Michael E. Ketterer, Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Northern Arizona University , Flagstaff AZ Introduction/objective: to investigate whether plutonium from the July 16, 1945 Trinity Test can be...
New Mexicans are integral to the history of atomic development and testing, but they’re nowhere to be seen on screen. “We’ve been slept-walked into a new nuclear arms race, arguably...
“Tina Cordova is an activist seeking justice for the unknowing, unwilling, and uncompensated, innocent victims of the July 16, 1945, Trinity Test in south-central New Mexico.” BY ALICIA CIVITA, Mitú |...
“Counting on luck is not a winning strategy,” – Santa Fe Archbishop John Wester. By Nathan Brown nbrown@sfnewmexican.com THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN | July 16, 2023 santafenewmexican.com On July 16,...
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...
“New Mexico provides a particularly relevant space for this event. For instance, participants will learn about the history and the social, health, and economic impact of the Trinity nuclear test...
Money doesn’t talk, it swears. (Bob Dylan) Quick Facts Nuclear New Mexico • DOE FY 2024 budget in NM is $10 billion (double next state). – 75% core nuclear weapons...
Congress must act to compensate victims of atomic testing. Salt Lake Tribune | January 18, 2023 sltrib.com Last month, as 2022 drew to a close, Congress approved $857 billion in defense...
“It’s very emotional to reflect on all we’ve lost as a result of being exposed to radiation,” said consortium founder Tina Cordova, herself a survivor of thyroid cancer who said...
“Jay [Coghlan] of Nukewatch, invited by Wester to answer an audience question about Ukraine having lost deterrence when it returned Soviet nuclear weapons to Moscow, emphasized that Ukraine never had...
“Continuing to develop weapons that don’t just kill but have the potential to decimate the planet is a seemingly accepted part of modern life. Yet on this anniversary of the...
“We come here to remember those people (who died) so that they’re never forgotten,” Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium co-founder and Director Tina Cordova said. “We just want to thank the...
“None of this waste we’re talking about is in New Mexico…If it actually were a good thing, if it were safe, Holtec or anybody else wouldn’t be thinking about trying...
Why it’s time to expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. “Without congressional action, RECA will expire in July 2022. Because of the arbitrarily drawn lines of eligibility written into the...
“…If we have nuclear weapons, and if we, heaven forbid, got to the point where we use them on each other, it would be catastrophic. And so I want this...
“We are not important to them. All we’re good for is to have a site, an area where they can dump their nuclear waste. We have to fight that. We’re...
Even though the first atomic bomb exploded in their state, New Mexicans were never compensated for the health consequences of nuclear contamination. These campaigners have vowed to change that. By Sofia...
U.S., UK aid to Australia’s acquisition of nuclear submarines “sheer act of nuclear proliferation”: Chinese envoy“literally turns existing precedence and practice on their heads in order to extend traditionally northern...
Costs to clean up a massive nuclear weapons complex in Washington state are usually expressed in the hundreds of billions of dollars and involve decades of work. Hanford watchdogs generally...
“There is nothing comparable in our history to the deceit and the lying that took place as a matter of official Government policy in order to protect this industry. Nothing...
“We are sponsoring a bill that would make sure the government’s responsibility to those who were harmed by nuclear testing does not get swept under the rug.” By Burgess Owens and Chris...
“There is always money when there’s political will. This is a social, environmental and restorative justice issue that we, as a nation, can no longer look away from.” — Tina...
We must speak out and call for action, to ensure that the horrific events witnessed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki are never repeated BY: Chris McDonnell | United Kingdom | August...
“This is a social justice issue. We want acknowledgment that the federal government did this without our consent then forgot about us and left us to fend for ourselves.” Tina...
Last week, July 16 2021, marked the 76th anniversary of the world’s first nuclear bomb explosion. Within another month, memorials and commemorations will be held for the Japanese cities of...