“Ypsilanti, Michigan resident KJ Pedri doesn’t want her town to be the site of a new $1.2 billion data center, a massive collaborative project between the University of Michigan and...
Nuclear weapons: The government shutdown has impact: https://sourcenm.com/2025/10/22/national-nuclear-security-agency-confirms-furloughs-at-offices-in-albuquerque-los-alamos/ National Nuclear Security Agency confirms 152 furloughed at offices in Albuquerque, Los Alamos Only 14 employees remain at the two sites By:...
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...
“Yes, we can learn things by nuclear testing. But when you look at the big picture, we have much more to lose by going back to testing than we have...
New Plutonium “Pit” Bomb Cores at Los Alamos Lab Could Make It Real FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, October 30, 2025 Contact: Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342, c. 505.470.3154 | Email Santa Fe, NM...
New Plutonium “Pit” Bomb Cores at Los Alamos Lab Could Make It Real Just minutes before meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump posted on his Truth Social media platform...
The lone independent federal agency responsible for ensuring safety at U.S. nuclear weapons sites — including Hanford in Washington state — will lose its ability to issue recommendations for safer...
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....
Nuclear Weapons Update: Budget: • House Republicans passed by one vote $57.3 billion in Energy and Water appropriations. They made big cuts to renewable energy programs while boosting nuclear weapons...
Congress must act to keep the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) from losing its quorum on October 18. We need YOUR help to get them to take action in...
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 |...
From our friends at Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety: The independent Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has been dwindling from a five-member board to one member and may disappear if...
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...
Eighty Years Later, it is Beyond Time to Get Rid of Nuclear Weapons. Last week on August 6, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, community...
By John C. Wester, SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN | August 5, 2024 santafenewmexican.com Greetings New Mexicans. The lord’s blessings upon you. I am writing to you from Hiroshima, Japan, on the...
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...
https://964f6bfd-c857-4667-8d59-615efbd0d7c4.libsyn.com/05-the-lab-part-01 “When the Manhattan Project arrived on the Pajarito Plateau in northern New Mexico, the land was not uninhabited. To establish the highly secretive Site Y, the United States military...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, June 30, 2025 Contact: Scott Kovac – 505.316.4148 | Email The Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Laboratory have released the LANL congressional budget request for the...
The Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Laboratory have released the LANL congressional budget request for the upcoming fiscal year, 2026, which begins on October 1, 2025. The request...
Your Nuclear Watch New Mexico team has just returned from a weeklong trip to Washington D.C. (we went so you don’t have to!). The Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) hosts...
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...
JOIN US: Virtual Workshop On the Nationwide Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on the Expanded Production of Plutonium “Pit” Bomb Cores Public comments help increase transparency and safety. It is crucial...
“From South Carolina to California, locals in nuclear weapons towns raise health, safety, and environmental concerns over renewed plutonium pit manufacturing.” By: Taylor Barnes | June 12, 2025 inkstickmedia.com The United...