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Papers, articles, publications, interviews, and live broadcasts (updated 22 Apr 2022)

 • Bulletin 278: Last 2020 fundraising reminder; "coming attractions" January 18-22; the year ahead, Dec 31, 2020
 • Bulletin 277: Solstice; gratitude; please support our work; the coming year; Congress all but fully funds massive increase in NNSA warhead programs, Dec 21, 2020
 • Bulletin 276: Zoominar Wednesday 3 pm MST: Strategy discussion for disarmament activists; Congress punts pit deadlines to STRATCOM if DOE can't predict construction costs within 15%, Dec 13, 2020
 • Bulletin 275: Reminder: Zoominar today 3 pm MST: "Pits and warheads"; background, Dec 7, 2020
 • Bulletin 274: Please support our work! Zoominar Mon, Dec 7, 3 pm MST: "Pits and warheads, in Congress and otherwise," Dec 3, 2020
 • Bulletin 273: New resources on pit production; more, Nov 10, 2020
 • U.S. plutonium pit production: Key updates, International Panel on Fissile Materials, Nov 9, 2020
 • It's not too late to protect Northern New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican, Jean Nichols & Suzie Schwartz, Nov 7, 2020
 • LASG letter to federal & state officials: Testimony from citizens hearing on LANL expansion and pit production, Oct 17, 2020
 • This Time in History, Jean Nichols, letter, Oct 5, 2020
 • NNSA pit production strategy: no clear goals, plans, or likelihood of success; Production at LANL has high risks and costs, few or no program benefits, presentation, Oct 1, 2020 (updated Oct 3, 2020)
 • Jonathan Plaue, DNFSB LANL resident inspector, presentation at Pit Production workshop, Oct 1,2020
 • Presentation to the NM Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee, Sep 9, 2020
 • Rocky Flats moves to the Pajarito Plateau, Susann McCarthy, Albuquerque Journal, Aug 23, 2020
 • Accidents Happen: Northern New Mexico Needs A LANL Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement, Jean Nichols, Los Alamos Reporter, Aug 12, 2020
 • Open Letter To Sen. Tom Udall: Northern New Mexico Needs A Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement, Suzanne Schwartz, Los Alamos Reporter, Aug 6, 2020
 • Truth Shall Set You Free, Erich Kuerschner, Los Alamos Reporter, Aug 6, 2020
 • Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement Is A Mountain Of Protection, Lydia Clark, LTE, Los Alamos Reporter, Jul 30, 2020
 • Bulletin 272: Public webinar Saturday July 25, 1 pm EDT: "What Every Global Citizen Needs to Know About the Decision to A-Bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki," discussed by the best scholars; a lot more news, Jul 24, 2020
 • NNSA seeks to lease office, light lab, and warehouse space within 50 miles of LANL on urgent basis, letter to congressional colleagues, Jul 23, 2020
 • Santa Fe shouldn’t become a nuclear sacrifice zone, Lydia Clark, Albuquerque Journal, Jul 19, 2020
 • Letter to NM Environment Department re: Need for SWEIS at LANL, Jun 29, 2020 (posted Jul 11, 2020)
 • Why is Congress funding plutonium pit production in the 2020s, and thereby squandering billions in yet another gigantic boondoggle at Los Alamos?, letter to congressional colleagues, Jul 1, 2020
 • Step up against expansion of LANL's nuclear mission, Lydia Clark, Santa Fe New Mexican, Jun 27, 2020
 • Bulletin 271: Reminder: Thursday, June 11 Zoominar: Plutonium pits, failures of reform, and the war on the poor, RSVP required, Jun 10, 2020
 • A Knee On The Neck Of Northern New Mexico, Los Alamos Reporter, Erich Kuerschner, Jun 10, 2020
 • Bulletin 270: Thursday, June 11, (formerly June 9), Zoominar: "Plutonium pits, failures of reform, and the war on the poor" (RSVP for details), Jun 6, 2020
 • LASG comments on the Savannah River Site (SRS) Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), Jun 2, 2020
 • Letter to "NukeNet": concerns about organizational sign-on aimed at focusing pit production at LANL, May 30, 2020
