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What's
going on at Aldermaston?
- Since
2002, AWPC has found - from publicly available sources
- that there is convincing evidence to suggest that the
UK government is planning to research, develop, build
and test the next generation of nuclear weapons at AWE
Aldermaston;
- In
June 2002, the Observer and the Guardian reported that
AWE was planning to produce "mini-nukes" (non-strategic
or "battlefield" nuclear weapons);
- In
July 2002, AWE plc published their Site Development Strategy
Plan, outlining proposed new developments including a
supercomputer, hydrodynamics facility, new laboratories
and a laser facility;
- In
January 2003, AWE ml's contract was extended from ten
to 25 years; the new contract is worth £5.3 billion
to the joint venture company which runs AWE;
- March
2003: Geoff Hoon stated - in the context of Iraq - that
if threatened by biological or chemical weapons, the UK
would be prepared to use nuclear weapons;
- In
May 2003, AWE Aldermaston started recruiting some 80 new
scientists;
- In
November 2003, the Ministry of Defence submitted their
first notice of proposed development to the local planning
authority; outline planning for the new laser facility
was agreed in December;
- In
December 2003, the government defence white paper stated
that a decision about a replacement for Trident would
made be in the next parliament.
Before
that decision is made, we need to let the government know
that we do not want a replacement for Trident, or another
generation of new nuclear weapons. AWPC wants UK government
to decommission all its current nuclear weapons, and the
site to be safely decommissioned.
The
Next Generation campaign
We need to sustain opposition to the new developments now
that the London to Aldermaston march is over.
In December 2003, hundreds of people and organisations objected
to the first of the proposed new developments; next time,
we need to ensure that there are thousands of objections.
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