Citizens across the world will take actions to stop the formation of a military-industrial-utility complex and to stop the use of MOX fuel in nuclear reactors. MOX = plutonium, and it must be isolated from the environment, not transported over roadways, railways and the high seas.
Russian groups picked the date, and they promise actions in several cities, including a major one in Moscow. We are supporting them, and urge groups across the U.S. and Canada--and other MOX nations--to participate by staging actions and other activities to spread the word that MOX is unacceptable.
Some suggested activities:
* Hold a picket line at a utility office, or a nuclear reactor gate, or the office of one of the potential MOX contractors (Westinghouse, Siemens, GE, Bechtel...the list goes on).
* Sit in at one of these offices, or maybe visit your local Congressmember.
* Hang NIX MOX banners over key bridges for morning and/or evening rush hours.
* Leaflet campuses; hold a forum at the student union; bring MOX up in your polysci class. * Hold a community event: a potluck dinner with speakers or a public meeting at the local library. Invite the media.
* Set up a letter-writing, petition-signing table at a public venue. Send the letters and petitions to your local utility. Tell them upcoming electric utility restructuring means you won't buy their electricity if they use MOX. Send copies of the letters to your Public Service Commission and state and federal legislators.
* Your idea here.....
NIRS can provide you with NIX MOX brochures and other materials. We will provide you with information about activities in Russia and elsewhere for you to release to your local media. The U.S. Department of Energy bases much of its justification for MOX on the grounds that the U.S. needs to use MOX because Russia wants to. So the people of Russia are taking the lead; if we act together, we can stop MOX everywhere. Please let us know what you are planning so we can inform other groups in U.S. and elsewhere. Organizations in other nations are encouraged to make this a truly international action. We hope everyone will participate.
For more information, contact Mary Olson at the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, 1424 16th Street NW, #404, Washington, DC 20036, 202-328-0002; fax: 202-462-2183; e-mail: maryo@igc.org