Commentary: Doe 'Bombplex' Will Accelerate Nuclear Proliferation

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The Joan Duffy Chapter of Santa Fe Veterans for Peace voices strong opposition to the proposed "Bombplex" plan of the U.S. Department of Energy. In the chapter's view, nuclear proliferation steps into high gear with this plan. The DOE proposal for Complex 2030 is available for public input and outlines a continuing transformation of the existing nuclear weapons complex, making Los Alamos National Laboratory the keystone of nuclear weapons development and production.

In the DOE's own words, the reliable replacement warhead plan will:

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Commentary: Doe 'Bombplex' Will Accelerate Nuclear Proliferation

u Give the DOE "a series of new weapons ... to perform reliably without ever needing nuclear testing."

u Increase "the dismantlement of retired warheads to fewer locatio...

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