“The public deserves an explanation,” said Ralph Hutchison, coordinator of the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance. “Given the persistent criticality safety problems at Y-12, it is astonishing that the National...
Texas A&M is part of Triad National Security, LLC (Texas A&M, U. of California and Battelle), and is currently already managing the Los Alamos Lab. By: Monica Kast | Knoxville News...
GOVERNMENT ISSUES RECORD OF DECISION TO CONTINUE NUCLEAR WEAPONS PRODUCTION AT Y-12 COMPLEX IN OAK RIDGE, DOWNPLAYING RISK TO WORKERS AND PUBLIC CITIZENS SAY, “A BEGINNER’S CLASS IN DISSEMBLING” The...
TENNESSEE NUCLEAR WEAPONS FACILITY CONTINUES TO BE PLAGUED BY SAFETY PROBLEMS SAFETY BOARD: OAK RIDGE NUCLEAR STORAGE FACILITY UNSAFE NNSA AND CONTRACTOR CONSPIRE TO DOCTOR SAFETY RECORDS BY: OAK RIDGE...
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SUMMARY The Draft Supplement Analysis (SA) is carefully crafted to minimize consideration of the environmental impacts of the NNSA’s “hybrid plan” for enriched uranium operations at the Y-12 National Security...
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ARTICLE FROM HUNGTINGTON NEWS huntingtonnews.net “With this ruling,” said Ralph Hutchison, coordinator of the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, “the NNSA no longer has any legal authority to continue construction of...
On July 5, 2018, OREPA and Nuclear Watch New Mexico—along with many of you!—submitted formal comments on the National Nuclear Security Administration’s plan for the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in...
Y-12 Description and Mission per NNSA Plans The Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12) is in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, about 15 miles from Knoxville, and dates from the World War II...
Some DOE/NNSA budget numbers from FY 2024 Energy and Water Agreement https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20240304/FY24%20EW%20Conference%20JES%20scan.pdf President must sign by Friday March 8 to avoid a partial government shutdown, including DOE and NNSA. Lowlights:...
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has just released cursory two or three page summaries of contractors’ performance paid for by the American taxpayer. For the just ended fiscal year...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, January 19, 2024 Jay Coghlan – 505.989.7342 | Email Santa Fe, NM – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has just released cursory two or three page...
2018 Media NMED And EM-LA Present FY2019 Legacy Cleanup Priorities In Community Meeting Los Alamos Reporter, Dec 1, 2018, By Marie O’Neill Under public comment, Jay Coghlan, director of Nuclear...
President Biden has released his proposed FY 2024 budget for the Department of Energy’s semi-autonomous nuclear weapons agency, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). The budget for NNSA’s “Total Weapons...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 14, 2023 Jay Coghlan – 505.989.7342 | Email | Scott Kovac – 505.989.7342 | Email Santa Fe, NM – President Biden has released his proposed FY...
Today, the National Nuclear Security Administration[1] (NNSA) finally posted its FY 2022 Performance Evaluation Reports to its electronic “FOIA Reading Room.” These reports are “Frequently Requested Documents” as defined by...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 9, 2023 Jay Coghlan – 505.989.7342 | Email | Scott Kovac – 505.989.7342 | Email Santa Fe, NM – Today, the National Nuclear Security Administration[1] (NNSA)...
The Oak Ridge complex was home to the Manhattan Project for research and development during World War II An NNSA spokesperson confirmed that the fire started at 9.15am at the...
Jay Coghlan, Nuclear Watch New Mexico January 17, 2023 | Email GAO report: NNSA Does Not Have a Comprehensive Schedule or Cost Estimate for Pit Production Capability, January 12, 2023,...
“Of the 64 kilograms of uranium in the Hiroshima bomb, less than one kilogram underwent fission, and the entire energy of the explosion came from just over half a gram...
Federal agencies continue to reject a full review of the public safety and environmental risks of producing nuclear bomb cores at multiple DOE sites. Jay Coghlan, director of Nuclear Watch...
Nuclear Watch New Mexico is among a coalition of community and public interest groups that has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Nuclear...
Smith in his Monday missive warned a bevy of NNSA endeavors, like pit production and the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility before it, “have seen massive cost increases, schedule delays,...