Editorial: LANL leaders must make safety the lab’s top mission
“Falling short of the bare minimum in the eyes of the DOE is a far cry from where the public expects or needs LANL to be.” BY ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL EDITORIAL...
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Ohio town worries about safety after radioactive contamination is found at middle school
On Monday, Zahn’s Corner Middle School in Piketon was closed because enriched uranium had been detected inside the building and neptunium-237 had been detected by an air monitor next to...
Fukushima at 8: Accusations of scientific misconduct concern city in Japan
http://www.beyondnuclear.org Eight years after the Fukushima nuclear reactors exploded on Japan’s Northern coast, spewing radioactive particles into the air, across the land, and into the Pacific Ocean, the country continues...
Women marched for Korean reconciliation. Washington is in our way.
BY GLORIA STEINEM & CHRISTINE AHN | washingtonpost.com February 25, 2019 Gloria Steinem and Christine Ahn are founders of Women Cross DMZ , a global movement mobilizing for peace on the Korean Peninsula. In...
Russia Just Sent Two Nuclear-Capable Bombers to Venezuela
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV / AP time.com (MOSCOW) — Two Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers arrived in Venezuela on Monday, a deployment that comes amid soaring Russia-U.S. tensions. Russia’s Defense Ministry said a...
Donald Trump Welcomes In the Age of “Usable” Nuclear Weapons
BY James Carroll, TomDispatch – truthout.org | Of the failure of Reykjavik, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze would then comment: “When future generations read the transcripts of this meeting, they will not forgive us.” [While meeting...
Terminating the INF Treaty Could Be Disastrous
BY DEREK JOHNSON cnn.com Derek Johnson is the executive director of Global Zero, the international movement for a world without nuclear weapons. This was probably the first time most folks had...
A September 11th Catastrophe You’ve Probably Never Heard About
In 1957, America narrowly averted a nuclear meltdown at the Rocky Flats plant in Colorado. A new book explores how close we all came to disaster. ANDREW COHEN | theatlantic.com...
Selected Press Items
Koreas agree to work toward peace and ‘complete denuclearization’ Trump’s strike on Syria is exactly why North Korea wants nuclear weapons The Trump-Kim Summit and North Korean Denuclearization: The Good,...
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...
Kansas City Plant
Description and Current Mission The Kansas City Plant (KCP) has most of its operations in Missouri, with satellite facilities in Arkansas and New Mexico. The main facility is located on...
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...
Kirtland Air Force Base Nuclear Weapons Complex
"Ever since Gen. (Leslie) Groves established the Z Division here in September 1945, Albuquerque and Kirtland have been at the very heart and soul of America's nuclear weapon and nuclear...
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...
Watchdogs Call for Renewed Investigation of Corruption at Los Alamos Lab
For immediate release February 2, 2016 Watchdogs Call for Renewed Investigation of Corruption at Los Alamos Lab and Questionable Suicide of Former Deputy Director Santa Fe, NM – Today three...
Los Alamos: A Whistleblower’s Diary
Los Alamos: A Whistleblower’s Diary, by Chuck Montaño, released April 28, 2015. Order your copy from Amazon, or better yet, from the author directly. “A shocking account of foul play, theft and...
WATCHDOG GROUPS HEAD TO D.C.TO URGE CONGRESS TO CONFRONT “THE GROWING U.S. NUCLEAR THREAT”
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability A national network of organizations working to address issues of nuclear weapons production and waste cleanup Nuclear Watch New Mexico May 14, 2015 WATCHDOG GROUPS...
Tom Udall’s Unlikely Alliance With the Chemical Industry
NukeWatch NM Commentary: Not to mention Tom Udall’s not-so-unlikely alliance with the nuclear weapons industry in New Mexico. For that he sits on the Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations...
Relevant to NNSA biolabs – – C.D.C. Closes Anthrax and Flu Labs After Accidents
Today’s New York Times has a very relevant article for those concerned about biolabs at National Nuclear Security Administration sites (i.e., Los Alamos and Livermore Labs). The money quote: “Dr....
NNSA Will Not be “Burdened” by Costs for Clean-Up at New KCP
I found what I think is an interesting quote concerning the new KCP in NNSA’s FY 2011 Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan (which is the plan that NNSA showboats to...