NaBrian Terrell
Musi waMarch 26, ndakanga ndiri muNevada mubasa rangu semuongorori wechiitiko cheNevada Desert Experience, ndichigadzirira Mutambo Wakazara weKutenda, weAclm-mile kufamba nenzira yerenje kubva kuLas Vegas kusvika kuNyukiliya Test Site paMercury, Nevada, chiitiko iyo NDE yakatsigira gore rimwe nerimwe chemakore kwemazana emakore 65. Mazuva maviri kusati kwatanga kufamba, motokari inotakurwa nesu isu vakaronga nzira yacho.
Iyo yekupedzisira inomira asi imwe pamugwagwa wezvemutambo ndiyo "Rugare Makamu," nzvimbo murenje umo tinowanzogara usiku hwekupedzisira tisati tayambuka Mugwagwa 95 mune izvo zvino zvinozivikanwa seNevada National Security Site. Apo patakasvika ipapo takashamiswa kuwana iyo yose musasa uye nzira inotungamira kubva iyo kuenda kuSitio Test yakavakwa nemuchenje weplanje yeplastiki yechando yechando.
Ikoko kwakanga kusina chikonzero chakajeka chepambo uye hapana kuonekwa kunopinda mumusasa, iyo yakanga iri nzvimbo yekuchengetedza kupesana nuclear yenyu kwemakore mazhinji. Kwete chete takavharwa kubva kunzvimbo yedu yekambani yepamusasa, pakanga pasina nzvimbo yakachengeteka, yepamutemo kana yepamutemo yekuisa motokari anenge anenge makiromita, pasina chero kwatingazobvisa zvigadzirwa kana kubvumira kubvisa avo vatori vechikamu mumusangano wedu asina kukwanisa kuita kuti kufamba kwenguva refu kune nzvimbo yakaoma. Takanga tangotanga kuongorora dambudziko rehutano iyi mamiriro matsva akabudiswa apo dhigirii weNye County Sheriff akadzinga.
Mushure mokunge tinyevera kuti zvakanga zvisiri mvumo yekuregwa mumugwagwa sezvataive, dare rakatibvumira kuti tirambe tichiri kutsanangura mamiriro ezvinhu sezvaakaona. Mamwe makuru makuru mu yunivhesiti, akati, akanga agutsikana neNevada Dhipatimendi rekutakura kuti Peace Camp inzvimbo yezvinokosha zvekare uye saka haikwanise kutyiswa. Masvingo akaenda kwevhiki imwe chete kana zvakadaro kare, akati, mukufungidzira kweKutsvaira Rugare Rutsvene. Zvigadzirwa zvekupemberera kwekare zvisingazobvumirwi kushungurudzwa nekuvapo kwevapurotesitendi vemazuva ano. Hapana mumwe chete asi archeologists, dare akatiudza, aizombobvumirwa mumusasa zvakare. Kunyangadza kwemufananidzo uyu kwakanga kusina kurasikirwa nesu.
Kudzokera kuLas Vegas, ini pakarepo ndakatanga kutumira mahofisi akasiyana-siyana eDhipatimendi rekutakura, kunyanya nhamba dzandakawana (kune imwe kushamisika) yehofisi yeDOT yezvokuchera matongo. Iniwo ndakaita webhu rutsva rwemashoko akakomberedza Rugare Camp uye nhoroondo yaro uye akawana kuti mu 2007, US Bureau ye Land Management (iyo BLM inotaura kuti muridzi wepaiti) uye Nevada State Historic Preservation Office yakanga yafunga kuti Peace Camp yakakodzera rondedzero paNational Register yeZvenzvimbo Dzekare.
