Nuclear Disarmament Corporate Stance The Dominican Sisters of Springfield call upon the United States government to lead the way for the global abolition of nuclear and all weapons of mass destruction by adopting a plan to lock down, reduce, and eliminate nuclear and all weapons of mass destruction. We call for immediate development, adoption and implementation of a plan that will ensure that there will be no new nuclear weapons, no new materials for nuclear weapons, and no testing of nuclear weapons. We will work with all people of goodwill until there is no chance that a nuclear weapon or other weapon of mass destruction can come into the hands of anyone wishing to do harm. June 2011

Nuclear Nations NPT Signers China France Russia United Kingdom United States Non NPT Signers India Israel Pakistan States of Concern Iran North Korea Syria

Status of World Nuclear Forces 2012

New START United States & Russia Ratified December 2010 Reduces the number of deployed nuclear weapons to 1,550 Verifiable by inspection, data exchanges, exhibitions, & satellites

2012 Legislative Efforts Effort to block implementation of NEW Start Did not fund Chemistry & Metallurgy Research Replacement facility Increased funding for a core nuclear nonproliferation program

OTHER NEW NUCLEAR WEAPONS PLANTS Chemistry & Metallurgy Research Replacement facility (CMRR) Los Alamos, New Mexico Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) – Tennessee Kansas City Plant (KCP)

Fukushima Japanese Parliament’s Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission Accident was “man-made” ---- collusion between the government, the regulators and TEPCO Confusion over evacuation Safety of nuclear energy – Regulators need essential transformation process

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Formulates policies, develops regulations, issues orders to licensees, and adjudicates legal matters NRC actions in the light of the Fukushima report Evacuations, licensing, regulations