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This article was originally published July 6, 2019 in the Santa Fe New Mexican Article Written by NukeWatch NM Volunteer: ALICIA SANDERS-ZAKRE The Department of Energy’s new attempt at “enhanced...
This article was originally published July 6, 2019 in the Santa Fe New Mexican Article Written by NukeWatch NM Volunteer: ALICIA SANDERS-ZAKRE The Department of Energy’s new attempt at “enhanced...
The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities (RCLC) Board met Thursday in Española. BY BONNIE J. GORDON | ladailypost.com The meeting included a presentation by Holtec International Program Director Ed Mayer...
Over the last decade funding for the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL’s) nuclear weapons programs has increased 20%. However, funding for needed cleanup has remained flat at one-tenth of the...
The Road to Genuine Los Alamos Lab Cleanup Summary Funding for nuclear weapons is still the priority at the Lab $1.7 trillion 30-year “modernization” program total current estimate across the...
By Alicia Sanders-Zakre Foreign ministers and high-level representatives from 15 non-nuclear-armed countries gathered in Stockholm on Tuesday to discuss advancing disarmament, amidst an ever-deteriorating arms control, disarmament and nonproliferation landscape....
There should be no expanded pit production until nuclear safety is fully assured by an independent, unrestricted Safety Board, and our congressional delegation should be the first to demand that.
On March 1, 2005, after arduous negotiations and threats of litigation, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), Department of Energy (DOE), and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) entered into a...
On March 1, 2005, after arduous negotiations and threats of litigation, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), Department of Energy (DOE), and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) entered into a...
Posted By Scott Kovac Santa Fe, NM – Today the Trump Administration released more budget details for the Department of Energy and its semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration’s nuclear weapons...
Posted by Scott Kovac – Sandia National Laboratories, has one of the Department Of Energy’s (DOE’s) largest annual budgets and the fiscal year 2020 (FY20) Congressional Budget Request shows continued...
By Scott Kovac Los Alamos National Laboratory is first and foremost a nuclear weapons laboratory. The Department of Energy’s annual Congressional Budget Request for fiscal year 2020 shows that 71%...
3/13 PODCAST: Nuke Watch Director Jay Coghlan on the Lawsuit Against LANL LISTEN ON SANTAFE.COM
The 63-acre Material Disposal Area G at Los Alamos National Laboratory holds radioactive and other hazardous waste generated by nuclear weapons production during the Manhattan Project of World War II...
By Scott Kovac, Operations and Research Director The White House released the top line numbers of its fiscal year 2020 Congressional budget request and, although there are some increases heading to...
Chronological – 2013 to Date 2018 November 16, 2018 Fact Sheet Expanded Plutonium Pit Production for U.S. Nuclear Weapons Plutonium pits are the radioactive cores or “triggers” of nuclear weapons. Their...
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Thursday February 21, 2019, 5:30 – 9:00 PM, Albuquerque Convention Center, 401 2ndSt NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102 What: The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) will hold a public hearing...
“Scott Kovac of Nuclear Watch New Mexico said the change should not have been approved without an explanation from the DOE about how to address lost space after a contamination...
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is the landmark environmental law which requires executive agencies to give the public the opportunity to formally review and comment on major federal proposals....
“Rather than pursuing the permit modification, the Department of Energy should comply with the legal capacity limit and begin a public process to explain what additional waste it wants to...
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Dear Friends of Nuclear Watch New Mexico: The Los Alamos and Sandia Labs are the tip of the spear for a one-trillion dollar “modernization” program that will completely rebuild every...
Public Meeting on Annual Plan for Cleanup Los Alamos National Laboratory Legacy Waste November 29, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. Los Alamos County Council Chambers, 1000 Central Avenue, Los Alamos, The state...
Plutonium pits are the radioactive cores or “triggers” of nuclear weapons. Their production has always been a chokepoint of resumed industrial-scale U.S. nuclear weapons production ever since a 1989 FBI...