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Mock missiles destroyed at UN as nations meet to discuss global nuclear disarmament

Last edited 28 April 2003 at 8:00am
28 April, 2003
Activists dressed as missiles outside the NPT

Activists dressed as missiles outside the NPT

Article tagged as: disarmament, nuclear proliferation, press releases, stop the war, weapons

War and weapons of mass destruction

Last edited 19 February 2003 at 9:00am
An army guard

An army guard

Greenpeace fully supports disarming Iraq, and indeed all nations that have weapons of mass destruction (WMD), including the United Kingdom. But pre-emptive military strikes will not help control or abolish these weapons.

India, Pakistan and Israel are known to have nuclear weapons; North Korea is openly seeking to acquire them. All are outside the realms of any international control. The Bush administration has stated that at least 13 countries are pursuing biological weapons research. Does Bush intend to attack each of these in turn?

Article tagged as: hachette, NPT, stop the war, weapons, WMDs

Greenpeace to go to court to stop shipment of nuclear bomb materials

Last edited 2 July 2002 at 8:00am
2 July, 2002

Greenpeace is to go to the High Court in an attempt to prevent British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) shipping weapons-useable plutonium half-way round the world from Japan to the UK later this week.

The faulty fuel, a mixture of plutonium and uranium oxides, contains 255kg of plutonium, enough to make 50 nuclear weapons. Nuclear scientists have confirmed that it would be relatively easy to separate out the plutonium in the discarded fuel to create a nuclear weapon.

Article tagged as: nuclear transports, plutonium, press releases, waste, weapons

Labour MPs urged to fight Blair on new nukes

Last edited 16 June 2002 at 8:00am
16 June, 2002

Campaigners today urged Labour MP's to 'say enough is enough and call time on Blair's terrifying new nuclear weapons policy.' The call came after Greenpeace discovered that the government is building a massive new nuclear weapons construction facility in the Berkshire countryside. Military analysts have warned that the project could be part of the government's new first-use policy on non-nuclear states. The new establishment could be used to build low-yield nuclear bombs known as 'bunker busters.'

Article tagged as: aldermaston, disarmament, press releases, weapons

Star Wars tests in early 2002 to break ABM treaty?

Last edited 27 November 2001 at 9:00am
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27 November, 2001

Parliamentary briefings

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Article tagged as: parliamentary briefings, reports, russia, weapons

Lockheed Martin's Safety Record

Last edited 16 February 2000 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
28 February, 2000

A summary of Lockheed Martin's health, safety and environment record

Lockheed Martin used to manage Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant currently subject to fierce official condemnation. It currently manages on behalf of the US Department of Energy four sites related to nuclear weapons.

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Aldermaston fire fighting appliances unfit for service

Last edited 15 February 2000 at 9:00am

Three incidents out of 100 revealed by CND that occurred in 1999 at Britain's atomic weapons factory at Aldermaston. On April 1, the Government will hand over management from Hunting BRAE to a different team. The bad news is that the new team comprises BNFL ('fundamentally flawed' managers of Sellafield) partnered by Lockheed Martin - a US company with a similarly poor record.

Article tagged as: aldermaston, BNFL, disarmament, weapons, WMDs

Rainbow Warrior in Cherbourg to protest against plutonium fuel shipments

Last edited 10 July 1999 at 8:00am
10 July, 1999

The Greenpeace ship SV Rainbow Warrior arrived today in Cherbourg to protest the imminent shipment of weapons-usable plutonium fuel from France to Japan, the first-ever of its kind. Warning that Japan's drive to amass plutonium threatens regional stability and international nuclear disarmament efforts, the international environmental group labelled the imminent shipment a "recipe for disaster" and called on the French, British and Japanese government to cancel the transport.

Article tagged as: mox fuel, nuclear, nuclear transports, plutonium, press releases, weapons