2024
- Video available: Nov. 13 discussion of U.S. nuclear warhead core (“pit”) production with NNSA Administrator Hruby, others, Nov 18, 2024
- Reminder, and please RSVP to get the access code, if you plan to go to the panel discussion on plutonium pit production at the National Press Club Wed. Nov. 13, 1-4 pm EST, with NNSA Administrator Hruby and others, Nov 6, 2024
- Press advisory: Panel discussion at National Press Club Wed. Nov. 13, 1-4 pm EST, with NNSA Administrator Hruby, Los Alamos Study Group, GAO, others regarding plutonium warhead core (“pit”) production, Nov 1, 2024
- Study Group files “friend of the court” motion in South Carolina plutonium “pit” lawsuit One pit factory instead of two would fully resolve this lawsuit while preserving strong environmental law, Oct 30, 2024
- Darkling plain: whither the legal fight in South Carolina over plutonium “pit” environmental analysis? What does it mean? What will happen?, Oct 22, 2024
- Briefing and community discussion on plutonium warhead core (“pit”) production, Los Alamos, Thursday, Oct. 24, 6-8 pm, Oct 22, 2024
- Art reception for new mural supporting resistance to nuclear production Saturday August 3, 2-4 pm, CloudCliff Building in Santa Fe, Aug 1, 2024
- NNSA/DOE Town Hall at Buffalo Thunder resort, Monday July 22, 6 pm MDT; The huge LANL program to build plutonium warhead cores (“pits”) to be discussed, Jul 18, 2024
— NNSA Jill Hruby, and DOE-EM Candice Robertson Town Hall Meeting, images and videos
- U.S. Considers Expanding Its Nuclear Arsenal, Jun 10, 2024
- “Pit” project is NNSA’s largest in 7 decades; huge & rising cost raises questions of scale,value, and sustainability — and of what Congress knows, May 10, 2024
- Los Alamos to make plutonium cores (“pits”) for new ICBM, Savannah River to make pits for new submarine missile warhead, Apr 17, 2024
2023
- Los Alamos to metastasize as weapons mission outgrows site Lab management to present before local government Tuesday 7/18/23, 6 pm MDT, Jul 17, 2023
- “‘The real purpose in making the bomb was to subdue the Soviets.’* Now it’s happening again, on a vast scale. WHY?” A conversation with acclaimed historian Peter Kuznick, Greg Mello, and community members in Los Alamos, July 22, 6:30 pm, Jul 17, 2023
- Journalists to tour LANL plutonium facility, “ground zero” for proposed interim pit manufacturing, Jun 21, 2023
- NNSA cites Los Alamos National Laboratory for multiple “serious” plutonium safety violations in 2021 Violations show “significant lack of attention or carelessness” and have “high safety significance”, May 31, 2023
- NNSA’s effort to restart plutonium warhead “pit” production will cost more than the Manhattan Project. Why is NNSA trying to build two pit factories at once — one that is adequate, and one that is not?, May 27, 2023
- Schedule for Nuclear Warhead Core (“Pit”) Production Slipping, Costs Increasing: NNSA’s Strategy is Failing, Mar 22, 2023
- Warhead agency grades its contractors “very good” to “excellent,” as schedules slide and cost overruns mount, Mar 9, 2023
- Installation of “Base” Capability to Produce 30 Plutonium Warhead Cores (“Pits”) at Los Alamos To Be Delayed 4 Years, to 2030, Feb 3, 2023
- GAO: NNSA’s Huge Program to Build New Warhead Cores (“Pits”) Lacks Detailed Schedule, Budget, and Scope of Work, (2 of 2), Jan 12, 2023
2022
- NNSA announces extension of terms for Los Alamos National Laboratory management and operating contract — Study Group comments, Dec 6, 2022
- Do New Mexico news outlets care about LANL’s plan to re-open nuclear waste disposal on-site? Or to produce still more warhead components?, Dec 2, 2022
- Los Alamos lab “agenda:” novel nuclear weapons and new ways to use them, hypersonic nuclear weapons, new nuclear waste disposal facility, additional production missions, biosecurity “leadership,” “proactive” counterintelligence, Nov 23, 2022
- Biden Administration releases aggressive nuclear strategy envisioning “first use” of nuclear weapons in wars like Ukraine, Oct 27, 2022
- Citizens call for halt in plutonium pit production at Los Alamos and elsewhere; press conference in Capitol Rotunda tomorrow (Tuesday Aug. 30), 10:30 am MDT, Aug 29, 2022
