Western U.S.
For sixty years, ancestral lands of
indigenous peoples have been used for testing
nuclear
weapons, experimenting with biological and
chemical warfare agents,
incinerating
and burying hazardous wastes, and mining uranium. The Nevada (Nuclear)
Test Site (NTS) is part of a continued illegal corporate and military
occupation of the Western Shoshone Nation,
Newe
Sogobia. The Department of Energy has
exploded plutonium, called a subcritical test, at NTS 17 times since
1997, leaving radioactive substances in the ground that filters into the
largest aquifer in Southern Nevada.
Yucca Mountain and Skull Valley are currently targeted as the only
national nuclear waste dumps for
nuclear
power plants. Plans are in place to begin
the shipment of over 77,000 tons of deadly spent nuclear fuel rods and
weapons waste to Newe Sogobia. If the recently approved Yucca Mountain
dump isn't
stopped,
nuclear waste will travel
through 43 states, increasing risks of
radiation
exposure to millions.
October marks the tenth anniversary of the U.S. moratorium on full-scale
nuclear weapons
tests. In honor of the anniversary and in
resistance, the Shundahai
Network is organizing the
Action for Nuclear
Abolition in Nevada. The campaign will kick
off with the Family Spirit
Walk for Mother Earth and conclude with
ongoing nonviolent occupations, blockades and other actions.
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