Opponents of Divine Strake React To Cancellation
None by Eric Ray
(KCPW News) Federal Authorities announced the cancellation of the Divine Strake test at the Nevada Test Site today. The test was to simulate nuclear testing using conventional explosives. The fear was the explosion would throw leftover radioactive material into the atmosphere.The cancellation comes as good news to those who mounted opposition to Divine Strake. Jay Truman, Director of Downwinders, says the fact that the government received more than ten thousand comments on the test sends the message that the public didn't want it to happen.
Vanessa Pierce, director of the Healthy Environmental Alliance of Utah, praised Governor John Huntsman Junior for holding public hearings about the tests when the Department of Energy was unwilling to hear from the citizens.
The cancellation of Divine Strake comes on the same day Huntsman signed a resolution opposing the blast
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1. David Proctor said:
This is fantastic. It reminds me of the public opposition to the MX missle boondoggle. The people across the West spoke loudly and clearly, and the feds were forced to listen. Congratulations to all who raised their voices. You have helped prevent the untold misery this test would have caused.
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