Local Groups to Host Interfaith Vigil to Commemorate July 16, 1945 Trinity Nuclear Test in New Mexico
To commemorate the 78 th anniversary of the first detonation of an atomic weapon at the nearby Trinity Test Site, the complete elimination of nuclear weapons must be prioritized. A free in-person and livestreamed public event entitled “From Reflection to Action: An Interfaith Remembrance of the Trinity Test” will be held at the Santa Maria de la Paz Community Hall in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Sunday, July 16 th from 4 to 6 pm. Doors open at 3:15 pm so you may view exhibits on nuclear issues and visit with representatives of local organizations.
6 Juli 20234min
CCNS and NMED Negotiate Settlement Agreement for the WIPP Hazardous Waste Renewal Permit
CCNS and five other non-governmental organizations and one individual successfully negotiated a settlement agreement last week to revise the draft ten-year hazardous waste renewal permit for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). Also at the table were the New Mexico Environment Department and the co-Permittees, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Salado Isolation Mining Contractors, LLC (SIMCO).
28 Juni 20234min
Please Contribute to CCNS This Summer! Together We Are Making a Difference!
Each week you depend on CCNS to provide you with the latest nuclear safety issues through the radio, on the internet and by email. We’ve been producing the weekly CCNS News Update for over 35 years! We need your financial support to keep our programs going.
22 Juni 20234min
Communities for Clean Water Urge LANL to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Hexavalent Chromium Plume
Los Alamos National Laboratory plans to prepare an environmental assessment to address the hexavalent chromium contamination in the deep regional drinking water aquifer. In comments submitted this week, the Communities for Clean Water recommended that LANL conduct a more detailed environmental impact statement in order to protect the regional drinking water aquifer and the Environmental Protection Agency-designated Española Basin Sole Source Aquifer from the migrating contamination.
15 Juni 20234min
Saturday, June 10 th Forum “Radioactive Contamination, Environment and Public Health and the Future of the Portsmouth Nuclear Site”
You are invited to join the Ohio Nuclear Free Network for its important virtual public forum, Radioactive Contamination, Environment and Public Health and the Future of the Portsmouth Nuclear Site, on Saturday, June 10 th beginning at 10:45 am Mountain Time. The in-person and virtual forum offers an opportunity to learn from world-renowned experts about contamination at the Piketon, Ohio site and at Department of Energy (DOE) sites across the country.
8 Juni 20234min
Public Comments Needed for the Scope of Sandia National Laboratory Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement
CCNS has prepared sample public comments you can modify about the scope of a new draft site-wide environmental impact statement for Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico. Comments may be submitted electronically to SNL- SWEIS@nnsa.doe.gov through Monday, June 5 th , 2023.
1 Juni 20234min
G7 Summit in Hiroshima Fails to Contribute Meaningfully to Nuclear Disarmament
In response to the lack of concrete progress on nuclear disarmament by the G7 leaders in Hiroshima last week, Ivana Nikolić Hughes, Ph.D., and President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, wrote the following op-ed in Common Dreams. We provide excerpts:
25 Maj 20234min
Four Archbishops Urge G7 Leaders to Undertake Concrete Steps Toward Nuclear Disarmament
On May 15 th , four Archbishops, including Archbishop John C. Wester of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, sent a letter to the Group of Seven leaders gathering for a three-day summit in Hiroshima, Japan to urge the leaders to take concrete steps toward nuclear disarmament.
18 Maj 20234min
