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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