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Santa Fe’s benefit from LANL coalition questioned
“We have RCLC, which is funded primarily by the Department of Energy funds, yet DOE doesn’t necessarily listen to the resolutions that we put forward about reducing plutonium pit production....
NNSA Says No Injuries, Contamination During February 26 Incident At LANL Plutonium Facility
February 26 at the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Plutonium Facility (PF-4) waste generator site at Technical Area 55 involving sparking in a where a metal waste item in a transuranic...
Local Governments Should Leave the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities
Summary: Local governments get little in return for being members of the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities (RCLC). That is because the Coalition is ineffective, dysfunctional, wastes taxpayers’ money and...
PLUTONIUM-239 AND CHROMIUM-6 CONTAMINATION AT LANL
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Project 2020 PLUTONIUM-239 AND CHROMIUM-6 CONTAMINATION AT LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY Analyzing contaminant migration and assessing remediation The goal of this project is to raise questions regarding...
LANL W-87-1 Nuclear Warhead and Proposed Expansion into Santa Fe
“CCNS asks that we look more closely at LANL’s claim to boost the local economy – an extra cup of coffee in the morning, a bagel for lunch, a tank...
Santa Fe councilors question LANL coalition membership
BY: Kyle Land / Mar 2, 2021 abqjournal.com Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal What’s the actual benefit to the city? That was the question Santa Fe city councilors debated Monday as they considered the...
Panel weighs benefits to LANL communities coalition
BY: Sean P. Thomas sthomas@sfnewmexican.com / Mar 1, 2021 Updated Mar 2, 2021 santafenewmexican.com Santa Fe City Councilor Renee Villarreal renewed her concerns Monday about the city’s involvement in a joint powers...
New Mexico Environment Department Takes Legal Action To Terminate Defective LANL Cleanup “Consent Order”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, February 25, 2021 The New Mexico Environment Department has announced that it is filing a lawsuit against the Department of Energy to terminate a “Consent Order” governing...
State sues DOE over LANL cleanup
The lawsuit notes that Nuclear Watch New Mexico previously filed a lawsuit against the DOE over its non-compliance with the 2016 Consent Order. Jay Coghlan, executive director of Nuclear Watch...
New Mexico sues feds over LANL cleanup, plans tougher oversight
Jay Coghlan, executive director of nonprofit Nuclear Watch New Mexico, agreed that hard deadlines are crucial in making real headway on cleanup. “The main thing we would want is to...
LANL Looks to Reduce Risks of Volatile Waste
“Many of the drums probably have sat around for years, even decades, posing a hazard,” said Scott Kovac, research and operations director for the nonprofit Nuclear Watch New Mexico. “It’s...
Editorial: LANL’s lack of wildfire plan, action irresponsible
By Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board Tuesday, February 16th, 2021 One would think an entity with 13 nuclear facilities that experienced two catastrophic wildfires in recent years would be taking fire...
In Santa Fe, protesting LANL’s arrival
Luis Sánchez Saturno / The New Mexican Feb 12, 2021
LANL not serious about wildland fires
BY: T.S. Last / Journal North Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal Feb, 9, 2021 SANTA FE – A recently released report by the Department of Energy’s Office of Inspector General suggests that managers at...
LANL Falls Behind on Wildfire Protection While Expanding Nuclear Weapons Production Watchdog Calls for New Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement
FEBRUARY 9, 2021 Santa Fe, NM – The Department of Energy’s Inspector General is reporting that the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is falling seriously behind in wildfire protection. This...
Report: LANL not managing forests to prevent wildfires
Jay Coghlan, executive director of the nonprofit Nuclear Watch New Mexico, said the lab puts most of its attention on producing nuclear weapons and neglects forest maintenance, despite the disastrous...
Wildland Fire Prevention Still Lagging at LANL
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has had two major wildland fires — the Cerro Grande Fire in 2000 and the Las Conchas Fire in 2011. Each fire burned partially on...
LANL contractor hits first goal in toxic waste cleanup projects
“N3B is going after the low-hanging fruit, cleaning up less than 2,000 cubic yards of contaminated dirt,” said Jay Coghlan, executive director of Nuclear Watch New Mexico. “Let’s hear their...
LANL Tritium Venting, Middle DP Road And Consent Order Dominate NMED Community Engagement Meeting
More than 100 people tuned in to a virtual community engagement meeting hosted by the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) Thursday evening where the proposed venting of four flanged tritium...
Nuclear Watch New Mexico’s Critique of Some NNSA Answers to Questions on LANL’s Planned Tritium Releases
November 4, 2020 The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) proposes to vent up to 114,000 curies of radioactive tritium gas to the open atmosphere while claiming that it poses no...
2nd Virtual Public Information Session On LANL Tritium Venting Project
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Delegates Want Open Meeting on Release of Radioactive Vapors at LANL
The public will get a chance to comment and learn more about Los Alamos National Laboratory’s plans to release radioactive vapors into the atmosphere from several barrels of tritium-tainted waste....
LANL’s Waste Storage Poses Dangers, Report Says
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) Report demonstrates beyond doubt that a FULL programmatic environmental impact statement on expanded plutonium pit production is needed, as well as new site-wide EIS...