Rally at Berkeley City Council to prevent Bevatron structure pulverization

UC Berkeley Lab Plans To Demolish Bevatron TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEBRIS TO BE HAULED THROUGH STREETS OF BERKELEY **Tuesday June 10, 7pm: Berkeley residents and activists gathered at Berkeley City Hall to speak against the University's plans to demolish, and haul away, the Bevatron and its contents -- of which include asbestos, lead, mercury, PCBs, and chlorinated VOCs -- during the month of June.** Some of the radioactive materials include Cobalt 60, Cesium 137, and Europium 154. Radioactive energy form Cobalt 60 can be 59 times greater in intensity than that of an ordinary X-ray. These radioactive, hazardous wastes WILL BE hauled by thousands of heavily loaded UNCOVERED trucks down Hearst Avenue to Oxford Avenue, south on Oxford to University Ave to I-80. The City of Berkeley is a Nuclear-Free Zone! An alternative to the demolition -- and removal -- would be to allow the Bevatron and its contamination to remain onsite in relative containment. Onsite containment will allow the radioactivity to decay in place and not be hauled away to other communities. **WHAT YOU CAN DO: Join us again on Tuesday June 24 at 7pm at Berkeley City Hall located on Martin Luther King, Jr. Way and Allston Way (just two blocks from downtown Berkeley BART) to rally and speak out against the demolition of the Bevatron. Stop the UC from demolishing this community! Stop the demolition of the Bevatron!!**