Takeaways: – The Environment Department issued three compliance orders against the Department of Energy regarding hazardous and legacy wastes at Los Alamos National Laboratory. – The department also is seeking...
In a December public meeting, the field office’s manager indicated approval from the Environment Department likely wasn’t needed to defer the study and cleanup of Area C. According to the...
“Asked about the difference in opinion between the federal and state agency regarding the sampling, Kunkle said, ‘I can’t answer why we have the disconnect,’ adding that the only sampling...
The LANL Director mentioned Non-proliferation is a big part of their work. However, the Nuclear Nonproliferation program budget is a mere 6.5% of the total Lab budget (Nuclear Weapons is...
Nuclear Watch New Mexico executive direcor Jay Coghlan sees PF-4 as being a bigger scale — and having bigger risks — than the other aging buildings. “PF-4 is not unique...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, November 6, 2025 Contact: Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342, c. 505.470.3154 | Email Contact: Scott Kovac, 505.316.4148 | Email Santa Fe, NM – The independent Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety...
The independent Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board recently released its Review of the Los Alamos Plutonium Facility Documented Safety Analysis. It concluded that: “While LANL facility personnel continue to make...
Four flanged tritium waste containers have been depressurized and transported to Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Weapons Engineering Tritium Facility, where they will be treated further before heading out-of-state for disposal....
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 18, 2025 Santa Fe, NM — As NNSA and LANL continue operations to depressurize Flanged Tritium Waste Containers, Communities for Clean Water (CCW) calls out federal...
The first of four flanged tritium waste containers awaiting removal from Los Alamos National Laboratory has been vented, the New Mexico Environment Department announced Tuesday afternoon. By Alaina Mencinger amencinger@sfnewmexican.com |...
For Immediate Release: August 22, 2025 Contact: Kalyn Mae Finnell, Coordinator, Communities for Clean Water Los Alamos, NM — This week’s so-called “public meeting” regarding Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) proposal to vent...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, August 3, 2025 Contact: Scott Kovac – 505.316.4148 | Email Santa Fe, NM – Eighty years after the first radioactive waste was buried at the Los Alamos National...
Proposed Tritium Venting by Los Alamos National Lab Postponed Indefinitely after Community Pressure THANK YOU to the over 2,500 of you who signed our Petition to Deny LANL’s Request to...
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) plans to begin large releases of radioactive tritium gas any time after June 2, 2025. The only roadblock is that LANL needs a “Temporary Authorization”...
CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY – nuclearactive.org COMMUNITIES FOR CLEAN WATER – ccwnewmexico.org/general-2 NUCLEAR WATCH NEW MEXICO – nukewatch.org FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN – fireonthemountain.xyz Related Reports: Arjun Makhijani: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6418a35a30fed803c21f2bb1/t/67f56186a8839051f6ccd219/1744134535700/Rainfall+implications+of+Los+Alamos+tritium+venting+proposal+-+interpretation+of+modeling+results+Arjun+Makhijani+final+2024-03-28.pdf...
Why NMED Should Deny LANL’s Request for Tritium Releases The Los Alamos National Laboratory plans to begin large releases of radioactive tritium gas any time after June 2, 2025. The...
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In this Site-Wide EIS we’re given three options: Expanded nuclear weapons programs (hypocritically called the no action alternative), then we’re presented with yet more expanded nuclear weapons programs, and the...
“Nuclear Watch New Mexico hosted a workshop on February 6 on the newly released Draft Sitewide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to present information and elicit...
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Review and submit comments on the Draft LANL SWEIS through March 11, 2025. Comments may be submitted via one of the following means: By email to: LANLSWEIS@nnsa.doe.gov; By mail to Mr. Stephen Hoffman, LANL SWEIS Document Manager,...
Despite the name, even the no action plan means growth for LANL — just a smaller amount. Given already-approved projects, the lab’s footprint is estimated to grow 4% under the...
NNSA’s Preferred Future for the Lab is Radically Expanded Nuclear Weapons Programs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, January 10, 2025 Jay Coghlan – 505.989.7342 | Email Santa Fe, NM – The National Nuclear...
NNSA’s Preferred Future for the Lab is Radically Expanded Nuclear Weapons Programs The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has finally released its Draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for Continued...
“At the present rate of extraction … that’s going to take more than a century to complete,” said Jay Coghlan, executive director of Nuclear Watch New Mexico. The group is...