Grant Program Disarmament

To stop the spread of nuclear weapons by investigating and exposing secret nuclear weapon programs in proliferant countries.

To promote understanding of the public health dangers of nuclear weapons, and to encourage public support for nuclear disarmament and for closing and cleaning up the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons production complex.

To prepare a visual exhibit on nuclear nonproliferation for use in Russia at an international conference in June and at public hearings throughout the country.

To produce a videotape, citizen’s handbook and brochure for the Stop the Bombs Campaign, an innovative, grassroots organizing effort to halt nuclear weapons production at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Nuclear Reservation.

To assist government officials in Asia and the former Soviet Union in implementing export controls on sensitive nuclear technologies.

To raise awareness about the dangers of using nuclear weapons-grade plutonium as a commercial product in nuclear power generation or reprocessing in Europe and Japan.

To promote public awareness about the importance of US involvement in a ban on the production and use of landmines.

To increase media coverage of security issues by helping reporters develop stories, educating editorial writers, and training young journalists.

To develop and disseminate an educational computer model that simulates nuclear conflicts in the post-Cold War world.

To conduct research, advocacy and citizen organizing on nuclear disarmament at the state, national and international levels.