Transforming the U.S. Strategic Posture and Weapons Complex For Transition to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World
April 7th, 2009 by TVC Administrator from Press RoomThe report, summary, and map are all embargoed until after their public release on Wednesday, April 8, at 11 AM EST.
Washington, DC – - The Nuclear Weapons Complex Consolidation Policy Network, a collaboration of six national and regional groups, today released a major study advocating a total stockpile of 500 nuclear warheads and a weapons complex downsized from eight sites to three. The network consists of the national organizations the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Project On Government Oversight (POGO); Nuclear Watch New Mexico, near the Los Alamos and Sandia National Labs; Tri-Valley CAREs, near the Lawrence Livermore National Lab; the Greater Kansas City Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility, near the Kansas City Plant (KCP); and JustPeace of Texas, near the Pantex Plant.
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