Comments to NMED Needed in Support of Excavation of LANL Dump C by November 6th
Please join the effort to submit public comments in support of the excavation of a 12-acre unlined dump at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Public comments are due to the New Mexico Environment Department by Monday, November 6 th at 5 pm Mountain Time.
26 Okt 20234min
Holtec’s Secret Plans Again Reveal Why New Mexicans Cannot Believe What the Corporation Says
Holtec International, a corporation with a license for a consolidated interim storage facility in southeastern New Mexico for 173,600 metric tons of irradiated nuclear fuel from atomic power plants, submitted a secret application to the Department of Energy seeking at least $2 billion dollars to restart Palisades, a closed nuclear reactor in Michigan. Holtec’s request also includes plans to build small nuclear modular reactors, or SMRs, with electric generation capacity of 160 Megawatts, on site.
19 Okt 20234min
LANL’s Decreasing Priority at WIPP Over the Past Two Years
There are two measurements the Department of Energy (DOE) uses for the waste shipped for disposal in the deep underground repository at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), located 26 miles east of Carlsbad, New Mexico. The first measurement is the most important, which is the volume of waste measured in cubic meters. A cubic meter fits into a cube measuring 39 inches in width, depth and height. The second measurement is the number of waste shipments.
11 Okt 20234min
More LANL Workers Test Positive for Radiation Exposure
Increasing numbers of workers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have tested positive for radiation exposure both at LANL and on foreign soils. Six employees and the equipment they used tested positive for exposures to radioactive Iodine-125 following official foreign travel to an unknown location in March. They traveled on commercial airlines and in personal vehicles.
4 Okt 20234min
New Mexico Environment Department Recommends Excavation of LANL’s Material Disposal Area C
The comment period is open for the public to review the New Mexico Environment Department’s recommendation to excavate the 11.8 acre unlined dump, called Material Disposal Area C, or MDA C, at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Public comments are due Monday, November 6 th .
28 Sep 20234min
United Nations Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty Continues to Gather Strength
On Wednesday, September 19 th , the landmark Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons had been signed by almost half of all countries in the world after a ceremony at the United Nations General Assembly in New York where Sri Lanka acceded to the Treaty and the Bahamas signed it.
21 Sep 20234min
NMED Hybrid Public Meeting on Friday, September 22 nd about Changes to WIPP Operating Permit
Friday, September 22 nd will be the last opportunity to make your public comments about the changes to the operating permit for the nuclear waste dump, called the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP. WIPP is a deep geologic repository for plutonium- contaminated radioactive waste from the production of nuclear weapons, located 26 miles east of Carlsbad, New Mexico.
14 Sep 20234min
For LANL Cleanup, GAO Recommends a Facilitator to Improve Relationship between New Mexico Environment Department and DOE
In a July 2023 report the federal Government Accountability Office recommended that a third-party facilitator be brought in to improve the relationship and build trust between the New Mexico Environment Department and the Department of Energy (DOE) as they try to resolve outstanding cleanup issues at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
6 Sep 20234min
