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Chris Lugo goes nuclear at Roane Views
Posted By katie allison granju
Chris Lugo, former Green and current Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate weighs in on East Tennessee’s role in nuclear weapons productions over at Roane Views:
As a candidate for federal office I support full and open disclosure regarding our nuclear arsenal, the dismantling of all weapons of mass destruction, elimination of the nuclear weapons maintenance and production facilities still in existence including Tennessee’s Y-12 and Oak Ridge National Laboratories.
However, a commenter takes issue with Lugo’s assertions:
First off: No plant at Oak Ridge has EVER made the first bomb. There have been COMPONENTS for every nuclear weapon in the US arsenal made at Oak Ridge. But no plant at Oak Ridge has EVER produced the weapon.
Second: There are no plans for a new bomb plant at Oak Ridge. Again, no weapons are made at Oak Ridge.
Third: There ARE plans for a new plant that will 1)re-process aging and less stable parts of weapons to make them more stable and hence less likely of causing a problem from deterioration, and 2) upgrade facilities used for the dismantling of nuclear weapons components of the US and other countries that have agreed to do this.
Feb 28th, 2008