Ndakaverenga mukati Archaeology, chinyorwa cheArchaeological Institute of America, uye zvimwe zvinyorwa kuti vamwe vanodzidza nezvevanhu kubva kuDesert Research Institute vakaongorora sei saiti iyi uye vakabudirira kuita nyaya yekuti Peace Camp inokodzera kunyorwa paRejista yeNational yeNzvimbo Dzenhoroondo. Ndakaverenga kuti ive inokodzera, saiti inofanirwa kusangana nezvakakodzera izvi: “a) kusangana nezviitiko zvakabatsira zvakanyanya kumatambanuko enhoroondo yedu, uye b) chimiro chehunhu hwakasiyana… vane hunyanzvi hwepamusoro…”
Kunyange zvazvo zvinorehwa neshoko iri kwatiri rakanga risati rajeka, zvaifadza kuziva kuti zvisinei mapurisa maviri muhurumende nehurumende mahofisi anoziva, pamwe chete nedzimwe sangano rezvidzidzo zveanthropological, chokwadi chokuti zvizvarwa zvishomanana zveinuclear vashandi vakanga "vaita chikamu chikuru pamapapiro akare ezvakaitika kare." Zvirongwa, zviratidzo nemashoko anogadziriswa nekugadzirwa kwedombo remavara akasiyana-siyana ("geoglyphs," muhurukuro yezvokuchera matongo) uye graffiti yakaputirwa pamakona pasi pemugwagwa kuzivikanwa kwepamutemo kuti "vane unyanzvi hwakanaka hwekuita" hunofanirwa kudzivirirwa nemutemo!
Takanga tatobva kuLas Vegas pazuva redu remazuva mashanu kuText Site mushure mekudzoka kudanwa kubva kumasangano akasiyana-siyana yakatsigira kuti dare rakanga risina kunzwisisa mamiriro ezvinhu. Masvingo akanga asina kuiswa kuti adzivirire Rugare Rugare kubva kuvanhu vanoita rugare, asi sechiyero chenguva pfupi chekudzivirira vamwe vatengesi avo vakanga vava kutanga kutanga kugadzirisa migwagwa kubva kumhanya kuburikidza naro nemichina yavo yakakura. Gedhi riri mumupando raizozarurwa kuti tizopinda mukati. Kutakura, kudzika musasa, kuvaka musango wekudya, vose vaizobvumirwa sekare.
Iyi nhau yaiva zororo. Takanga tatarisira uye takaronga kuti tive neNational Nuclear Security Administration patakasvika paMercury uye Test Site uye zvakare, takatarisira kuti vazhinji vedu taizosungwa nokuda kwekutadza ikoko, pasinei nemvumo yatakapiwa neWestern Shoshone National Council, vagari vomutemo vemunyika yacho. Asi hatina kuda, kunyange zvakadaro, kurwisana neNevada State Historic Preservation Office, uye kusungwa kwekuvhiringidza nzvimbo yekuchera matongo hakuiti netsika imwechete chidhindo sekurwisana kwekuparadza kwe nyukireya.
Mukuru wezvokuchera archaeologist weDhipatimendi rekutakura zvakanyanya kunyanya kuitika mukufungidzira kwake kwakakosha kwekukosha kweRugare Camp. Rugare Rugare ndiro chete rakarongwa nzvimbo yekare muNevada, iye akazvirumbidza, izvo zvisiri pasi pe50 yemakore. Zvakaitika kwandiri neRugare Camp uye Test Site, zvichida zvisiri pasi pezvakaitika kare. Ndakanga ndiripo kamwe pamusana pokupikisa kweiyo mu1987, zvakare pane imwe nguva mu1990s, uye zvakare nekuwedzera kwemaitiro pashure pokunge mhirizhonga dzichirwisana needrones inoshandiswa kunze kweCreech Air Force Base yakatanga mu 2009. Kusvikira izvi zvichisangana, ndinobvuma kuti ndaifunga nezveRugare Camp zvishoma kudarika nzvimbo yakakodzera kubva kune imwe nzvimbo yekutsvaga kupesana nekuongororwa kwebhokisi yenyukireya yakaitwa kune rumwe rutivi rweGwagwa 95.
Mafuta ehowa yemuedzo wokutanga wakaitwa paNevada Test Site anogona kuonekwa ari kure neLas Vegas. Bhizimisi reMuedzo Wokubvumirana kweChiratidzo mu1963 yakaendesa zviedzo pasi pevhu. Kunyange zvazvo United States isina kubvumirana neComprehensive Test Ban Treaty, yakarega kuongororwa kwakazara ku1992, kunyange zvazvo "kuongorora" kuedza kwezvombo, zviratidzo zvinopedzisira zvisingakwanisi kutora mashoma, zvichiri kuitwa panzvimbo yacho.
