Dozens of environmental groups, non-government organizations and individuals have signed a request to the Department of Energy for a two-month extension of the Oct. 3 comment deadline for scoping comments...
“So far in FY 2022, most of WIPP’s shipments came from Idaho National Laboratory to fulfill statutory agreements between the DOE and the State of Idaho.” By Adrian Hedden, Carlsbad...
“This is too little too late, a sham process designed to circumvent citizen enforcement of the National Environmental Policy Act,” said Jay Coghlan, executive director of Nuclear Watch New Mexico....
“Jay [Coghlan] of Nukewatch, invited by Wester to answer an audience question about Ukraine having lost deterrence when it returned Soviet nuclear weapons to Moscow, emphasized that Ukraine never had...
“I challenge us at the most personal level to ask ourselves, ‘How do we live each day? Do we live each day consistent with the core values of faith, love...
“Continuing to develop weapons that don’t just kill but have the potential to decimate the planet is a seemingly accepted part of modern life. Yet on this anniversary of the...
“Of the 64 kilograms of uranium in the Hiroshima bomb, less than one kilogram underwent fission, and the entire energy of the explosion came from just over half a gram...
“’We felt that the cleanup was not moving as quickly as it should be moving and then we entered into litigation with DOE. It was moved from state court to...
What was billed as a public forum in Santa Fe for the underground nuclear waste disposal site in Carlsbad turned out to be a lengthy slide show with only a...
“A watchdog group criticized the Energy Department for choosing a subsidiary of Bechtel, a former partner in the consortium Los Alamos National Security LLC, which improperly packaged the waste drum...
An improperly sealed ventilation system caused the radioactive leak that contaminated three workers at Los Alamos National Laboratory’s plutonium facility earlier this year, requiring one of the employees to receive...
June 16, 2022 | FACT SHEETS Summary: The United States is aggressively expanding the production of plutonium “pit” bomb cores to at least 80 pits per year, which the Pentagon...
“But critics of the lab’s push to bolster its nuclear weapons program think the pit production goals are unrealistic and unnecessary. Jay Coghlan, executive director of Nuclear Watch New Mexico,...
“I’m old enough that I grew up as a child during the Cold War. We are back in a new nuclear arms race,” said Jay Coghlan, the executive director of...
The Alliance for Nuclear Accountability held its annual DC Days conference virtually again this year beginning May 16, 2022. Nuclear Watch New Mexico was proud to participate in this week-long...
“Let’s try to imagine what $9.4 billion could do for New Mexicans in one year: hire hundreds of new teachers, help protect us against increasing wildfire threats, secure precious water...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, April 22, 2022 | Contact: Scott Kovac, 505.989.7342 scott@nukewatch.org | Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342 jay@nukewatch.org Santa Fe, NM – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the semi-autonomous nuclear...
BY SCOTT WYLAND, THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN | April 20, 2022 santafenewmexican.com Apr 20, 2022 — The Los Alamos lab’s plutonium modernization funding would climb to $1.56 billion from this year’s $1...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, April 19, 2022 | Contact: Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342, jay@nukewatch.org Santa Fe, NM – According to budget documents just released by the Department of Energy, DOE facilities in...
[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...