SOUND OF A BOMB TICKING UNDER LABOUR? BY MARY ANN SIEGHART, THE TIMES, MAY 26, 2006

• RADIATION LEGISLATION MIGHT GET MORE LIFE, BY GARY HARMON, THE DAILY SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 03, 2007
• U.S. STUDY PANEL EYES NEW NUCLEAR WEAPONS SUBMARINE. BY ELAINE M. GROSSMAN GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE, SEPTEMBER 14, 2007
• BRITAIN IN TOP-SECRET WORK ON NEW ATOMIC WARHEAD, BY IAN BRUCE, THE HERALD DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT , SEPTEMBER 04 2007
• RADIATION SICKENED 36,500 AND KILLED AT LEAST 4,000 OF THOSE WHO BUILT BOMBS, MINED URANIUM, BREATHED TEST FALLOUT, BY ANN IMSE, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, AUGUST 31, 2007
• NEW U.S. WARHEAD WOULD ENSURE END TO NUCLEAR TESTING, FORMER NNSA ADMINISTRATOR SAYS, BY JON FOX, GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE, JUNE 26, 2007
• THE GENIUS DOCTOR WHO DIAGNOSED NUKE POWER’S DEADLY DISEASE, BY HARVEY WASSERMAN, COMMONDREAMS.ORG, SEPTEMBER 7, 2007
• NEW WEAPONS TESTS WORRISOME, DESERET MORNING NEWS EDITORIAL, MARCH 30, 200
• NEW NUCLEAR THREAT FOR UTAH? BRITAIN MAY BE CREATING, TESTING WEAPON IN WEST, BY LEE DAVIDSON, DESERET MORNING NEWS, 03/22/2006
• YUCCA WON'T TAKE WASTE FROM UTAH. RULES PROHIBIT IT: THE NEVADA SITE WON'T TAKE NUCLEAR FUEL IN CANISTERS LIKE THOSE FOR THE PROPOSED PFS SITE, BY PATTY HENETZ, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 05/04/2005
• ENERGY SECRETARY PUSHES TO RAMP UP U.S. ABILITY TO TEST NUKE BOMBS, BY CHRISTOPHER SMITH, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 16/02/2005
• RUMSFELD SEEKS TO REVIVE BURROWING NUCLEAR BOMB, BUSH BUDGET MAY FUND PROGRAM THAT CONGRESS CUT, BY WALTER PINCUS, WASHINGTON POST STAFF WRITER, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2005
• LAWMAKERS ON RECORD AGAINST NEW NEVADA NUKE TESTS.BY PATTY HENETZ, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 01/20/2005
• CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OPPOSING NUCLEAR TESTING, 2005 GENERAL SESSION, STATE OF UTAH
• HOBSON BLOCKS STUDY OF NEW NUCLEAR BOMB,BY GREG WRIGHT GANNETT NEWS SERVICE, 11/25/2004
• NUCLEAR WEAPONS MONEY IS CUT FROM SPENDING BILL, NY TIMES, BY MATTHEW L. WALD, NOVEMBER 23, 2004
• GOING NUCLEAR: THE COMING WARS WITH IRAN AND NORTH KOREA LEARNING FROM HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI OR THE LOSS OF HISTORICAL MEMORY? BY DAVID B. WILLIS AND WALTER W. ENLOE PUBLISHED ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2004 BY COMMONDREAMS.ORG
• U.S. CONGRESS REJECTS NEW NUCLEAR WEAPONS FUNDS, YAHOO NEWS, 11/22/2004
• BILL HAILED AS WIN FOR DOWNWIND UTAHNS NO NUKES: SPENDING FOR RESEARCH ON THE BUNKER- BUSTER BOMBS IS SCUTTLED, BY ROBERT GEHRKE, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 11/21/2004
• OUR OLD NUKES DON'T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO DETER A NEW THREAT BY ROBERT R. MONROE, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON POST, 11/18/2004
• YUCCA MOUNTAIN FIGHT SINKS SENATE VOTE ON ENERGY SPENDING: THE FALLOUT: WITHOUT A VOTE, THERE WON'T BE A SHOWDOWN OVER FUNDING NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING, BY CHRISTOPHER SMITH, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 11/18/2004
• SENATE PANEL MAY VOTE ON N-WEAPONS RESEARCH POLITICS: A DISPUTE OVER SPENDING FOR THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY COMPLICATES MATTERS BY CHRISTOPHER SMITH,THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 11/14/2004
• BIPARTISAN PUSH IS ON FOR AN END TO N-FUNDS, NO DETERRENT: THEY SAY THE U.S. ARSENAL HASN'T STOPPED TERRORIST EFFORTS, BY CHRISTOPHER SMITH, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 10/25/2004
• NUCLEAR WEAPONS RESEARCH TODAY MEANS TESTING TOMORROW, CONG. JIM MATHESON, SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 10/24/2004
• SEN. BENNETT'S POSITION ON NUCLEAR TESTING UNTENABLE, BY PAUL VAN DAM, SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, OCT. 10, 2004
• OUR WORST NIGHTMARE, OPINION, SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SEPT. 29, 2004
• NUCLEAR HOT POTATO. GROUP FEARS RADIOACTIVE WASTE DEFLECTED FROM ENVIROCARE COULD BE HEADED TO UTAH BY ANOTHER ROUTE, BY TED MCDONOUGH, SALT LAKE WEEKLY, JULY 8, 2004
• DOES BRITAIN WANT TO JOIN UNDERGROUND TESTING IN NEVADA?, BY LEE DAVIDSON, DESERET NEWS, JUNE 30, 2004
• NEVADA TESTS WORRY UTAHNS, BY JOE BAUMAN, DESERET MORNING NEWS, MAY 25, 2004
• NEVADA NUCLEAR TESTS MIGHT RESUME,BY JOE BAUMAN AND LEE DAVIDSON, DESERET MORNING NEWS, MAY 20, 2004
• HEARING URGED ON NUCLEAR TEST CENTER, BY JOE BAUMAN, DESERET NEWS, JUNE 23, 2004
• NO MORE N-TESTS IN NEVADA DESERT, DESERET MORNING NEWS EDITORIAL, MAY 23, 2004
• PRESS RELEASE 10-10-03 - MAYORS SAY NO NUKES DOWNROAD OR UPWIND
• CEP COMMENTS ON RADIOLOGICAL/NUCLEAR COUNTERMEASURES TEST AND EVALUATION COMPLEX AT THE NEVADA TEST SITE
• DOE - PREDECISIONAL DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR A RADIOLOGICAL/NUCLEAR COUNTERMEASURES TEST AND EVALUATION COMPLEX AT THE NEVADA TEST SITE - COMMENT DEADLINE JULY 6, 2004 (PDF-6.21M)
• DOE - COVER LETTER FOR THE PREDECISIONAL DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR A RADIOLOGICAL/NUCLEAR COUNTERMEASURES TEST AND EVALUATION COMPLEX (PDF-3.81K)
• IS THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION PREPARING TO BREAK OUT OF THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING MORATORIUM? BY STEVE ERICKSON AND PRESTON J. TRUMAN, COMMON DREAMS, JUNE 30, 2001