     – Co-opting the Anti-Nuclear Movement, a related article by former board member, Darwin BondGraham, CounterPunch, Jul 22, 2010
 • LANL’s proposed expansion and plutonium warhead core (“pit”) plans in context, LASG seminar slides, May 19, 2020
 • Update on US Nuclear Weapons Modernization for the International Disarmament Community, May 13, 2020
 • LASG comments on Draft Supplement Analysis (DSA) of the 2008 Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (2008 SWEIS) for the Continued Operation of LANL for Plutonium Operations (DOE/EIS-0380-SA-06), May 9, 2020
 • Who's watching national laboratories during pandemic? Jean Nichols, Santa Fe New Mexican, Apr 18, 2020
 • Open Letter With Questions For Senate, Congressional District 3 Candidates, Los Alamos Reporter, Suzanne Schwartz, Apr 13, 2020
 • Letter from LASG Outreach Director, Lydia Clark, to the SFCC, Mar 26 & Apr 3, 2020
 • COVID-19: additional approach, LASG letter to Governor Grisham, Mar 23, 2020
 • What if this CoVid19 virus was a wakeup call, Jean Nichols, Mar 19, 2020
 • Letter from LASG Outreach Director, Lydia Clark, to the Santa Fe City Council re: Santa Fe Midtown Project, Mar 17, 2020
 • Bulletin 269: Coronavirus: hidden cases; why we must shut everything down NOW, Mar 11, 2020
 • Failure To Conduct Detailed EIS Process For LANL Is Dangerous Insult To Los Alamos And Northern New Mexico, Greg Mello, LTE, Los Alamos Reporter, Mar 10, 2020
 • LASG flyer for March 4th action &workshop
 • Bulletin 268: Special alert: the novel corona virus is rapidly changing the world; it will change your life too, Feb 25, 2020
 • Environmental review for LANL expansion needed, Suzanne Schwartz, Santa Fe New Mexican, Feb 15, 2020
 • Bulletin 267: US plutonium pit production plans advance, part II: at least $25 billion in LANL life cycle costs omitted in past comparisons; more, Feb 8, 2020
 • Plutonium pit budget request: another massive increase expected, IPFM blog post, Feb 4, 2020
 • Bulletin 266: US plutonium pit production plans advance, with new requirements (part I), Jan 31, 2020
 • In a Nutshell: Why a New Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is Warranted, posted Jan 21, 2020 (original Nov 4, 2019)
 • LASG Action Sheet 1, for Midtown Campus, Jan 7, 2020
 • In a Nutshell: Why Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Cannot Do “Work the World Needs," Manuel Garcia, n.d.
 • Talking points on Santa Fe Midtown Campus, Jan 2, 2020
 •  LASG background charts for plutonium pit workshop, Jan 2, 2020

Press Releases

 • Citizens Protest Possible Nuclear Weapons Agency Presence in Major Santa Fe Development; Press conference and demonstration at noon Wednesday, January 15, Santa Fe City Hall, Jan 14, 2020
 • Billboard aimed at traffic entering NM raises question:is New Mexico a "failed state," and are nuclear weapons partly responsible?, press release, Jan 30, 2020
 • Nuclear weapons agency cut from possible 'Master Developer' role in major Santa Fe project, press release, Jan 28, 2020
 • As U.S. ramps up nuclear production (again), the human toll of past work continues to mount, including at LANL, Feb 5, 2020
 • Administration seeks 49% increase in Los Alamos nuclear weapons activities, 33% plus-up for LANL overall, press release, Feb 23, 2020
 • Protest at State Capitol on "Trinity" nuclear test anniversary, press release, Jul 14, 2020
 • Warhead agency seeks to lease office and warehouse space within a 50-mile radius of LANL, press release, Jul 21, 2020
 • Earthquake today near Capulin NM, in context, press backgrounder, Jul 30, 2020
 • A majority of Americans support phasing out ICBMs, modestly cutting nuclear weapons budget, deploying low-yield sub warheads, press note, Aug 10, 2020
 • CBO today, on the potential costs of expanding US nuclear forces in a post-New-START environment, Aug 25, 2020
 • DOE concludes no EIS needed for vast expansion of Los Alamos nuclear missions, including plutonium bomb core factory -- altogether, the largest project in the history of New Mexico, Sep 1, 2020
