We are sending out information specifically to those local to alert folks to the Complex Transformation Public Hearings in Las Vegas. Below is some basic information taken from the FCNL. There are public hearings around the country. Please check the list below to  see if your city has public hearings. Please oppose this destructive and wasteful  plan. Thank you. John Amidon NDE

http://www.fcnl.org/pdfs/nuclear/Complex_Tranformation-fact_sheet.pdf

http://www.fcnl.org/issues/item.php?item_id=2158&issue_id=51

What is Complex Transformation?

Complex Transformation is the Bush Administration's proposed plan to restructure the nation's nuclear weapons infrastructure. The administration's goal is to consolidate existing nuclear facilities while increasing the capacity to produce material for new nuclear weapons. According to a report jointly released by the Energy Department (DOE) on January 10, 2008, the administration seeks an annual production capacity of 80 plutonium pits (read: triggers for new nuclear bombs) as a result of the transformation. The main justification for the program is the perceived need for a more adaptable and responsive nuclear infrastructure to react to unnamed future threats. The administration is currently considering several alternatives for achieving its goals.

How can you affect the process?

Fortunately, environmental regulations require the architects of Complex Transformation to consider comments from the general public. The aforementioned report contains a summary of past public input. The over public 33,000 comments the DOE received last year were overwhelmingly against producing new nuclear material and weapons. Public opinion and Congress forced the administration to roll back its proposal from 200 proposed plutonium pits per year to 80. 

Your input is once again necessary to defeat this program! Please use FCNL's website to >>email your comments<< to the Energy Department or send a letter to: 

Theodore A. Wyka 

Complex Transformation 

SPEIS Document Manager 

Office of Transformation, NA-10.1 

U.S. Department of Energy 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW 

Washington, DC 20585

Public Hearings

You can also take part in a series of 12 public hearings across the country, and express your opposition to Complex Transformation.

February 26, 2008

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

New Hope Center

602 Scarboro Road (at the Corner of New Hope and Scarboro Roads)

11 a.m.—3 p.m.

6 p.m.—10 p.m.

February 28, 2008

Amarillo, Texas

Amarillo Globe-News Center, Education Room

401 S. Buchanan

11 a.m.—3 p.m.

6 p.m.—10 p.m. 

March 4, 2008

Tonopah, Nevada

Tonopah Convention Center

301 Brougher Avenue

6 p.m.—10 p.m.

March 6, 2008

Las Vegas, Nevada

Atomic Testing Museum

755 E. Flamingo Road

11 a.m.—3 p.m.

6 p.m.—10 p.m.

March 10, 2008

Socorro, New Mexico

Macey Center (at New Mexico Tech)

801 Leroy Place

6 p.m.—10 p.m.

March 11, 2008

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque Convention Center

401 2nd Street, NW

11 a.m.—3 p.m.

6 p.m.—10 p.m.

March 12, 2008

Los Alamos, New Mexico

Hilltop House

400 Trinity Drive at Central

6 p.m.—10 p.m.

March 13, 2008

Los Alamos, New Mexico

Hilltop House

400 Trinity Drive at Central

11 a.m.—3 p.m.

March 13, 2008

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Genoveva Chavez Community Center

3221 Rodeo Road

6 p.m.—10 p.m.

March 18, 2008

Tracy, California

Holiday Inn Express

3751 N. Tracy Blvd.

6 p.m.—10 p.m.

March 19, 2008

Livermore, California

Robert Livermore Community Center

4444 East Avenue

11 a.m.—3 p.m.

6 p.m.—10 p.m.

March 25, 2008

Washington, D.C.

U.S. Department of Energy, ForrestalBuilding

1000 Independence Ave., SW

11 a.m.—3 p.m.