Divine Strake Articles and Documents

• EXPERTS: DIVINE STRAKE 'MUSHROOM CLOUD' COULD HAVE SICKENED MANY, BY KEN RITTER, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER, JUNE 27, 2007
• DIVINE STRAKE BLAST DELAYED INDEFINITELY, BY SEAN WHALEY, LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, MAY 27, 2006
• TEST EXPLOSION IN NEVADA PUT ON INDEFINITE HOLD, BY ROBERT GEHRKE, SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 5/26/2006
• TEST-BLAST BATTLE NOT OVER YET, ACTIVISTS ARE NOT CLAIMING VICTORY OVER DELAY OF EXPLOSION, BY JOE BAUMAN AND SUZANNE STRUGLINSKI,DESERET MORNING NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2006
• NEVADA BLAST DELAY A VICTORY, CRITICS SAY. ENVIRONMENTALISTS, POLITICIANS SEE TIME AS CHANCE TO PROBE RISKS, BY JUDY FAHYS AND ROBERT GEHRKE, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 5/9/2006
• LARGE-SCALE OPEN-AIR EXPLOSIVE DETONATION DIVINE STRAKE AT NTS - REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, 5-05-2006 (PDF)12 MEGABYTES DOE
• FEDS ON BOMB TEST: FRET NOT, BY JUDY FAHYS, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, APRIL 27, 2006 (PDF)
• THE FALLOUT BEFORE A BOMB TEST, A BLAST BEING PLANNED FOR THE NEVADA DESERT REVIVES SOME OLD ATOMIC-AGE CONCERNS, BY MARGOT ROOSEVELT, TIME MAGAZINE, TUESDAY, APR. 25, 2006 (PDF)
• ACTIVISTS AND TRIBE SUE TO AVERT BLAST, BY GEOFFREY FATTAH, DESERET MORNING NEWS, SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 2006 (PDF)
• COMPLAINT AND DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WINNEMUCCA INDIAN COLONY, THOMAS WASSON, JUDY ROJO, SHARON WASSON, ELVERINE CASTRO, PETER LITSTER, and STEPHEN ERICKSON, Plaintiffs, v. DONALD RUMSFELD, Secretary of the United States Department of Defense, LINTON BROOKS, Director of the National Nuclear Security Administration, JAMES TEGNELIA, Director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, April 18, 2006 (PDF)
• DIVINE STRAKE TRO MOTION, APRIL 18, 2006 (PDF)

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