Widespread Fraud Lawsuit Settled for Former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Whistleblowers
From 1946 to 1969, the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard was used as the station fortop-secret nuclear tests in the Pacific Ocean. It was also the place wheredecontamination was done on the ships used in h...
10 Sep 4min
Since Pits are “Aging Slowly,” Is Expanded Plutonium Pit Production Needed?
Why does it matter whether plutonium pits are “aging” before their time? We allage. We get old and we die. But that’s not what the Department of Energy (DOE) andNational Nuclear Security Administratio...
3 Sep 4min
DOE and Los Alamos County Approve 10-Year Electric Coordination Agreement
After working for nearly five years, Los Alamos County and the Department ofEnergy updated their original 1985 Electric Coordination Agreement (ECA) for theinterconnected electric system that has powe...
26 Aug 4min
DOE Again Denies DNFSB Access to Nuclear Weapons Facilities; Contact Your Elected Officials
Once again, the Department of Energy and its semi-autonomous NationalNuclear Security Administration has denied the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Boardaccess to nuclear weapons facilities, includi...
20 Aug 4min
Public Comments about NRC’s Rollback of Radiation Exposure Standards due on Monday, August 31st
In compliance with the Trump administration Executive Orders 14300 and 14154,the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to scrap long-standingradiation exposure standards for the genera...
13 Aug 4min
Join the Nagasaki Commemoration on Sunday, August 9th and the Fire on the Mountain Billboard Unveiling on Tuesday, August 11th
Did you know that the nuclear bomb the United States of America dropped onNagasaki, Japan on August 9th, 1945 was fabricated at Los Alamos NationalLaboratory? Or that the radioactive waste from that f...
6 Aug 4min
Roger Snodgrass Memorial on Saturday, August 1st in Albuquerque
Roger Kent Snodgrass passed peacefully in his sleep very early on Saturday,July 18th with his partner, Myra, at his side.Roger was a great friend and colleague of CCNS. We met Roger when he was arepor...
30 Jul 4min
NMED Secretary James C. Kenney Speaks about LANL Cleanup and WIPP at Fourth Annual Interfaith Vigil
On Sunday, July 19th, the Secretary of the New Mexico EnvironmentDepartment, James C. Kenney, was the keynote speaker at the 81st Anniversary of theTrinity Atomic Bomb Test in central New Mexico. The ...
23 Jul 4min
