Framework Agreement

The agreement of the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) to address the highest risk above-ground transuranic waste currently in Technical Area...

2016 Revised Consent Order

This revised Consent Order will create serious barriers to achieving cleanup, limits public participation opportunities, undermines enforceability by the Environment Department, puts the Department of Energy (DOE) in the driver’s...

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WIPP

 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) On This Page: Current Events / Issues / Facility Description July 11, 2017. SRS Watch reports:  U.S. DOE Documents Obtained via FOIA Request Confirm "Mission Need" to Expand "Dilute and...

Sandia Labs

Description and Current Mission There are three major nuclear weapons laboratories in the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA's) nuclear weapons complex, Los Alamos (LANL), Lawrence Livermore, and Sandia National Laboratories...

Nevada NNS

Description and Current Mission The Nevada National Security Site (N2S2) is 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, NV, at its closest point, and occupies a 1,350 sq-mi area. The facility...

Los Alamos National Lab

Description and Current Mission The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in north central New Mexico was originally founded during World War II as the secret atomic weapons lab for the...

Nuclear Testing Since 1945

The first nuclear weapon test was carried out by the United States at the Trinity site on July 16, 1945, with a yield approximately equivalent to 20 kilotons. The first...

Acronyms

A Glossary of Commonly Used Nuclear-related Acronyms ABM Treaty 1972. Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. One of the first treaties of the Cold War, limiting both the US and the USSR to...

Resources / Links

Other Nuke Watches (we are NukeWatch NM) Nukewatch NukeWatch South  National/International Abolition 2000 Alliance For Nuclear Accountability (NWNM is proud to be a member of this organization) Alsos digital Library...

NNSA Ten-Year Site Plans

Update June 8, 2018: The Ten Year Site Plans have been removed from the NNSA server. We don't yet know if NNSA intends to violate the stipulated order (see below)...

Performance Evaluation Reports & Plans

2022 Performance Evaluation Reports: NukeWatch filed a FOIA request for full PERS for 2022 in February 2023. Kansas City National Security Campus Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory...

NukeWatch Fact Sheets and Presentations

NUKEWATCH WORK PRODUCT NUKEWATCH MEDIA Atomic Histories & Nuclear Testing VIEW OUR RICH ARCHIVE OF NUCLEAR NEWS ARTICLES HERE LANL's Central Mission: Los Alamos Lab officials have recently claimed that LANL has...

Nuclear Weapons Complex Documents

NUKEWATCH WORK PRODUCT NUKEWATCH MEDIA Atomic Histories & Nuclear Testing LANL's Central Mission: Los Alamos Lab officials have recently claimed that LANL has moved away from primarily nuclear weapons to "national...

UPF Lawsuit

NUKEWATCH WORK PRODUCT NUKEWATCH MEDIA Atomic Histories & Nuclear Testing VIEW OUR RICH ARCHIVE OF NUCLEAR NEWS ARTICLES HERE LANL's Central Mission: Los Alamos Lab officials have recently claimed that LANL has...

Los Alamos Cleanup Lawsuit

2019 March 12, 2019  Lawsuit Advances Against Los Alamos National Laboratory Management Potential Penalties Over $272,000,000  

Lawsuits

LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LAB CLEANUP LAWSUIT Nuke Watch New Mexico filed a lawsuit against Los Alamos National Labs and DOE in January of 2016. This lawsuit is over LANL and...

Lethal High-Level Waste

No High-Level Waste To New Mexico "The most toxic and dangerous type of radioactive waste created by the nuclear industry" This is waste generated by nuclear power plants called 'high-level...

Plutonium Pit Production

2020 March 10, 2020 Press Release Energy Dept. Nearly Triples Funding for Plutonium Pit Production Cuts Cleanup in Half But Refuses to Complete New Env. Impact Statement for Los Alamos...

Nuclear ‘Modernization’

The Pentagon considers eight projects part of its nuclear modernization budget: new ICBMs, cruise missiles, updates to submarine-launched missiles, a new stealth bomber, new strategic submarines, updates to existing gravity...

Los Alamos National Lab Cleanup

Summary: The State of New Mexico should again demonstrate the political will it successfully displayed in 2005 when it compelled the federal Department of Energy to agree to an enforceable...

Issues

Arms Control & Non-Proliferation Los Alamos National Lab Cleanup Lawsuits Lethal High Level Waste to NM Mox / Plutonium Disposition Nuclear "Modernization" Plutonium Pit Production U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex Cleanup...

About Us

Mission Statement Through comprehensive research, public education, and effective citizen action, Nuclear Watch New Mexico seeks to promote safety and environmental protection at regional nuclear facilities; mission diversification away from...

Nuclear Watch New Mexico

Through comprehensive research, public education and effective citizen action, Nuclear Watch New Mexico seeks to promote safety and environmental protection at regional nuclear facilities; mission diversification away from nuclear weapons...

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