Spreading the Word about WIPP at the 115 th Annual Bean Day in Wagon Mound
On Saturday, August 30 th , after a beautiful drive across the plains of NortheasternNew Mexico, members of the Stop Forever WIPP Coalition arrived in the Village ofWagon Mound. With a population of less than 300, this rural community feels tight-knit,with many friends and families gathering to celebrate the mighty Pinto Bean every LaborDay. In addition to being next door to the beautiful Wagon Mound butte, this village isalso located right off Interstate 25. This stretch is one of the routes used by theDepartment of Energy (DOE) to transport legacy plutonium-contaminated waste frommaking the triggers, or pits, for nuclear weapons to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant(WIPP), near Carlsbad, New Mexico.
3 Sep 4min
New Mexico Environment Department Must Reject LANL’s Request for Temporary Authorization to Vent Tritium
Given the recent data dumps by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) aboutits proposed venting of large quantities of radioactive tritium from four Flanged TritiumWaste Containers, the New Mexico Environment Department must reject LANL’sAugust 22 nd regulatory request for temporary authorization to vent. This Updatedescribes some of the obstacles LANL put in place to obstruct public participation andtimely access to important documents.
28 Aug 4min
LANL Silences Public and Tribal Voices While Pushing Radioactive Tritium Venting
This week’s so-called public meeting about the proposed venting of radioactivetritium into the air from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) showed once again howLANL silences communities while fast-tracking nuclear weapons projects.
21 Aug 4min
DOE and NNSA Declare No Significant Impact from the Proposed LANL Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade Project
Over 24,000 people provided public comments to the Department of Energy(DOE) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in opposition to theproposed Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade (EPCU) Project during a convoluted multi-federal agency and multi-year review process to expand electric power to Los AlamosNational Laboratory (LANL). Nevertheless, on Wednesday, DOE and NNSA issued itsFinding of No Significant Impact, or a FONSI.
14 Aug 4min
We Cannot Stop Future Hiroshimas if We’ve Allowed Today’s Gazas to Burn
Dr. Ghasson Shahrour, a medical expert and a Campaigner with the InternationalCampaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, wrote the following.
7 Aug 7min
Alarming Problems with Proposed Tritium Venting at LANL
To prepare for a public meeting with the U.S. Defense Nuclear Facilities SafetyBoard (“the Board”) in Santa Fe on Monday evening, CCNS followed its policy ofreviewing at least the last eight weeks of the Board’s reports for Los Alamos NationalLaboratory (LANL) and used that as a basis for questions and comments to present tothe Board. What we found:
30 Juli 4min
Join Us on Saturday, August 9th for Nagasaki Commemoration Events in Los Alamos
All are welcome to join peacemakers and activists on Saturday, August 9 th at 10am in Los Alamos to commemorate the 80 th year since the U.S. bombing of Nagasaki,Japan on that day in 1945.At 10 am, a vigil and protest will begin in the Manhattan Project National HistoricPark at Ashley Pond. We’ll come together to sing songs of peace and against nuclearweapons, to honor the victims and survivors of nuclear bombs development, testing anduse around the world. We’ll vow to never allow another nuclear atrocity.
24 Juli 4min
46th Church Rock Uranium Tailings Spill Commemoration on Saturday, July 19th
The Red Water Pond Road Community Association and the Pipeline RoadCommunity invite you to attend the historic 46th commemoration of the Church RockUranium Tailings Spill on Saturday, July 19th beginning at 6 am near the tailings spilllocation, 12 miles north of Red Rock State Park on State Highway 566. Free t-shirts willbe available for the first 100 participants.
17 Juli 3min