 • Citizens hearing on LANL expansion, Nuclear weapons manufacturing, and alternatives for the region to be held Wednesday, October 7, at the State Capitol, 1-6 pm, Oct 5, 2020
 • Safety Board finds LANL nuclear waste storage unsafe; safety bases of four nuclear facilities need revision; At least 2,000 containers of transuranic waste stored in fabric tents are unfit for WIPP, Oct 9, 2020
 • Historic milestone: Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty to Enter into Force, Oct 25, 2020
 • Exploding costs at U.S. warhead agency; DOE plan for producing, managing warheads focuses on inadequacies, headwinds in efforts to design and build multiple warheads simultaneously, Dec 29, 2020
 • Unprecedented Increase in Warhead Spending Approved by Congress; Los Alamos increase largest by far, primarily to establish plutonium factory complex for warhead cores, Dec 22, 2020

News Media

 • Los Alamos National Laboratory may get boost in nuclear funding, Santa Fe New Mexican, Dec 29, 2020
 • ‘Highly skeptical’: House Armed Services chairman concerned about SRS pit production, Aiken Standard, Dec 15, 2020
 • Is jobs-rich nuclear plant in jeopardy? Biden expected to re-examine SC factory, The State, Nov 27, 2020
 • Causal Analysis Team Report Makes Recommendations Following LANL June Glovebox Glove Breach And Plutonium 238 Release Event, Los Alamos Reporter, Nov 9, 2020
 • Pit production at Savannah River Site inches closer with new NNSA verdict, Aiken Standard, Nov 5, 2020
 • Man of science leading LANL at critical juncture, Santa Fe New Mexican, Oct 31, 2020
 • Regional Coalition Of LANL Communities to Issue RFP For Executive Director Services, Group Calls For Dissolution, Los Alamos Reporter, Oct 31, 2020
 • Taos Citizens Chime In On LANL Plutonium Mission, Los Alamos Reporter, Oct 30, 2020
 • Adair Ford Boroughs has questions about plutonium pit production, Aiken Standard, Oct 26, 2020
 • A future ‘very bright’: Savannah River Site’s defense portfolio expected to expand, Aiken Standard, Oct 24, 2020
 • Savannah River Pit Set to Gel Design in April in Formal Sign Off by DOE DepSec, Exchange Monitor, Oct 23, 2020
 • NNSA Plans to Review Dilute and Disposal Plan for SRS Material, Exchange Monitor, Oct 23, 2020
 • County Council Requests Briefing From Department Of Energy On DP Road Situation, LANL Site Plan And More, Los Alamos Reporter, Oct 20, 2020
 • LANL's waste storage poses dangers, report says, Santa Fe New Mexican, Oct 9, 2020
 • Safety Board Voices Concerns To DOE About Safety Bases For Transuranic Waste Storage At LANL, Los Alamos Reporter, Oct 9, 2020
  – Potential Energetic Chemical Reaction Events Involving Transuranic Waste, DNFSB/TECH-46, Sep 29, 2020
 • LANL Glovebox Woes Continue At Plutonium Facility, Los Alamos Reporter, Oct 8, 2020
 • Activists decry feds’ plans to ramp up nuclear work at LANL, Santa Fe New Mexican, Oct 7, 2020
 • Los Alamos Study Group To Hold Citizens Hearing Wednesday On LANL Expansion, Nuclear Weapons Manufacturing, Los Alamos Reporter, Oct 6, 2020
 • Billions of dollars expected to be spent on pit production at Savannah River, Los Alamos, Aiken Standard, Sep 25, 2020
 • DOE Responds To Concerns Raised About Disposal Plan For Unirradiated Fuel Rods Stored At LANL, Los Alamos Reporter, Sep 23, 2020
 • Top official at nuclear safety agency resigns, Santa Fe New Mexican, Sep 3, 2020
 • Feds close door on new LANL environmental study, Santa Fe New Mexican, Sep 2, 2020
 • US Officials: No New Environmental Study for Nuclear Lab, New York Times, Associated Press, Sep 2, 2020
 • NNSA: No need for new environmental study at LANL, Albuquerque Journal North, Sep 1, 2020
 • Single plutonium pit costs millions of dollars, budget office estimates, Aiken Standard, Aug 26, 2020
 • Rep. Wilson remains confident about SRS pit production, but sidesteps friendly bet, Aiken Standard, Aug 18, 2020