- NNSA to conduct fake “environmental impact statement” process to justify decisions, big future expansion, at Los Alamos, Aug 18, 2022
- GAO: current LANL contractor improving safety (NNSA and Triad say), more improvements said needed, Jun 16, 2022
- Grave dangers loom in Ukraine war votes and escalations; opportunities open for journalists and citizens; We urge news media to widen debate, pose questions, create accountability, May 16, 2022
- NNSA budget request for Los Alamos warhead “pit” project adds five proposed plutonium buildings, fresh rad waste cost overruns, adding $329 million to LANL pit costs; Meanwhile, White House cuts $500 million from DOE’s “requirements-based” budget for Savannah River Site pit project, May 9, 2022
- Lawsuit seeks agency plans to accelerate production of nuclear warhead cores; Largest program in agency history is effectively secret — and in trouble, Apr 6, 2022
- Biden nuclear agency plan continues all current and proposed warhead and bombs; 6 warhead programs to run simultaneously; Ambitious plan would start building four all-new nuclear warheads 2030-2039, future warheads after that; $74 billion in related construction said needed for new factories and labs; no overall cost is provided, Mar 17, 2022
- Los Alamos warhead “pit” production preparations begin dangerous 24/7 work in struggle to meet deadlines; STRATCOM: “unlimited money” would not be enough to meet 2030 deadline, Mar 10, 2022
- DOE Inspector General: $128 Million Contract to Upgrade Los Alamos Power Plant with Private Financing May Be Illegal, Feb 15, 2022
- Nuclear Warhead Agency Admits Los Alamos Likely to Miss Interim Warhead Core Deadlines; Review of value, cost, of Los Alamos factory needed, Feb 12, 2022
- Nuclear Agency releases 2021 contractor evaluations for LANL and other sites, Feb 10, 2022
- Organizations Call for Elimination of ‘Launch on Warning’ Land-Based Nuclear Missiles in the United States; Crash Program of Plutonium Warhead Core (“Pit”) Production at Los Alamos Predicated Solely on Novel Missile Warheads, in Larger Numbers, Jan 12, 2022
- Is the Department of Energy (DOE) going to conduct a new Site Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and if so what would it mean?, press note, Jan 7, 2022
2021
- Join the Los Alamos Study Group on Friday, Nov. 5th, east side of State Capitol, 12:00 to 5:00 pm for a demonstration, plenary workshops, and dialogue; Reclaim resources, build resilient communities — not plutonium bombs, Nov 2, 2021
- NNSA proposes new plutonium processing facility at LANL, Aug 11, 2021
- (sent to regional press) Bulletin #282 New billboard: “One bomb core: $50 million — or 1,000 teachers. Choose.” Jul 21, 2021
- NNSA approves plutonium warhead core (“pit”) factory in South Carolina, Jun 29, 2021
- Administration budget for warhead cores (“pits”) jumps again, as Biden team struggles with Trump’s rushed “double-factory” plan, Jun 1, 2021
- NNSA announces huge cost increase for mysterious LANL plutonium warhead project Project schedule extends well past legal deadline NNSA’s current public plan, as far as is known, is unsupported by its own studies & external reviewers So what has NNSA actually approved? NNSA isn’t saying. Apr 28, 2021
- Third power line proposed for Los Alamos; environmental assessment process starting 12.5 mile 115 kV line would cross the relatively-unspoiled Caja del Rio portion of the Santa Fe National Forest, then the scenic Rio Grande canyon south of White Rock, NM, largely parallel to existing 115 kV line, Apr 19, 2021
- Second billboard opposing nuclear bomb factory near Santa Fe installed, Mar 15, 2021
- LANL leases second office complex in Santa Fe as nuclear weapons growth pushes admin staff off “The Hill”; 2,000 more staff needed for “24/7” plutonium “pit” production mission for only 20 pits/year, Mar 8, 2021
- LANL releases 2021 “Site Sustainability Plan” for “rapidly changing and growing mission”; Teleworking “the approach going forward” to handle the increased staff necessary to accommodate plutonium “pit” production; Large increases in energy & resources use foreseen; risk of missing key efficiency targets “high”; Despite legal requirements, site plans, pit production plans not released to public or local governments; Largest project in NM history proceeds in near-total secrecy, local and state governments effectively silent, Feb 24, 2021
