“In a state that’s already short on the resource, Los Alamos National Laboratory expects to double water use.” By Alicia Inez Guzmán, High Country News | April 30, 2026 hcn.org Crews...
Most Expensive Building in U.S. History is Key to New Nuclear Arms Race FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, April 22, 2026 Contact: Tom Clements, Director, SRS Watch, 803-240-7268 | Email Jay Coghlan,...
Media Advisory on SRS Pit Plant briefing, April 22, South Carolina State House & YouTube Livestream, 07:00 MT April 17, 2026 For Immediate Release Contact: Tom Clements, Director, SRS Watch, 803-240-7268,...
Nearly Doubles Funding for Plutonium “Pit” Bomb Core Production FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, April 6, 2026 Contact: Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342, c. 505.470.3154 | Email Sophie Stroud, 505.231.9736 | Email Santa Fe,...
A full one billion dollars is being added to plutonium “pit” bomb core production at the Los Alamos Lab for fiscal year 2027 (which begins this October 1). This tops...
Nearly Doubles Funding for Plutonium “Pit” Bomb Core Production FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, April 6, 2026 Contact: Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342, c. 505.470.3154 | Email Sophie Stroud, 505.231.9736 | Email Santa Fe,...
“The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today released a final Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico. The SWEIS...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 6, 2026 Contact: Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342, c. 505.470.3154 | Email Sophie Stroud, 505.231.9736 | Email “Rationality will not save us… this is very important: at the...
“When the draft was announced last year, some LANL critics decried that even the ‘no action alternative’ would still mean expansion for the lab. Jay Coghlan, executive director of Nuclear...
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...
“The Department of Energy (DOE) is pursuing one of its most ambitious deregulation efforts in decades. Known as Project Velocity, the initiative—outlined alongside other reform measures in an Oct. 17...
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...
The University of Michigan has failed to act transparently or coordinate with local officials on data center project, says state Rep. Jimmie Wilson Jr. “Eighty-four percent of the lab’s 2026...
Nuclear weapons: The government is running on a Continuing Resolution (CR) until the end of January. It’s possible to have another shutdown depending on how tough the Dems want to...
“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 Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025] contemplates pulling funding from any work unrelated to nuclear weapons at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories and sister facility Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory...
Jay Coghlan, executive director of the nuclear watchdog group Nuclear Watch New Mexico, said Wright’s comments “somewhat” quelled his initial concerns about a renewed explosive nuclear testing program. But he...
NukeWatch advocates for comprehensive cleanup at LANL over the Lab's proposed "cap and cover" approach to the more than 200,000 cubic yards of toxic and radioactive waste permanently buried in...
Through comprehensive research, public education and effective citizen action, Nuclear Watch New Mexico seeks to promote safety and environmental protection at regional nuclear facilities; mission diversification away from nuclear weapons...
Through comprehensive research, public education and effective citizen action, Nuclear Watch New Mexico seeks to promote safety and environmental protection at regional nuclear facilities; mission diversification away from nuclear weapons...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, November 21, 2025 Contact: Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342, c. 505.470.3154 | Email Santa Fe, NM – An internal Department of Energy (DOE) memorandum eliminates worker and public radiation...
An internal Department of Energy (DOE) memorandum eliminates worker and public radiation protection rules known “As Low As Reasonably Achievable” (ALARA). This fundamental departure from decades of accepted health physics...
Comprehensive Cleanup Needed Instead of More Nuclear Weapons The New Mexico Environment Department has announced: “A toxic chromium plume from Los Alamos National Laboratory has spread beyond Lab boundaries onto...
Comprehensive Cleanup Needed Instead of More Nuclear Weapons FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, November 14, 2025 Contact: Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342, c. 505.470.3154 | Email Contact: Scott Kovac, 505.316.4148 | Email Santa Fe,...
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...