Governor Backs Citizens’ Concerns About Diluted Plutonium in Letter
[Michelle Lujan Grisham] sided with residents’ contention — which she has stated in the past — New Mexico shouldn’t be home to the nation’s sole nuclear waste storage site. “The...
[Michelle Lujan Grisham] sided with residents’ contention — which she has stated in the past — New Mexico shouldn’t be home to the nation’s sole nuclear waste storage site. “The...
Jay Coghlan, Executive Director @ Nuclear Watch New Mexico, on tactical nukes in the Ukraine war with Russia, the deterrent factor, PIT manufacturing in Los Alamos and other related topics.
Federal officials would agree only to study the possibility of clearing out waste from the Area G pit and wouldn’t commit to following through, said Jay Coghlan, Nuclear Watch’s executive...
This week Nuclear Watch New Mexico announced the successful settlement of its lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) about its slow cleanup of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). ...
“The U.S. District Court for New Mexico has approved the proposed settlement filed earlier this month EXCHANGE MONITOR | March 24, 2022 exchangemonitor.org between the Department of Energy and Nuclear...
Nuclear Watch New Mexico, Tri-Valley CAREs and Savannah River Site Watch are in the process of suing for a programmatic environmental impact statement to be completed on plutonium “pit” (warhead...
“The federal ruling in favor of Nuclear Watch New Mexico brings to a close six years of litigation against the U.S. Department of Energy for what the group has characterized...
Joel and Xubi discuss the Ukrainian invasion in the context of nuclear weapons and strategic resource acquisition with Jay Coghan from NukeWatch. ksfr.org Newly minted LOE co-host Jay Coghlan...
“Nuclear watchdog groups have been critical of the Energy Department. They have raised concerns about the repository’s future, citing the increase in defense-related waste that will need to be disposed...
PDA CNM welcomed Archbishop John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe, and our own executive director of Nuclear Watch New Mexico, Jay Coghlan, to speak at their March 9, 2022...
Speakers: Archbishop John C.Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe Jay Coghlan, NukeWatch NM PDACNM welcomed Archbishop John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe to their monthly gathering. His courage in speaking...
A lab critic said he’s concerned about flaws in worker training, equipment and inspections contributing to glove box breaches as LANL gears up for producing plutonium pits for warhead triggers....
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB), which conducts oversight of DOE projects, has confirmed that plutonium from SRS was taken to the Pantex site in Texas, for storage. Sounds...
By Adrian Hedden Carlsbad Current-Argus March 4, 2022 currentargus.com “New Mexico agreed to host WIPP after carefully crafting agreements that limit what the federal government can do with it. It...
Cindy Weehler gave a powerful speech during the March 1, 2022 press conference at the New Mexico Capitol about why you should care about the expanding mission for the Waste...
“This citizen petition highlights the frustration of New Mexicans with DOE’s Environmental Management program. We fully expect the Department of Energy to meaningfully engage with stakeholders in New Mexico communities...
The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration claims that a little more than half of WIPP’s future capacity will be reserved for future plutonium pit bomb core production. Further, those new...
“…If we have nuclear weapons, and if we, heaven forbid, got to the point where we use them on each other, it would be catastrophic. And so I want this...
Did you see what the Santa Fe Archbishop wrote in the very heart of the U.S. nuclear weapons complex? “With this pending Nuclear Posture Review, President Biden has the opportunity...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, February 10, 2022 | Contact: Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342, jay@nukewatch.org Santa Fe, NM – Today the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) released cursory three-page summaries of its FY...
“[Nuclear Diarmament] is a human life issue. This is the sanctity of life because nuclear arms, in fact, could wipe out life as we know it. It can wipe out...
Officials plan to ramp up operations as pandemic hoped to subside “With continued increases in shipments, WIPP officials said they hoped to fill the seventh disposal panel by the middle...
A powerful op-ed by Sister Joan Chittister: Quote: “The difference is that [Santa Fe Archbishop] Wester is alone and standing in what came to be the center of the “American...
As the Biden administration reviews U.S. nuclear weapons policy, over 60 advocacy groups, including Veterans for Peace and CodePink, recently issued a joint statement calling for the elimination of hundreds...
Even though the first atomic bomb exploded in their state, New Mexicans were never compensated for the health consequences of nuclear contamination. These campaigners have vowed to change that. By Sofia...