New allegations from 2021 include contamination issues, flooding, improper staffing and dismissing hazardous waste protocols BY: DANIELLE PROKOP, Source NM | June 12, 2023 sourcenm.com As contractors at Los Alamos National...
Nuclear Watch New Mexico June 6, 2023 | Email NEPA Document Manager U.S. DOE Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office 1200 Trinity Drive, Suite 400 Los Alamos, NM 87544 By...
“Under Work Processes, the document says contrary to the requirements, Triad failed to perform work consistent with the approved instructions, procedures or other appropriate needs.” BY MAIRE O’NEILL, LOS ALAMOS...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, January 12, 2023 | Jay Coghlan – 505.989.7342 | Email Santa Fe, NM – Today, the independent Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a scathing report entitled NNSA...
Santa Fe, NM – Today, the independent Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a scathing report entitled NNSA Does Not Have a Comprehensive Schedule or Cost Estimate for Pit Production Capability....
“This year’s $858 billion military budget is the largest in memory. And the National Nuclear Security Administration, the Energy Department branch that oversees nuclear weapons, received $22.3 billion, a bump...
A Reduced Operations Alternative is not only a reasonable alternative but is in the actual best interests of the nation. Such an alternative would best preserve stockpile reliability by foregoing...
DOWNLOAD, USE & EDIT OUR SCOPING COMMENTS [WORD DOC] [PDF] October xxxx, 2022 Via [email protected] Dear National Nuclear Security Administration: Pursuant to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements, the following...
November 16, 2022 12:00pm to 9:45pm MT Two Sessions will be Held: 1. Nuclear Safety at Area G – 12:00–2:30 pm MT 2. National Security Missions and Nuclear Safety Posture – 4:00–9:45...
“Jay Coghlan, executive director of Nuclear Watch New Mexico, said the lab has a history of delays and cost overruns that predates the pandemic. “I suspect LANL and [the federal...
“Los Alamos lab’s plutonium modernization funding would climb to $1.56 billion from this year’s $1 billion, a more than 50 percent increase. Jay Coghlan, executive director of Nuclear Watch New...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, August 18, 2022 | Contact: Scott Kovac, 505.989.7342 [email protected] | Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342 [email protected] Santa Fe, NM – Today, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the semi-autonomous nuclear...
“This is in direct contradiction to the National Environmental Policy Act’s requirement that federal agencies take a ‘hard look’ at proposed actions before implementation,” Jay Coghlan, executive director of Nuclear...
“Multiple properties could be needed to meet LANL needs…Items that would be warehoused or stored include items that are needed for LANL operations,” BY Carol A. Clark , Los Alamos Daily...
“…At this point Commissioners Hansen and Hamilton walked out as well as several others. Greenwald and others placed green tape over the mouths. As attendees were being invited to the...
But a watchdog group argued Los Alamos lab adopting a higher radiation limit for workers than other labs is to create more leeway when it ramps up plutonium pit production....
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, April 18, 2022 | Contact: Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342, [email protected], Scott Kovac, 505.989.7342, [email protected], Santa Fe, NM – On Good Friday afternoon, just before the Easter weekend, the...
“The core debate: A multi-billion-dollar project to make plutonium cores at Los Alamos National Laboratory may be unsafe, unnecessary and ill-conceived. But proponents say the mission is a must.” BY...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 23, 2022 | Contact: Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342, [email protected], Scott Kovac, 505.989.7342, [email protected], Santa Fe, NM – Today, Nuclear Watch New Mexico is announcing successful settlement of...
The cursory assessment winds up glossing over what could be serious problems at the lab, said Jay Coghlan, executive director of Nuclear Watch New Mexico. “The full evaluation reports used...