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This article was originally published July 6, 2019 in the Santa Fe New Mexican Article Written by NukeWatch NM Volunteer: ALICIA SANDERS-ZAKRE The Department of Energy’s new attempt at “enhanced...
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Los Alamos Lab Cleanup to Stay Far Behind Funding for Nuclear Weapons Research and Production
Over the last decade funding for the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL’s) nuclear weapons programs has increased 20%. However, funding for needed cleanup has remained flat at one-tenth of the...
Forum addresses plutonium pit expansion at SRS
BY SARAH LEBLANC | augustachronicle.com AIKEN — A forum regarding the Department of Energy’s proposed expanded production of plutonium pits at Savannah River Site was held Friday evening. About 70...
Study questions whether LANL, DOE can meet ‘pits’ production goal
Jay Coghlan of Nuclear Watch New Mexico said the report “makes clear that DOE is blowing smoke when it says that it will produce 80 plutonium pits per year by...
Federal workers struggle for years to prove they got sick on the job
Part 2 of NCR’s look at the toxic legacy of one nuclear weapons plant BY CLAIRE SCHAEFFER-DUFFY | ncronline.org Editor’s note: As the government invests in the modernization of the...
Editorial: LANL leaders must make safety the lab’s top mission
Falling short of the bare minimum in the eyes of the DOE is a far cry from where the public expects or needs LANL to be. The Albuquerque Journal Editorial...
Editorial: LANL leaders must make safety the lab’s top mission
“Falling short of the bare minimum in the eyes of the DOE is a far cry from where the public expects or needs LANL to be.” BY ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL EDITORIAL...
Trump’s 2020 Nuclear Weapons Budget Escalates New Arms Race
Posted By Scott Kovac Santa Fe, NM – Today the Trump Administration released more budget details for the Department of Energy and its semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration’s nuclear weapons...
New Estimate ($377B) Raises Cost of Cold War Cleanup (Again)
At some point, DOE will have to admit that it has no idea what it will cost to cleanup the Cold War nuclear weapons complex sites. DOE should stop making...
NukeWatch Joins Suit To Stop WIPP Expansion
NukeWatch Joins Suit To Stop WIPP Expansion On January 17, 2019, Southwest Research and Information Center (SRIC) and Nuclear Watch New Mexico (NWNM) filed an appeal in the New Mexico...
An inspector monitors radiations around containers at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2003 prior to shipping nuclear waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad. New Mexican file photo;...
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Dear Friends of Nuclear Watch New Mexico: The Los Alamos and Sandia Labs are the tip of the spear for a one-trillion dollar “modernization” program that will completely rebuild every...
“You guys have gotten me afraid, really afraid”
“In the blink of an eye, an accident could potentially have a major detrimental impact on our community…You guys have gotten me afraid, really afraid.” – Hopkins resident Karen Irick. thestate.com
New Mexico Environment Department Conducts Hearing On LANL Groundwater Discharge Permit In Los Alamos
BY MAIRE O’NEILL thelosalamosreporter.com A public hearing being conducted by the New Mexico Environment to consider the ground water discharge permit for Los Alamos National Laboratory headed into its second day...
Trump Administration Muzzles Nuclear Weapons Safety Watchdog
Trump Administration Muzzles Nuclear Weapons Safety Watchdog The administration, working in open alliance with profit-making contractors, is scaling back the safety group’s authority and slashing its staff. Center For Public...
State could block proposed nuclear storage site near Carlsbad
State could block nuclear storage site near Carlsbad even if federally licensed By Adrian C. Hedden / Carlsbad Current-Argus, N.M. (TNS) Published: Thursday, August 16th, 2018 at 7:24am Updated: Saturday,...
Savannah River Site
Description and Current Mission The Savannah River Site (SRS) occupies some 300 sq-mi of south-central South Carolina along the Savannah River between the towns of Barnwell and Aiken. The city...
Acronyms
A Glossary of Commonly Used Nuclear-related Acronyms ABM Treaty 1972. Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. One of the first treaties of the Cold War, limiting both the US and the USSR to...
Resources / Links
Other Nuke Watches (we are NukeWatch NM) Nukewatch NukeWatch South National/International Abolition 2000 Alliance For Nuclear Accountability (NWNM is proud to be a member of this organization) Alsos digital Library...
Nuclear Weapons Complex Documents
NUKEWATCH WORK PRODUCT NUKEWATCH MEDIA Atomic Histories & Nuclear Testing LANL's Central Mission: Los Alamos Lab officials have recently claimed that LANL has moved away from primarily nuclear weapons to "national...
Plutonium Pit Production
2020 March 10, 2020 Press Release Energy Dept. Nearly Triples Funding for Plutonium Pit Production Cuts Cleanup in Half But Refuses to Complete New Env. Impact Statement for Los Alamos...
MOX / Plutonium Disposition
July 11, 2017. SRS Watch reports: U.S. DOE Documents Obtained via FOIA Request Confirm "Mission Need" to Expand "Dilute and Dispose" Method of Plutonium Disposition at Savannah River Site, Replacing...
The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities: Benefits for the Select Few
According to media reports, Andrea Romero, Executive Director of the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities, is accused of charging some $2,200 dollars of unallowable travel costs, such as alcohol and...
NMED claims revised Consent Order is a stronger enforcement tool. Not so!
Rebecca Moss at the New Mexican has another hard charging article on safety lapses at the Los Alamos Lab. See “Lab might have known dangerous waste was unmarked” at www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/lab-might-have-known-dangerous-waste-was-unmarked/article_19d37b31-219a-5620-954c-a62fa9620d2a.html...
Costs Jump in Nuclear Weapons vs. Cleanup; Nuclear Weapons Winning over Environmental Protection
America is at a crossroads, having to choose between an unnecessarily large, exorbitant, nuclear weapons stockpile, and cleanup that would protect the environment and water resources for future generations. Expanded...