 • Nuclear Weapons: We can Agree to ... Agree, Politico, Aug 11, 2020
 • NNSA Plans Big Environmental Review for 15 More Years of Livermore Operations, Exchange Monitor, Aug 7, 2020
 • 'That's key': Weapons executive reiterates NNSA's pit production focus, Aiken Standard, Aug 4, 2020
 • UK lobbies US to support controversial new nuclear warheads, The Guardian, Aug 1, 2020
 • Los Alamos County Councilor Slams DOE/NNSA For Denial Of Land Transfer Request, Los Alamos Reporter, Jul 28, 2020
 • Nuclear oversight agency seeks to lease New Mexico property for offices, warehouses, Santa Fe New Mexican, Jul 25, 2020
 • DOE/NNSA Seeks Office And Warehouse Space To Lease Within 50-Mile Radius Of LANL, Los Alamos Reporter, Jul 23, 2020
 • SRS pit production provision in key defense bill deemed problematic by White House, Aiken Standard, Jul 21, 2020
 • Trinity Site nuclear test remembered, Albuquerque Journal, Jul 16, 2020
 • House Appropriations Committee Wants NNSA To Submit Plans, Schedules For Pit Production, Los Alamos Reporter, Jul 13, 2020

 • LANL planned to replace gloves that caused radiation leak, Santa Fe New Mexican, Jul 9, 2020
   – Greg Mello comment, Jul 10, 2020
 • Plutonium mishap at Los Alamos National Lab accentuates pit production worries, Aiken Standard, Jul 8, 2020
 • LANL plutonium accident probed, Albuquerque Journal, Jul 7, 2020
 • US nuclear lab investigates breach at plutonium facility, Associated Press, Jul 7, 2020
 • Fifteen LANL Workers Being Evaluated For Possible Exposure To Plutonium-238 Following June 8 Glovebox Glove Breach, Los Alamos Reporter, Jul 6, 2020
   – DOE Occurrence Report Reveals New Details On June 8 LANL Glovebox Glove Incident, Los Alamos Reporter, Jun 16, 2020 Jul 10, 2020
   – DOE Occurrence Report, NA--LASO-LANL-TA55-2020-0012, Jun 16, 2020
   – Aug 18, 2018 similar worker contamination: DOE Occurrence Report, NA--LASO-LANL-TA55-2018-0013, (report date) Jun 28, 2019

 • House Spending Bill Would Blank W93 Warhead, Continue Plutonium Pit Investment, Exchange Monitor, Jul 13, 2020
 • NNSA leader visits Savannah River Site, celebrates workforce and anniversaries, Aiken Standard, Jul 10, 2020
 • Luján seeks $6 billion for national laboratories in House bill, Santa Fe New Mexican, Jul 1, 2020
 • House Armed Services chairman casts serious doubt on pit production at SRS, Aiken Standard, Jul 1, 2020
 • Inequities Edited Out of Los Alamos National Lab Study, Rio Grande Sun, Jun 26, 2020
 • Funding, authorizations the 'biggest' risks pit production faces, Defense official says, Aiken Standard, Jun 1, 2020
 • Savannah River Site begins transition back to normal operations amid coronavirus crisis, Aiken Standard, May 27, 2020
 • 19 total coronavirus cases confirmed at Savannah River Site, Aiken Standard, May 27, 2020
 • Candidates Respond To Taoseños For Peaceful And Sustainable Futures Survey, Los Alamos Reporter, May 19, 2020
 • Plans to boost LANL pit production get mixed reactions from CD3 candidates, Santa Fe New Mexican, May 16, 2020
 • SRS plutonium project prep paused for 14 days after coronavirus concerns, Aiken Standard, May 14, 2020
 • Pit production must 'press forward' despite coronavirus pandemic, NNSA chief says, Aiken Standard, May 11, 2020
 • Open Letter With Questions For Senate, Congressional District 3 Candidates, Los Alamos Reporter, Apr 13, 2020
 • Study: Savannah River pit hub could meet national demand for nuclear weapon cores, Aiken Standard, Apr 8, 2020
 • Civilian Nuke Assembly Site Confirms First COVID-19 Case, Defense Daily, Apr 6, 2020
 • COVID-19 Cases Nearly Triple at NNSA Locations, Exchange Monitor, Apr 3, 2020
 • NNSA study: Los Alamos National Lab could boost pit production to meet national needs, Aiken Standard, Mar 13, 2020
 • LANL Pit Plant Would Generate Much Less Transuranic Waste Than Savannah River Site, NNSA Estimates, Exchange Monitor, Mar 12, 2020
 • Public invited to comment on LANL impact statement, Albuquerque Journal North, Mar 11, 2020
