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A Weekly overview of Nuclear Safety issues.

  1. 5 DAYS AGO

    URGENT! Contact U.S. Republican Senators to Ask Trump to Save the New START Treaty

    We have just a few days to ensure the last remaining arms control treaty between the United States and Russia continues with its numerical cap of 1,550 deployed strategic nuclear weapons for each country. The New START treaty is set to expire after Wednesday, February 4 th . Please contact Republican U.S. Senators. Request that President Trump respond to President Putin’s proposal to informally extend the treaty for one year.

    4 min

  2. 22 JAN

    Save New START Before it Expires on February 4 th - Check Out the Advocacy Toolkit at Defuse Nuclear War.org

    The last remaining arms control treaty between the United States and Russia will expire on Wednesday, February 4 th . Without this treaty, there will be nothing stopping a new, dangerous and wasteful nuclear arms race. Now is the time to demand that both countries agree to Save New START.

    4 min

  3. 15 JAN

    Celebrating Five Years of the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

    On Thursday, January 22 th , the world and New Mexicans will mark five years since the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons became international law. Nuclear weapons are now illegal.

    4 min

  4. 8 JAN

    No New Arms Race: Save New START Before it Expires on February 4 th - Check Out the Advocacy Toolkit at Defuse Nuclear War.org

    The last remaining arms control treaty between the United States and Russia will expire on Wednesday, February 4 th . Without this treaty, there will be nothing stopping a new, dangerous and wasteful nuclear arms race. Now is the time to demand that both countries agree to save New START.

    4 min

  5. 1 JAN

    CCNS Nuclear Literacy Program to Educate Nuevomexicano Communities on the LANL Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Plutonium Pit Production

    For over eighty years, the People of New Mexico have borne the burden of the 1943 establishment of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Through the Congressional continuing resolution process, LANL may receive an additional $1 billion dollars to support expansion of the number of plutonium triggers, or plutonium pits, fabricated for nuclear weapons. The people of northern New Mexico are unaware of the effects that this potentially may have on nearby communities. The effects of eight decades of nuclear weapons development has had a cumulative impact on New Mexico, especially in Rio Arriba County, which borders Los Alamos County to the north and west.

    4 min

  6. 25/12/2025

    2025 Highlights and What is in Store for 2026

    Please allow us to state the obvious: 2025 has been a busy year in terms of addressing proposals for MORE to support the growing nuclear weapons complex in New Mexico. From Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), the Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration have big plans. Specifically, we’ll continue to oppose them.

    4 min

  7. 18/12/2025

    Less Than 50 Days Before New START Treaty Expires! Contact Your Congressional Members to Stop A New U.S. – Russia Arms Race

    The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or the New START Agreement, is set to expire on Thursday, February 5 th , 2026 – in less than 50 days. The New START Agreement is the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and the Russian Federation.

    4 min

  8. 11/12/2025

    Putin Proposed to Extend New START Treaty for One Year; Trump Has Not Formerly Responded

    The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START, is set to expire on Thursday, February 5 th , 2026. In late September, President Putin proposed to extend the treaty for one year. President Trump has yet to formerly respond. On October 5th, he said, “[It] sounds like a good idea to me.”

    4 min
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A Weekly overview of Nuclear Safety issues.

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    2020 - 2026
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