University of California Academic Senate and other resolutions & articles addressing nuclear weapons issues at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

"[University of California President Robert Gordon] Sproul agreed with the Regents that 'if we get rid of bomb making, plutonium, and New Mexico, I will be very happy,' but added 'I want to keep Lawrence as close to Atomic Energy as I can.'" Sep 27, 1946 (see Seidel)

Assembly Endorses "Pits" Resolution, University of California Academic Senate, The Senate Source, Mar 2008

Academic Assembly Resolution on Limiting UC’s Role in Manufacturing Nuclear Weapons, Feb 11, 2008
-- The Academic Senate has grave concerns about UC’s role in managing the Los Alamos National Laboratory under the current contract; and has learned that the Prime Contract for Los Alamos allows for the possibility of the DOE/NNSA increasing the number of plutonium “pits” to as many as the DOE/NNSA deems necessary, beyond any UC-imposed limits

Academic Council Special Committee on Lab Issues (ACSCOLI) established by the UC Academic Council on April 25, 2007. ACSCOLI's primary charge is to provide regular and broadly-based Senate oversight of UC's relationship with the National Labs (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory).

University of California Regents,

Seidel, Robert. W., The University of California and the Mobilization of Science for National Defense, LA-UR-92-53, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Feb 19, 1992, pg 27.

University of California, Office of the President, letter to to H. L. Daneman, HLD Associates, Mar 16, 1990
-- "Let me further add that the University has no intention of managing a production facility. Our contract calls for research only."

Of related interest

The University of Nuclear Bombs, The University of California is once again bidding to manage Los Alamos nuclear weapons lab at a time when the threat of nuclear war is rising, East Bay Express, Will Parrish, Feb 28, 2018

updated 11/28/18