- Los Alamos nuclear weapons lab to open offices in Santa Fe; Shift in identity, values feared for “Royal City of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis”, Feb 10, 2021
- New billboard raises awareness of multibillion-dollar plutonium bomb factory under construction near Santa Fe Unprecedented, major change in LANL mission looms — meanwhile — Santa Fe County Commission tacitly endorses expanded LANL plutonium bomb production, seeks payoff in nuclear weapons jobs, educational outreach and training, lucrative local contracts Resolution also seeks fresh environmental analysis to “reassure” and “inform” citizens as plans proceed, Feb 3, 2021
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
- Department of Energy concludes no rigorous environmental analyses 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
- CBO today, on the potential costs of expanding US nuclear forces in a post-New-START environment, Aug 25, 2020
- A majority of Americans support phasing out ICBMs, modestly cutting nuclear weapons budget, deploying low-yield sub warheads, Aug 10, 2020
- Warhead agency seeks to lease office and warehouse space within a 50-mile radius of LANL, Jul 21, 2020
- Protest at State Capitol on “Trinity” nuclear test anniversary asks Governor to request environmental analysis of proposed LANL plutonium industrialization, Jul 14, 2020
- Administration seeks 49% increase in Los Alamos nuclear weapons activities, 33% plus-up for LANL overall, Feb 23, 2020
- As U.S. ramps up nuclear production (again), the human toll of past work continues to mount, including at LANL, Feb 5, 2020
- Billboard aimed at traffic entering NM raises question:is New Mexico a “failed state,” and are nuclear weapons partly responsible?, Jan 30, 2020
- Nuclear weapons agency cut from possible ‘Master Developer’ role in major Santa Fe project, Nuclear weapons antithetical to sustainable development, green ‘think tank’ says, Jan 28, 2020
- 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
2019
- GAO: Surplus Plutonium Disposition: Processing of surplus plutonium warhead cores (“pits”) at Los Alamos is uncertain, may conflict with production of new pits, Oct 28, 2019
- Los Alamos Study Group to host town hall meeting on Los Alamos lab expansion, reinvestment Plutonium factory complex planned, $13 billion in capital investment expected lab-wide, new highway proposed Congressional delegation, Governor, cabinet officials & others invited, Sep 6, 2019
- Administration announces plan to conduct environmental analysis of plutonium warhead core (“pit”) production in SC, No comparable commitment in NM, Jun 10, 2019
- Administration to conduct environmental analysis of plutonium warhead core (“pit”) production in SC; may analyze NM production; NNSA’s plan may violate 1998 court order and other applicable law, Jun 4, 2019
- Bulletin 257: Pentagon pit study: The Trump plutonium pit schedule is impossible. NNSA: 2 warheads are delayed , May 10, 2019
- “Draining the Nuclear Swamp,” and heads-up on new developments this week, May 7, 2019
- NNSA to Congress: One more massive increase for nuclear warheads next year please; we will control costs better later, Mar 26, 2019
- Trump requests a 12% increase in nuclear warhead spending, with wide variation between sites, Mar 20, 2019
2018
- At UN today, more countries sign Treaty prohibiting possession of, deterrence with, nuclear weapons, Sep 26, 2018
- Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Convenes Hearing, Condemns Restrictive Trump Safety Order, Aug 28, 2018
- Massive Staff Cut, Reorganization Proposed at Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Aug 17, 2018
- “Beyond Hiroshima” discussion in Los Alamos 6 pm Monday August 6 with Godfrey Reggio, Gilbert Sanchez, Carol Miller, Greg Mello, others, Aug 3, 2018
- All-But-Final Defense Bill Increases Momentum for Larger Los Alamos Plutonium “Pit” Factory, Jul 25, 2018