Kubva ku1986 kusvika 1994, 536 zviratidzo zvakaitwa paNevada Test Site inobatanidza vatori vechikamu 37,488, nevamwe vashanduki ve15,740 vakasungwa. Zvakawanda zvezviratidzo mumakore iwayo zvakakwevera zviuru zvevanhu panguva. Rugare Rutsvene rwegore rino Famba uye wedu April 3 Akanaka Chishanu kupikisa paSite Site yaive nemwero pakuenzanisa, pamwe nevatori vechikamu 50, uye taifara kuti 22 yevaya vakasungwa mushure mokuyambuka kunzvimbo.
Nhamba dzinouya kupikisa kuongorora muNevada dzakaderera zvakanyanyisa nekuguma kwekuyera kwekuyera kuongorora ipapo, uye hazvishamisi kuti kuongorora kwenyukireya hakusi kukonzera kupisa kwenguva. Kupemberera kune dzimwe nzvimbo zvakanyatsobatanidzwa nehuturi hwezvombo zvenyukireya huri kuunganidza nhamba dzinoremekedzwa. Kwemavhiki masere tisati tapikisa kupesana kwedu, pamusoro pevarindi veChristmas vakadzika kunze kwemasuo eCreech Air Force Base, nharaunda yekuuraya drone chete pasi pasi mugwagwa kubva Test Test.
Zvakakosha, zvakadaro, kuti vamwe vedu tirambe tichizviratidza paTe Site Site uye tichishandisa miviri yedu kuti tiwedzere kukura zvishoma nezvishoma kune avo vanotambura kusungwa imomo kuti vati kwete chaicho chisingaoneki chinotyisa chehondo yenyukireya.
Zviuru zvevashandi vachiri kuendesa mangwanani oga oga kubva kuLas Vegas kunoshuma basa kune Nevada National Site Site. Hatizivi zvose heroin mabasa ayo akarongwa uye anoitwa kunze kwevarindi vemombe. Vamwe vari kuedza kuongororwa, vamwe pasina mubvunzo vari kungoramba vari kuita, kudzidzisa vashandi vatsva nekuchengetedza midziyo uye zvivako zvekugadzirisa zvakare kuwanikwa kwekuyera zviyero. Zuva iro mutungamiri ane simba anopa urongwa, Nevada National Security Site ichave yakagadzirira kuparadza zvombo zvenyukireya pasi pejecha rerenje.
Kupikisa mukana wezuva iro rinotyisa, tinofanira kuramba tichiita, zvakare. Tinofanira kuchengetedza mazita edu emahofisi uye zvinyorwa zvemashoko, kutumira mazwi ekukurudzira uye ruzivo mune zvinyorwa uye mabhii e-email, chengetedza nzira dzose dzekutaurirana dzakasununguka. Tinofanira kusimbisa ushamwari hwedu uye rudo kune mumwe nemumwe. Zvichida kufamba kwedu murugare uye kurwisa kwevanhu panzvimbo yekuedza, zviduku kana tichienzanisa nemaitiro makuru e-1980s, zvinogona kuonekwa se "kuratidza kuratidza," muedzo watingaita kuti tikwanise kuenzanisa nhayo yedu yekukurudzira mukupikisa zvizere nyukireya kuongororwa kana tichida.
Kupemberera kweNepada Test Site kwave kwakanzwisiswa nekuda kwezvakaitika kare. Zvichida rimwe zuva vatashanyi kuNevada vachasiya makasinos kwenguva yekushanyira Rugare Camp senzvimbo yekupemberera uye tariro, apo vanhu vakatendeuka kubva munzira yavo yekuparadzwa. Pazuva iro, Nevada National Security Site, yakadzorerwa uye yakadzokera kuhutongi hweWestern Shoshone Nation, ichava chivako chekuzvidemba pamusoro pezvakaipa zvakaitwa ipapo pamusoro penyika nezvisikwa zvayo. Nguva ino haisati yasvika. Chii chichazoonekwa senhoroondo yeRugare Camp uye Test Site, zvisingarevi nhoroondo yepasi rino, ichiri kunyorwa sezvatinofamba uye sezvatinoita.
Brian Terrell muchengeti wechiitiko weNevada Desert Zvakaitika uye mubatsiri-mugadziri weVoices yeCreative Nonviolence.brian@vcnv.org>
