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The Peace Farm Talks About Complex 2030

The thought that Amarillo could be home to an even bigger nuclear weapons complex is ruffling the feathers of one panhandle organization.

    Newschannel 10's Marissa Bagg explains how the Peace Farm hopes to change the federal governments mind about future missions for BWTX Pantex.
  

The Peace Farm wants to keep any more nuclear weapons related projects production from coming to Amarillo, or anywhere else in the U.S. So before members of the Department of Energy host a public meeting on the issue, the Peace Farm hopes to be prepared to change their minds. "It's not about whether Pantex can do the work safely, its about whether the work should be done at all, that's the point I hope people say clearly to the D.O.E.," says Mavis Belisle, the President of the Peace Farm.
  

The Peace Farm will host a meeting Wednesday to gear up for the D.O.E.'s hearing planned for next week.  Belisle says establishing an expanded complex would set a bad example, when we are urging other countries to stop their nuclear weapons production. "The only way to stop is to stop, that means us as well as the countries we expect to stop, because as long as we're producing nuclear weapons they'll believe they have the right, and as sovereign countries they do, to do the same," says Belisle.
 
The Peace Farm will meet at the Amarillo Public Library downtown Wednesday night, to discuss the issues that could come with the expanded plant, known as Complex 2030.
  

The D.O.E. will host their hearing on November 15th.