- House Version of Defense Bill Would Advance Los Alamos Plutonium Bomb Factory, Jul 23, 2018
- NNSA, DoD, DOE recommend moving most plutonium warhead “pit” production to South Carolina by 2030, May 10, 2018
- NNSA, DoD, DOE poised to deliver decision to Congress on how and where to make plutonium warhead “pits”, May 9, 2018
- Leaked Summary of Nuclear Warhead Plutonium “Pit” Production Analysis Identifies Serious Problems with Los Alamos Manufacturing Plan, Apr 30, 2018
- Study Group files FOIA lawsuit to obtain plutonium warhead manufacturing study, Mar 15, 2018
- Bingaman, Domenici, Udall, Richardson, LANL, UC, and NNSA have all argued against Los Alamos becoming a larger, permanent plutonium “pit” production site, Mar 8, 2018
- NNSA Issues Draft Environmental Assessment for One Part of Its Proposed Plutonium Factory Complex at LANL, Feb 22, 2018
- Strangelove Lives: Trump Administration Requests Largest Spending Increase for Nuclear Warheads Since 1962, Feb 12, 2018
- Nuclear Posture Review Calls for Continuing Weapons Modernization, Feb 2, 2018
- Leaked Trump Nuclear Posture Review Aims to Continue Obama Weapons Modernization, with Significant Tweaks, Jan 12, 2018
2017
- Congressional Budget Office: US Nuclear Forces To Cost $1.2 Trillion over 30 Years, Oct 31, 2017
- National Museum of Nuclear Science and History Erects Trinity Nuclear Tower Replica, Called “death fetish,” “glorification of mass murder” by local peace groups, Oct 6, 2017
- Nobel Peace Prize Goes to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), updated, Oct 6, 2017
- Nobel Peace Prize Goes to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Oct 6, 2017
- Historic Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons Adopted at United Nations, Sep 20, 2017
- Historic Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons Adopted at United Nations; Opens for Signature September 20, 2017; Comprehensively bans nuclear weapons research, possession, use, deterrence, and all forms of assistance in these prohibited acts; Commits governments to criminalize all forms of nuclear weapons work, assistance, encouragement, etc., Jul 7, 2017
- Final Draft Treaty That Would Ban Nuclear Weapons Released by 130+ Negotiating Countries, Adoption of Treaty expected Friday, July 7, Treaty would ban nuclear weapons research, possession, use, deterrence, and assistance in any of these prohibited acts Commits governments to adopt laws criminalizing nuclear weapons work, Jul 5, 2017
- Historic negotiations to ban nuclear weapons resume at United Nations today, Will negotiators finish by July 7? Will the treaty leave loopholes? Jun 15, 2017
- Draft Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Released, Most of World’s Countries to Resume Negotiations June 15, Conclude July 7, May 23, 2017
- US, Allies, Stage Protest Outside UN General Assembly Hall as Nations Gather in Unprecedented Meeting to Ban Nuclear Weapons, Mar 27, 2017
- Trump DOE Budget Outline Accelerates Warhead Spending, Mar 16, 2017
2016
- In Historic Vote, UN General Assembly Mandates 2017 Negotiations to Ban Research, Development, Testing, Stockpiling, Use of Nuclear Weapons, Dec 23, 2016
- In Historic Vote, UN General Assembly Poised to Mandate 2017 Negotiations to Ban Nuclear Weapons Entirely, Dec 23, 2016
- Trump Selects Former Texas Governor Rick Perry for Secretary of Energy, Dec 13, 2016
- Historic UN vote to mandate negotiation of treaty banning nuclear weapons, Oct 24, 2016
- Increasing momentum to negotiate treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons, Oct 14, 2016
- “Secretary of Defense Ash Carter Visits New Mexico”, Sep 27, 2016
- UN Disarmament Working Group Calls for 2017 Negotiations to Ban Nuclear Weapons, Aug 19, 2016
- Congressional auditors flay Los Alamos plutonium plans, Aug 10, 2016
- Senior military, nuclear weapons officials convene in Albuquerque to promote $1 trillion nuclear weapons plan, Jun 20, 2016
- Senator Tom Udall: Proud of New Nuclear Weapons, Claims Excessive Credit for Routine, Must-Pass Bill, Apr 14, 2016
- Inspector General Review Finds Poor Internal System for Correcting Problems at LANL, Mar 1, 2016