 • Planned Los Alamos Pit Plant Could Surge to 80 a Year, NNSA Says, Exchange Monitor, Mar 11, 2020
 • Nuke Weapons Agency Says One Site Could Handle All Warhead Core Work, ‘If Needed’, Defense Daily, Mar 10, 2020
 • Failure To Conduct Detailed EIS Process For LANL Is Dangerous Insult To Los Alamos And Northern New Mexico, Greg Mello, LTE, Los Alamos Reporter, Mar 10, 2020
 • LANL, Savannah River Site Activists petition for environmental review of New Mexico, South Carolina labs, Santa Fe New Mexican, Mar 10, 2020
 • Federal judge dismisses MOX, plutonium lawsuit S.C. filed two years ago, Aiken Standard, Mar 2, 2020
 • STRATCOM Commander ‘Proud’ of W93, Won’t Say Much Else About It, Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor, Feb 28, 2020
 • $20B Budget Would ‘Choke’ NNSA, Skeptical House Approps Cardinal Says, Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor, Feb 28, 2020
 • Proposed budget would almost triple plutonium spending, Santa Fe New Mexican, Feb 24, 2020
 • Delegation should support strong review of pit production, Albuquerque Journal North Editorial, Feb 16, 2020
 • Pit production at Los Alamos offers influential 'template' for Savannah River Site, Aiken Standard, Feb 15, 2020
 • Wilson, Graham, Scott pressed Trump for more nuclear funding, letters show, Aiken Standard, Feb 13, 2020
 • Savannah River Pit Plant Design to be Finished by End of June, Defense Daily, Feb 12, 2020
 • 10-year plan: Nuclear executives reiterate pit production pressures, Aiken Standard, Feb 11, 2020
 • LANL, LLNL Directors Won’t Say Who’d Own W93 Sea-Based Warhead; Hint at Competition, Defense Daily, Feb 11, 2020
 • Trump proposes 25 percent bump in nuke spending, Santa Fe New Mexican, Feb 10, 2020
 • Trump seeks $46 billion for nuclear weapons programs in budget request, Defense News, Feb 10, 2020
 • Keeping campus proposals secret was the city’s own choice, Albuquerque Journal Editorial, Feb 9, 2020
 • LANL receives ‘good’ annual evaluation, Albuquerque Journal, Feb 6, 2020
 • DoE Backs Off Drive To Speed Up Pit Production At Los Alamos, Defense Daily, Feb 3, 2020
 • No Environmental Review For LANL Expansion?, Schwartz, Los Alamos Reporter, Feb 2, 2020
 • Trump to request 20 percent boost in nuclear spending, Santa Fe New Mexican, Jan 30, 2020
 • NNSA Not Among Finalists For Santa Fe Midtown Campus Redevelopment, Los Alamos Daily Post, Jan 30, 2020
 • An Unanswered Question at the Heart of the U.S.’s Nuclear Arsenal, Scientific American, Jan 28, 2020
 • City of Santa Fe Press Release, Midtown Project finalists chosen, Jan 28, 2020
 • Lawmakers assured review of nuclear weapons work to be open, Associated Press, Jan 22, 2020
 • Reps. Smith, Wilson and NNSA boss visit Savannah River Site weapon hubs, Aiken Standard, Jan 21, 2020
 • The U.S. is Boosting Production of Nuclear Bomb Cores (For More Nuclear Weapons), The National Interrest, Jan 21, 2020
 • NNSA Chief Details Uphill Slog to Nuclear Modernization, Air Force Magazine, Jan 16, 2020
 • No Plan to Consolidate Pit Mission at Single Site, But DoE Won’t Deny the Possibility, Defense Daily, Jan 16, 2020
 • Anti-nukers rally against NNSA proposal for Santa Fe campus, Albuquerque Journal, Jan 15, 2020
 • Anti-nuclear protesters oppose LANL’s midtown campus proposal, Santa Fe New Mexican, Jan 15, 2020
 • JASONs Endorse Fast Start to New Pit Complex, Exchange Monitor, Jan 14, 2020
 • US lawmakers from New Mexico hold out on review of nuke plan, Associated Press, Jan 13, 2020
 • City closing in on short list of master developers for midtown campus, Santa Fe New Mexican, Jan 13, 2020
 • Opposition to LANL’s Midtown bid grows, Santa Fe Reporter, Jan 8, 2020
 • NNSA says more large-scale environmental review not needed for pit production, Aiken Standard, Jan 8, 2020
 • NNSA: No need for fresh review of revised plutonium pit strategy, Energy Daily, Jan 8, 2020

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