[CPEO-MEF] "Plutonium won't stay in Livermore" (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Plutonium won't stay in Livermore

By Betsy Mason
CONTRA COSTA TIMES (CA)
April 6, 2006

The Department of Energy announced plans Wednesday to move plutonium 
from Lawrence Livermore Laboratory by 2014 and to consolidate all U.S. 
work involving plutonium at a single facility by 2022.

The move, intended to enhance security and increase efficiency, is part 
of a larger plan to renovate the nuclear weapons complex by 2030.

"We're looking to make the complex safer and more secure," said Bryan 
Wilkes, spokesman for the National Nuclear Security Administration -- 
the DOE branch that oversees the weapons complex.

Plutonium is now scattered across the country at seven different DOE 
facilities, requiring high-level security tailored to each site. 
Livermore may be the most problematic because of its proximity to the 
surrounding community, and to the densely populated Bay Area.

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For the entire article, see 
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/14276858.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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