Los Alamos – Plutonium Center of Negligence
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) reveals public safety vulnerability and seismic issues at TA-55 (The Lab’s plutonium Technical Area).
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New Mexico pushes feds to send more nuclear waste from Las Alamos to WIPP
“‘Los Alamos National Laboratory must now immediately get to work and fill the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant with legacy waste. All excuses have been voided,’ [NMED Secretary] Kenney said. ‘This...
Glove box fire closed part of LANL plutonium facility in November
The federal agency and the lab also have resisted conducting public reviews of pit production, though mishaps and safety infractions are likely to grow more frequent, said Jay Coghlan, executive...
Latinos Still Coping with the Fallout of 1st Nuclear explosion
Russell Contreras | axios.com Hispanics and Mescalero Apache tribal members in New Mexico this month are marking the anniversary of the 1945 Trinity Test — an experiment resulting in health...
Absolutely Unacceptable: Resumed US Nuclear Explosive Testing
A May 22 Washington Post story reported that in mid-May top national security officials discussed resumption of full-scale US nuclear explosive testing. The next day, the Abolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate...
State report: LANL lost track of 250 barrels of nuke waste
The contractor that’s been in charge of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s operations for the past year lost track of 250 barrels of waste, while the company heading the legacy cleanup...
LANL Busted For Losing Control of Controlled Substances
In a recent report, the Department Of Energy’s Office of Inspector General (IG) found issues with the way Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) keeps track of controlled substances such as...
DOE Sites Partially or Fully Closed: WIPP, Pantex & now Savannah River Site…
From Tom Clements of SRS Watch, our colleague and fellow member of the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability: DOE Sites Partially or Fully Closed: the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Pantex &...
NukeWatch response to ABQ Journal article “Putin’s plans to add nukes closely watched in New Mexico”
Putin clearly cannot be trusted, but this article is very one sided. First, it is alarmist to say Putin is “adding” 40 ICBMs. Instead, Russia is replacing old ones and,...
Relevant to NNSA biolabs – – C.D.C. Closes Anthrax and Flu Labs After Accidents
Today’s New York Times has a very relevant article for those concerned about biolabs at National Nuclear Security Administration sites (i.e., Los Alamos and Livermore Labs). The money quote: “Dr....
LANL loses track of nuclear materials
LANL loses track of nuclear materials Plutonium operations placed in standby mode In an April 20, 2012 report, the Safety Board charged with oversight of defense nuclear facilities reported...
Love and Loss in the Jemez
We’re lucky in that it appears Los Alamos Lab has dodged the bullet with respect to the Las Conchas Fire, but I do want to say something about 100,000 acres...
Lab Tries To Ship Explosives on Commercial Airline
KOB TV 4 broke the story and is still has the only account as best as I can tell. Read report and see video here. Los Alamos National Laboratory sent...
MEDIA ADVISORY – South Carolina Environmental Law Project and Nuclear Watchdogs Hold Virtual Press Conference
Public interest groups will hold a press conference for a major announcement of a forthcoming legal action as the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration forge ahead with plans to drastically expand production of plutonium pits, the cores of nuclear weapons, at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina and the Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico.
LANL Gestures to Gas Shortage
Although shutting down LANL would almost make up for the shortage in gas affecting northern New Mexico, it is not quite that equitable. LANL and the Los Alamos town site have their own dedicated gas pipeline coming from the NW San Juan Basin, in New Mexico. Whereas Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Espanola, Taos etc are fed natural gas from the Permian Basin gas fields in Texas. Therefore it is questionable that curtailing operations (which cost taxpayers ~$6 million/per day) at LANL helps to relieve gas supplies in northern New Mexican communities.
Nukes and AI require 1.4 million gallons of water a day at New Mexico lab
“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...
Plaintiffs Tour the Savannah River Site’s Plutonium “Pit” Bomb Core Plant –
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,...
Update on DOE’s Savannah River Site Plutonium “Pit” Bomb Core Plant, Day after Court-Authorized Bomb-Plant Tour by Public Interest Groups
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,...
Trump Accelerates New Nuclear Warhead Production
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,...
LANL Plans to Spend $11.5B on Pit Production over Next Five Years, While New Mexico Remains One of the Poorest States in the Nation
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...
Trump Accelerates New Nuclear Warhead Production
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,...
DOE Plans to Pave Pueblo People’s Cultural Sites, Put Up a Parking Lot
“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...
Feds Give LANL “Very Good” in Accelerating Nuclear Arms Race; “Pit” Bomb Core Production Scheduled Through 2050 — Public Review of NNSA Programs Is Being Gutted
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...
Plan on LANL’s path for next 15 years expected ‘any day now’
“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...
New Mexico Environment Department takes sweeping action over LANL waste
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...