Peace in the Middle East is a current focus of APEC. Watch the video above for our recent event urging Senator Kaine to do more to stop the genocide. Join in the campaign by emailing [email protected]
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APEC is actively working to stop a project for making bomb-grade Uranium at Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS) in Erwin, TN. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will decide as soon as October 2023 whether or not to issue the license amendment.
Democracy Thwarted Erwin Citizens Awareness Network (ECAN) petitioned the NRC for a Public Hearing. But the NRC's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board not only ruled against ECAN before the public comment period ended, it also failed to consider a single public comment. This was evidenced by the NRC leaking their draft decision to deny a Public Hearing before the first public comment was logged. This decision led the community to host a People's Hearing on March 26. Contaminated Water 95 river miles downstream from NFS, enriched uranium poisons the Nolichucky River*. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has reported that NFS poured 250 pounds of enriched uranium into the Nolichucky per year. Public Health Concerns The Department of Energy estimated a 1 out of 71 increased annual risk of cancer death due to NFS down blending of Highly Enriched Uranium to Low-Enriched Uranium*. NFS has compared the proposed process to down blending*. No Environmental Assessment or Environmental Impact Statement has been produced by NFS or NRC to research and publish the environmental and health impacts. Nuclear Arms Race Over 360 million people would die quickly in a nuclear war between the US and Russia with even more deaths in following years. Building more nuclear bombs makes us less safe*. Regulatory Capture The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the responsibility of the public interest but instead is corrupted by the interest of the industry. This new process is a corporate handout of $67.5 Million of our taxpayer dollars for unnecessary and unethical nuclear bombs material. nuclear resistance campaign references*See below for more information
*NFS Response to NRC Request for Additional Information *www.southernstudies/images/sitepieces/ketterer_uranium_report.pdf
*"Little Progress Made at Nuclear Plant" Atlantic Journal-Constitution Nov. 29, 1981 *2007 Supplemental Analysis on the "Disposition of Surplus Highly Enriched Uranium", Department of Energy *https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.3047679 Calculations based on 4.4 thousand 100-kiloton nuclear warheads *https://www.bwxt.com/about/operations--locations/nuclear-fuel-services-inc Contact the NRC |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration committeeContact: Buckey Boone - [email protected] 37th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. 2024 CALENDAR OF EVENTS We invite those attending any of our MLK events to bring canned goods and/or household items (paper towels, diapers). We will deliver your donation to Faith in Action. ABINGDON, VA Thursday, January 11, 6:00 pm, “Black in Appalachia”. Speaker: William Isom II, Director of PBS Project, Black in Appalachia. Location: St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 124 East Main St. Saturday, January 13, 37th Annual Abingdon MLK Celebration and March 1:30 pm - March begins at Charles Wesley UMC, 322 East Main Street, Abingdon 2:00 pm – MLK Celebration at Abingdon UMC, 101 East Main Street, Abingdon Monday, January 15, 6:00 pm Folk singers, Sparky and Rhonda Rucker perform. Location: Jubilee House, 822 E Main St, Abingdon, VA 24210 Wednesday, January 17 Video Screenings of Speeches by MLK Location: Virginia Highlands Community College Collins Student Center 9:30am - "I Have a Dream Speech" 10:00am - "I've Been to the Mountaintop" 11:00am - "The Three Evils of Society" 12:00pm - "What is Your Life's Blueprint" 12:30pm - "The Other America" EMORY & HENRY COLLEGE Monday, January 15, 9:30 am E&H MLK Day Convocation featuring Keynote Speaker Ms. Bettie Mae Fikes: The Voice of Selma Location: McGlothlin Center for the Arts, E&H Monday, January 15, 7:00 pm Jazz/Blues music night. Location: McGlothlin Center for the Arts, E&H Tuesday, January 16, 4:00 pm Folk singers, Sparky and Rhonda Rucker perform Location: McGlothlin Center for the Arts, E&H January 16-21 - E&H Dreams: An MLK Art Installation by Sabrina Durling-Jones (time TBD). Location: Blackbox Theatre, McGlothlin Center for the Arts BRISTOL, TN/VA Monday, January 15, 6th Annual Bristol MLK Celebration 12:30 pm - Youth program with activities at Bristol YWCA, 106 State Street, Bristol, TN 1:30 pm - March to Bristol Sign begins at Bristol YWCA 2:00 pm – MLK Program at First Baptist Church, 1 Sedgefield Street, Bristol, VA featuring Speaker: Tybre Faw, 15-year old Science Hill High School Student Activist, Author and National Youth Representative for 1619 Project KING UNIVERSITY Monday, January 15, 7:00 pm Dr Anika Prather, lecturer, educator, author, researcher and jazz artist, discusses how the classics shaped Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Location: Lee Street Baptist Church, 1 West Mary Street, Bristol, VA | ||||||
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