Attend ANA's annual "DC Days" to help move Congress and the Executive Branch "beyond nuclear"!

Beyond Nuclear is privileged and honored to be a "Banana" -- a member organization of the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA, hence the Banana term of endearment), which is celebrating its 25th anniversary of grassroots organizing this year.

ANA's annual DC Days will be held from April 14-17. Your help is needed to help educate U.S. Senate and House offices, as well as officials at the U.S. Department of Energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Environmental Protection Agency, etc. about the radioactive, financial, and many other risks of nuclear power and nuclear weapons. Please consider coming, and bringing friends and colleagues with you! See ANA's announcements below, with links to all the information you need to register.

As but one example, your help is very much needed to stave off a legislative rush towards "centralized interim storage" (regional or national parking lot dumps) for commercial irradiated nuclear fuel. If enacted, this would launch a radioactive waste shell game onto the roads, rails, and waterways, involving unprecedented numbers of shipments through major metropolitan centers and other vulnerable areas. The top targets for "centralized interim storage" parking lot dumps are Savannah River Site, South Carolina and Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico, even though both already bear the burden of military radioactive waste dumps. However, despite the inherent environmental injustice, Native American reservations have been targeted for "centralized interim storage" for decades, and are almost certain to be targeted again this time, as well. Nuclear power plants might be targeted as well. Illinois's Dresden nuclear power plant just west of Chicago, for example, and the immediately adjacent General Electric-Morris high-level radioactive waste storage pool, altogether store around 3,000 tons of irradiated nuclear fuel already, and thus could be targeted for more as a regional "consolidated interim storage site."

Hello Bananas!

DC Days planning is going well. We have solidified a space for our awards reception in the Rayburn building and I have successfully updated the DC Days webpage with new information and links to the DC Days registration page.

 

Here is the Organizing Packet for DC Days which includes resources and information to help you get your group to DC Days. Expect a call from me sometime this week to chat about how we can best accommodate your organization/group.

 

Please let me know if you want or need a congressional handbook by replying to this message with your name, organization, and preferred version of the handbook (state or alpha).

 

Register early (at a discounted rate) for DC Days. Click on this link!

 

As always, please let me know if you have any questions or need anything.

 

Thanks,

 

Nicole Hilson

DC Days Coordinator

Alliance for Nuclear Accountability

nicolehilson.ana@gmail.com

202.544-0217

DC DAYS 2013

DC Days is Alliance for Nuclear Accountability's annual grassroots lobby event. We bring supporters from across the country to D.C. to meet directly with policy makers. DC Days is a fun and fulfilling event for both new activists and seasoned veterans. ANA's comprehensive training will build your comfort level talking about our issues and our team approach ensures that everyone can play a meaninful role in Congressional meetings.

The agenda for DC Days 2013 will be packed with educational opportunities, advocacy, and social time with other disarmament and environmental activists. 

SUNDAY, April 14th: Orientation/Training

MONDAY - WEDNESDAY, April 15th-17th: Meeting with Members of Congress and key staff of the Obama Administration

MONDAY, April 15th:  Pizza party

TUESDAY, April 16th: Awards Reception

Please book your travel and lodging in advance, as hotels will fill up quickly.

To learn more about the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, please visit our website at www.ananuclear.org, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter.