In an example of Now-You-See-It-Now-You-Don’t, the NM Environment Department (NMED) is proposing to change their method of measuring waste emplaced into the underground at WIPP. This would would allow 30%...
"The most toxic and dangerous type of radioactive waste created by the nuclear industry" This is waste generated by nuclear power plants called 'high-level radioactive waste' (HLW), also known as...
Description and Current Mission The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is the nation's only deep geologic long-lived radioactive waste repository. Located 26 miles southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico, the WIPP...
Oppose Plans To Bring ALL the Nation’s Commercial Reactor Waste To New Mexico! Contact your New Mexico U.S. Representative ASAP! Contact Information and Sample Request are Below Please vote against...
The incident highlighted, once again, a pattern of consistent mismanagement in the maintenance and cleanup of some of the most dangerous materials on Earth. This pattern of problems also has...
Perry said the US can ‘No longer continue to kick the can down the road’ when it comes to cleaning up long-term radioactive and hazardous waste at the nation’s nuclear...
For immediate release July 28, 2016 LANL Estimate of $2.9 Billion for “Remaining” Cleanup Leaves Nuclear & Toxic Wastes Behind and Kills Needed Jobs Santa Fe, NM...
Santa Fe, NM. The Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that the cost of “Remaining Legacy Cleanup” of radioactive and toxic wastes from more than 70 years of nuclear weapons...
Despite Uncertainty of When/If WIPP Will Reopen, DOE Hatches Plan to Send More Waste In a recent Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board Editorial: Another WIPP delay spells more tax dollars wasted, we are...
There are a couple of minor inaccuracies in this story, for instance – “which blazed through waste dump site “Area R.” Nor sure what this refers to. And – “...
NM Environment Department Starts Clock on Four Legacy Waste Penalties at LANL The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) has sent notices to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) that the State...
GAO Seeks Broader Analysis For Proposed Liquid Waste Facility at LANL The Government Accounting Office (GAO) was mandated to review the “analysis of alternatives” (AOA) process applied by NNSA. The...
Santa Fe Mayor Calls to Not Allow the Creation of a Permanent Nuclear Waste Dump at Los Alamos Santa Fe, NM – Nuclear Watch New Mexico applauds the demand by the Mayor...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, February 11, 2026 Contact: Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342, c. 505.470.3154 | Email Scott Kovac, 505.316.4148 | Email Santa Fe, NM – In its own words, “The New Mexico...
In South Carolina, contractors say new plutonium pit warhead waste will be shipped to New Mexico. Is it true? “The coming showdown over SRNS’s TRU waste underscores what has long...
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...
Through comprehensive research, public education and effective citizen action, Nuclear Watch New Mexico seeks to promote safety and environmental protection at regional nuclear facilities; mission diversification away from nuclear weapons...
Through comprehensive research, public education and effective citizen action, Nuclear Watch New Mexico seeks to promote safety and environmental protection at regional nuclear facilities; mission diversification away from nuclear weapons...
Four flanged tritium waste containers have been depressurized and transported to Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Weapons Engineering Tritium Facility, where they will be treated further before heading out-of-state for disposal....
NEW UPDATE OCTOBER 10, 2025: Holtec abandons plan to build New Mexico storage facility for spent nuclear fuel This is excellent news. The Governor and state legislature (specifically Senator Jeff...
Holtec International has confirmed it is canceling plans to build a consolidated interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in southeastern New Mexico. By Radwaste Solutions | October 9, 2025...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, August 3, 2025 Contact: Scott Kovac – 505.316.4148 | Email Santa Fe, NM – Eighty years after the first radioactive waste was buried at the Los Alamos National...
Your Nuclear Watch New Mexico team has just returned from a weeklong trip to Washington D.C. (we went so you don’t have to!). The Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) hosts...
JOIN US: Virtual Workshop On the Nationwide Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on the Expanded Production of Plutonium “Pit” Bomb Cores Public comments help increase transparency and safety. It is crucial...
AIKEN, S.C. — Today the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the semi-autonomous nuclear weapons agency within the Department of Energy, published a formal Notice of Intent in the Federal Register...