THE FUTURE OF WIPP: PLUTONIUM BOMB WASTE
NNSA’s mission is plutonium pit production…for the next 30 years and beyond. NNSA HAS STATED CLEARLY: “WIPP IS ESSENTIAL FOR PIT PRODUCTION UNTIL 2080.” As you can see clearly in...
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House panel OKs bill opposing nuclear waste storage plan
Holtec has said the facility would be temporary until a permanent repository could be built, but Rep. Janelle Anyanonu, D-Albuquerque, fears that wouldn’t be the case. “Once it opens, it’s...
Albuquerque Journal Editorial: NM right to ask for accounting of nuclear waste
“I think there’s this mentality that New Mexico can just be the forever home for all the nation’s waste. It’s an exploitative mentality regarding our state.” — Sen. Jeff Steinborn,...
In the Pacific, Outcry Over Japan’s Plan to Release Fukushima Wastewater
“Next year in spring, [Japan] plans to begin releasing the water into the Pacific after treatment for most radioactive particles…” By Pete McKenzie, NEW YORK TIMES | December 30, 2022 nytimes.com...
High anxiety as Japan takes another step toward releasing wastewater from crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into sea
“The unprecedented, controversial disposal operation is likely to take decades. ” BY LUCY CRAFT, CBS NEWS | July 25, 2022 cbsnews.com Tokyo — The fishing industry around Japan’s Fukushima coast expressed...
Governor: NM Won’t Be a ‘Dumping Ground” for Nuclear Waste
“None of this waste we’re talking about is in New Mexico…If it actually were a good thing, if it were safe, Holtec or anybody else wouldn’t be thinking about trying...
Critics displeased with forum on nuclear waste site
What was billed as a public forum in Santa Fe for the underground nuclear waste disposal site in Carlsbad turned out to be a lengthy slide show with only a...
Feds replace underground waste storage management with $3 billion deal
“A watchdog group criticized the Energy Department for choosing a subsidiary of Bechtel, a former partner in the consortium Los Alamos National Security LLC, which improperly packaged the waste drum...
Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to be Spent on Plutonium Pit Production – NNSA Chooses Speed Over Safety, Condones Potential Lethal Radioactive Doses to Public
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, April 22, 2022 | Contact: Scott Kovac, 505.989.7342 [email protected] | Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342 [email protected] Santa Fe, NM – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the semi-autonomous nuclear...
Discovery of radioactive liquid pauses work at US nuke dump
“Independent federal investigators last month raised concerns about whether cost overruns and missed construction deadlines will continue at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant…State regulators are weighing a permit change that some...
Workers evacuated from area of Carlsbad nuclear waste repository after ‘abnormal event’
pic.twitter.com/q1aI84ZNqM — DOE WIPP (@WIPPNEWS) April 10, 2022 pic.twitter.com/VxkmX36RAy — DOE WIPP (@WIPPNEWS) April 10, 2022 Officials at the facility say there was no risk of radioactive contamination. BY ADRIAN...
Feds agree to LANL waste cleanup and repairs to settle lawsuit
Federal officials would agree only to study the possibility of clearing out waste from the Area G pit and wouldn’t commit to following through, said Jay Coghlan, Nuclear Watch’s executive...
‘More than 1,000’ New Mexicans call State to oppose plutonium plan at nuclear waste site
By Adrian Hedden Carlsbad Current-Argus March 4, 2022 currentargus.com “New Mexico agreed to host WIPP after carefully crafting agreements that limit what the federal government can do with it. It...
New Mexico governor asked to stand up to more nuclear waste
“This citizen petition highlights the frustration of New Mexicans with DOE’s Environmental Management program. We fully expect the Department of Energy to meaningfully engage with stakeholders in New Mexico communities...
Bury it? Shoot it into space? Why scientists still can’t find a place for nuclear waste
“Currently no options have been able to demonstrate that waste will remain isolated from the environment over the tens to hundreds of thousands of years.” – Nuclear waste expert Andrew...
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant leadership expect nuclear waste site to be open until 2050
The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration claims that a little more than half of WIPP’s future capacity will be reserved for future plutonium pit bomb core production. Further, those new...
Bill Reignites Holtec Nuclear Waste Debate
“Interim in this case effectively means permanent…We have great concern about that public safety component of any private waste moving through the state to a facility” — Sarah Cottrell Propst,...
COVID-19 an obstacle for nuclear waste disposal at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, officials say
Officials plan to ramp up operations as pandemic hoped to subside “With continued increases in shipments, WIPP officials said they hoped to fill the seventh disposal panel by the middle...
Yucca Mountain remains in debate over nuclear waste storage
“I’ve always fought misguided efforts to deposit nuclear waste in Nevada, and I’ll keep working with the Nevada delegation to pass my consent-based siting bill that would ensure these dangerous...
US Still Doesn’t Know How and Where It Will Store Its Growing Pile of Nuclear Waste
The estimated cost of handling the degrading radioactive material is rising steadily — $512 billion at last count. “DoE is now running up against a statutory limit for how much...
Energy Department to spend $15.5M to upgrade route from Los Alamos lab to waste site [WIPP]
“Essentially blessing what DOE was going to have to do anyway in order to expand nuclear weapons activities and waste disposal,” said Jay Coghlan, executive director of Nuclear Watch New...
‘Not in my backyard’: The thorny issue of storing German nuclear waste
“Germany is to shut down its last nuclear reactors next year. However, the country still has no place to store the 27,000 cubic metres of highly radioactive material it has...
Pilgrim nuclear plant may release 1M gallons of radioactive water into bay. What we know
“Diane Turco, of Harwich, the director of Cape Downwinders, a citizen group that was at the forefront of the effort to close Pilgrim, called any option that included sending radioactive water...
NM Legislature Interim Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee Virtual Meeting
Fri. Nov. 12th at 9 am – live (State Capitol, Senate Chambers) and virtual meeting – NM Legislature Interim Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee Meeting Presentations include: Environment Department Cleanup Actions;...
Santa Fe County Nuclear Waste Emergency Response Town Hall October 19th
In response to community concerns about the proposed increased shipments of more dangerous forms of plutonium along New Mexico State Road 599, Santa Fe County District 2 Commissioner Anna Hansen...