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SENATE MEMORIAL 29

48

TH LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

FIRST SESSION

, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Gerald P. Ortiz y Pino

A MEMORIAL

REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENTS OF DEFENSE AND ENERGY

TO DISMANTLE NUCLEAR WEAPONS AT KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE.

WHEREAS, major events such as the shuttle Columbia

disaster on February 1, 2003 and the terrorist attacks of

September 11, 2001 have taken place that, after investigation,

revealed great lapses in safety and precautionary measures; and

WHEREAS, Albuquerque is reported in professional

publications and local newspapers to be the home of the largest

concentration of nuclear munitions anywhere in the world; and

WHEREAS, newspapers have reported special tests and

training exercises conducted at Kirtland air force base,

simulating accidents in which nuclear materials have been

dispersed in a subcritical nature; and

WHEREAS, the damage to Albuquerque's local economy and

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civic life would be great if there is an accident involving the

nuclear munitions stored at Kirtland air force base;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE

OF NEW MEXICO that the United States departments of defense and

energy be requested to dismantle and remove from Albuquerque

the weapons of mass destruction stored at Kirtland air force

base; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the secretaries of the United States departments

of defense and energy and to the members of New Mexico's

congressional delegation.

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