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RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION IN SUPORT OF
LOCATING MODERN PIT FACILITY
AT THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE.
WHEREAS, The military strength of the United States has
preserved world peace for over fifty years; and
WHEREAS, Nuclear weapons have been and still are an
essential part of our Nation's military arsenal; and
WHEREAS, The United States has not manufactured a new
nuclear weapon since 1990, and the average age of a nuclear weapon
in the US stockpile is over 25 years.
The increasingly overage
weapons stockpile has resulted in reliability concerns; and
WHEREAS, the United States is the only nuclear power in
the world with the capability to manufacture nuclear weapons; and
WHEREAS, the United States has determined that it is in'
the National interest to reestablish the capability to manufacture
new nuclear weapons by constructing and operating a Modern Pit
Facility to produce plutonium parts critical to nuclear weapons;
and
WHEREAS, the Department of Energy's Savannah River Site
has a large and well-trained workforce with extensive expertise and:
experience in receiving, processing and shipping plutonium; and
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WHEREAS, the Savannah River Site has the world's most
complete and modern infrastructure specifically designed to safely
support plutonium activities, including waste management of all
types; and
WHEREAS, the Savannah River Site has a demonstrated
record of public and worker safety and environmental protection in
the conduct of activities involving plutonium; and
WHEREAS, the location of a Modern Pit Facility at the
Savannah River Site provides the nation with the greatest potential
for successfully and quickly reestablishing the capability to
manufacture plutonium pits for nuclear weapons; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Georgia surrounding the Savannah
River site are proud of the past support for programs important to
the Nation's well-being, support that continues at the same level
today; and
WHEREAS, The citizens of Georgia surrounding the Savannah
River Site have full confidence in the ability of the Savannah
River Site to safely and successfully conduct this high-priority
national defense activity;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND
COUNTY COMMISSION as follows:
1. The United States should expeditiously act to
reestablish the capability to manufacture plutonium parts for;
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nuclear weapons.
2. The Department of Energy should locate the new
Modern Pit Facility at a location with (1) a workforce and
infrastructure best qualified to receive, process and ship
plutonium parts necessary for nuclear weapons; (2) a demonstrated
record of public and worker safety and environmental protection;
(3) currently existing plutonium expertise and facilities, thereby
resulting in time and cost advantages; and (4) a strong based of
community support for national defense missions; and
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The
Augusta-Richmond
County
Commission
enthusiastically supports locating the Modern Pit Facility at the
Savannah River Site as best serving the National interest.
DULY ADOPTED this 1st
day of July, 2003.
AUGUSTQEO~IA
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