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A Weekly overview of Nuclear Safety issues.

  1. há 19 min.

    Since Pits are “Aging Slowly,” Is Expanded Plutonium Pit Production Needed?

    Why does it matter whether plutonium pits are “aging” before their time? We all age. We get old and we die. But that’s not what the Department of Energy (DOE) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) want for their plutonium pits. They want to make sure that they will “live” forever.

  2. 26 de ago.

    DOE and Los Alamos County Approve 10-Year Electric Coordination Agreement

    After working for nearly five years, Los Alamos County and the Department of Energy updated their original 1985 Electric Coordination Agreement (ECA) for the interconnected electric system that has powered homes, businesses and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for over 40 years. After months of painstaking work, the ECA was approved by the Los Alamos County Council on Tuesday, August 25th. DOE has until Monday, August 31st to also sign.

  3. 20 de ago.

    DOE Again Denies DNFSB Access to Nuclear Weapons Facilities; Contact Your Elected Officials

    Once again, the Department of Energy and its semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration has denied the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board access to nuclear weapons facilities, including at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). At a time when LANL is ramping up production of plutonium pits, the triggers for nuclear weapons, the DOE is restricting access to the Board and its resident inspectors preventing them from fulfilling critical oversight and public reporting responsibilities. As a result, the public is no longer informed about potential issues of adequate protection at defense nuclear facilities.

  4. 13 de ago.

    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-standing radiation exposure standards for the general public and nuclear workers. The proposed rulemaking is called “Reforming and Modernizing the NRC’s Radiation Protection Framework,” which will result in more radiation exposures, not less. With cuts to medical assistance for so many in the U.S., the proposed changes will be even more harmful. And people will die as a result.

  5. 6 de ago.

    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 on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9th, 1945 was fabricated at Los Alamos National Laboratory? Or that the radioactive waste from that fabrication remains buried at LANL? This is a circle that needs to be closed by removing the waste to a place where it can do no harm.

  6. 30 de jul.

    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 a reporter, then assistant editor and finally the editor of the Los Alamos Monitor. We had mutual respect for the work we each did to inform the public about Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) operations and impacts on communities, land based peoples, and the environment.

  7. 23 de jul.

    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 Environment Department, James C. Kenney, was the keynote speaker at the 81st Anniversary of the Trinity Atomic Bomb Test in central New Mexico. The event took place at the St. Michael’s High School in Santa Fe.

  8. 16 de jul.

    This Weekend: Commemorate the Church Rock Uranium Mill Tailings Spill and the Trinity Test, Plus Other Upcoming Events

    There are two opportunities to commemorate historic events in New Mexico this weekend. On Saturday, July 18 th , the Commemoration of the Church Rock Uranium Mill Tailings Spill begins at 6 am, and on Sunday, July 19 th , the Commemoration of the Trinity Test begins at 2 pm. Details included.

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A Weekly overview of Nuclear Safety issues.

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