Watchdog Groups Claim Nuclear Agency is Moving Forward to Manufacture New Plutonium Bomb Cores in Violation of National Environmental Law and Public Review

Today, Nuclear Watch New Mexico, Savannah River Site Watch, and Tri-Valley CAREs sent a letter of demand to the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to inform the government that its plan to quadruple the production rate of plutonium bomb cores is out of compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

NNSA’s premature plan to quadruple the production rate of plutonium bomb cores (“pits”), the heart of all US nuclear weapons, is out of compliance with requisite environmental law, the groups argue, as NNSA has failed to undertake a legally-mandated programmatic review and hold required public hearings.

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Read The Letter To NNSA On NEPA Requirements For Expanded Plutonium Pit Production

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• Read the Santa Fe New Mexican article dated Nov. 1 -“Watchdog groups seek review of plutonium plan”
• Read the Albuquerque Journal Article dated Nov. 2 – “Review of bump in ‘pit’ production urged”
• Read the LA Monitor article dated Nov. 5 – “Nuclear groups challenge pit program expansion”