Transcript Nuclear Disarmament Corporate Stance

Nuclear Disarmament
Corporate Stance
The Dominican Sisters of Springfield call upon the United
States government to lead the way for the global
abolition of nuclear and all weapons of mass
destruction by adopting a plan to lock down, reduce,
and eliminate nuclear and all weapons of mass
destruction.
We call for immediate development, adoption and
implementation of a plan that will ensure that there
will be no new nuclear weapons, no new materials
for nuclear weapons, and no testing of nuclear
weapons. We will work with all people of goodwill until
there is no chance that a nuclear weapon or other
weapon of mass destruction can come into the hands of
anyone wishing to do harm.
June 2011
Nuclear Nations
NPT Signers
 China
 France
 Russia
 United Kingdom
 United States
Non NPT Signers
 India
 Israel
 Pakistan
States of Concern
 Iran
 North Korea
 Syria
Status of World Nuclear Forces
2012
Operational Operational Reserve/ Military Total
Strategic Nonstrategic Nondeployed Stockpile Inventory
1,800a
0b
3,700c
5,500
10,000d
Russia
U. S
1,950e
200f
2,850g
5,000
8,000h
290
n.a.
?i
300
300
France
China
0j
?j
180
240
240j
U. K.
160k
n.a.
65
225
225k
Israel
0
n.a.
80
80
80l
0
n.a.
90-110
90-110 90-110m
Pakistan
India
0
n.a.
80-100
80-100 80-100n
0
n.a.
<10
<10
<10o
N. Korea
Total:p
~4,200
~200
~7,000
~11,500 ~19,000
Country
New START
United States & Russia
 Ratified December 2010
 Reduces the number of deployed
nuclear weapons to 1,550
 Verifiable by inspection, data
exchanges, exhibitions, & satellites
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2012 Legislative Efforts
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Effort to block implementation of NEW Start
Did not fund Chemistry & Metallurgy Research
Replacement facility
Increased funding
for a core nuclear
nonproliferation
program
OTHER NEW NUCLEAR
WEAPONS PLANTS
Chemistry & Metallurgy Research
Replacement facility (CMRR) Los
Alamos, New Mexico
 Uranium Processing Facility
(UPF) – Tennessee
 Kansas City Plant (KCP)
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Fukushima
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Japanese Parliament’s Fukushima
Nuclear Accident Independent
Investigation Commission
Accident was “man-made” ---collusion between the government, the
regulators and TEPCO
Confusion over evacuation
Safety of nuclear energy – Regulators
need essential transformation process
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Formulates policies, develops
regulations, issues orders to
licensees, and adjudicates legal
matters
 NRC actions in the light of the
Fukushima report
 Evacuations, licensing,
regulations
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