Summary: The environmental risks posed by irradiated fuel are extreme: As observed by the U.S. Court of Appeals, it has “the capacity to outlast human civilization as we know it and...
Summary New Mexicans should push their politicians to vigorously lobby for comprehensive cleanup at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Unlike nuclear weapons programs, cleanup would be a win-win that...
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) On This Page: Current Events / Issues / Facility Description July 11, 2017. SRS Watch reports: U.S. DOE Documents Obtained via FOIA Request Confirm "Mission Need" to Expand "Dilute and...
Description and Current Mission The Nevada National Security Site (NNSS), formerly known as the Nevada Test Site, is a critical facility within the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) nuclear weapons...
Description and Current Mission The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), located in north-central New Mexico, was founded during World War II as a secret laboratory for the Manhattan Project. This...
Description and Current Mission The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is one of two laboratories responsible for the design of every nuclear weapon in the U.S. arsenal. It was established...
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LAB CLEANUP LAWSUIT Nuke Watch New Mexico filed a lawsuit against Los Alamos National Labs and DOE in January of 2016. This lawsuit is over LANL and...
NukeWatch advocates for comprehensive cleanup at LANL over the Lab's proposed "cap and cover" approach to the more than 200,000 cubic yards of toxic and radioactive waste permanently buried in...
Santa Fe, NM – Today the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced its choice for the new management and operating contract for the Los Alamos National Laboratory...
Today the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced: To achieve DoD’s [the Defense Department] 80 pits per year requirement by 2030, NNSA’s recommended alternative repurposes the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication...
Excerpts There is no explanation why the Department of Defense requires at least 80 pits per year and no justification to the American taxpayer why the enormous expense of expanded...
Call to action! Comments on WIPP Expansion Needed By April 3rd Informational Meeting Is March 8th New Mexico is under growing nuclear attack. · Plutonium pit production increases are...
On December 17, 2017, the Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a separate $1.4 billion contract for cleanup at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos,...
Santa Fe, NM On December 17, 2017, the Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a separate $1.4 billion contract for cleanup at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to Newport News...
In keeping with the Trump Administration’s recent controversial Nuclear Posture Review, today’s just released FY 2019 federal budget dramatically ramps up nuclear weapons research and production. The National Nuclear Security...
Testimony Calls Out Continued DOE Cost Estimating Mismanagement Given that DOE has challenges estimating almost all large projects, taxpayers must push to spend on cleanup first. Both nuclear weapons and...
The New Mexico State Auditor Office recently questioned whether two settlements between the New Mexico Environment Department and the Department of Energy were in the best interests of New Mexico....
Santa Fe, NM Today the Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of the new Los Alamos National Laboratory legacy cleanup contract to Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos, LLC. The...
Why rescind the 2016 Consent Order? In June 2016 the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), the Department of Energy (DOE) and Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS) signed a revised...
Why rescind the 2016 Consent Order? In June 2016 the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), the Department of Energy (DOE) and Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS) signed a revised...
From the Albuquerque Journal New nuclear ‘pit’ production at LANL is unnecessary By Jay Coghlan Friday, July 21st, 2017 at 12:02am SANTA FE, N.M. — The Center for Public Integrity recently...
Some Background on Plutonium Pit Production at the Los Alamos Lab The Washington Post has published the first in a series of articles on nuclear safety lapses in plutonium pit...
The Washington Post has published the first in a series of articles on nuclear safety lapses in plutonium pit production at the Los Alamos Lab. Plutonium pits are the fissile...
Santa Fe, NM – The nonprofit organization Third Way is claiming that it has received a leaked version of Trump’s FY 2018 budget that is scheduled to be released this...
Summary Plutonium pit production is a chokepoint of resumed U.S. nuclear weapons production. Citizens have defeated four past government attempts to expand pit production. Now Trump promises to increase military...