- Administration’s Proposed Nuclear Warhead Budget, Its Highest Ever, Feb 9, 2016
- Brief Informal Budget Heads-Up, Feb 8, 2016
- DOE, Park Service to Create New National Park for Old Nuclear Weapons – the Ones Dropped on Cities, Nov 9, 2015
- Majority of Countries Slam Nuclear Deployments, Decry Lack of Disarmament, and Pledge to Support Negotiations toward a Treaty Banning Possession and Use of Nuclear Weapons, Nov 6, 2015
- Pope Francis denounces nuclear deterrence and calls for prohibition of nuclear weapons, Sep 25, 2015
- Los Alamos-Supported Congressional Study Suggests Efficiency Improvements for Plutonium Warhead “Pit” Manufacturing, May 18, 2015
- 3 National Nuclear War Laboratories have run amok, block disarmament, & should be shut down, Mar 6, 2015
- Administration’s nuclear warhead design, production budget larger than Reagan and Bush, again, Feb 2, 2015
- Newspaper’s Exposeˊ: Los Alamos Lab’s Incompetence, Illegal Actions Led to Contamination and Shutdown of WIPP, press backgrounder, Nov 18, 2014
- DoD Reviews of Nuclear Weapons Operations Largely “Management Clichés,” Fail to Address Core Problems, Group Charges, Nov 14, 2014
- DOE Inspector General releases scathing report about LANL’s incompetent handling of waste, leading to WIPP shutdown, Oct 1, 2014
- Whither LANL? Public discussion Tuesday night in Los Alamos, Sep 19, 2014
- $4.3 Billion in Additional Construction, Equipment Proposed for Los Alamos Plutonium Factory, Aug 28, 2014
- DNFSB Letter Highlights Continuing Dangers at Nation’s Nuclear Weapons Facilities, Aug 11, 2014
- “New Mexico TRU:” Study Group Calls for Pause in New Plutonium Waste at Los Alamos, Jun 2, 2014
- Federal Safety Board Cautions DOE on LANL Plutonium Facility, May 20, 2014
- U.S. claims of nuclear weapons retirement, dismantlement “may be misleading” – GAO, press backgrounder, May 1, 2014
- Feds Postpone Plutonium Warhead Factory in Los Alamos, Mar 21, 2014
- Proposed DOE budget nearly flat in New Mexico, Mar 20, 2014
- President Requests Unprecedented Spending on Nuclear Weapons Maintenance, Design, Production, Mar 4, 2014
- Congressional Study Shows Administration’s Proposed New Plutonium Warhead Factory at Los Alamos Is Unnecessary, Unadvised, Feb 27, 2014
- Nayarit point of no return: Mexico conference marks turning point towards nuclear weapon ban, Feb 14, 2014
- 146 states meet in Mexico to discuss humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons, Feb 13, 2014
- International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of nuclear weapons, Feb 12, 2014
- Omnibus spending bill invests heavily in nuclear warheads but falls short of funds requested, signaling shifts and uncertainties as troubles mount, Jan 14, 2014
- New study of nuclear deterrent costs: current plans to cost $1 trillion over 30 years, therefore impossible, Jan 8, 2014
- Defense bill passes Congress, mandates new underground plutonium factory “modules” in Los Alamos, Dec 20, 2013
- Santa Fe Mayor’s Los Alamos “cleanup” proposal is empty posturing, greenwashing for renewed warhead production, charges New Mexico policy group, press backgrounder, Nov 12, 2013
- “124 states condemn unacceptable effects of nuclear weapons,” ican, Oct 21, 2013
- Secretary Moniz visits New Mexico nuclear weapons labs in usual secrecy, no hope or change on offer, Sep 3, 2013
- Obama Administration Unveils 25-Year, $275 B Plan for Nuclear Warheads, Production Plants, Jun 20, 2013
- Obama Berlin Speech Fails to Offer Significant Nuclear Policy Steps, Jun 19, 2013
- As Problems Mount, U.S. Nuke Warhead Chief Steps Down, May 17, 2013
- Latest plan for Los Alamos plutonium facilities involves construction of underground factory “modules”, May 7, 2013
- Administration requests large increase in nuclear warhead spending, Apr 10, 2013
- White House, Military Reportedly Seek Nuclear Arms Reductions, press backgrounder, Feb 12, 2013
- President signs FY2013 National Defense Authorization Act, Jan 3, 2013
- FY2013 Defense Authorization Conference Bill Powerfully Advances Nuclear Weapons Contractors, Dec 19, 2012
- Plutonium in Warhead Cores (“Pits”) Stable to 150 Years, Dec 6, 2012
- Major LANL security project halted by Feds, Oct 25, 2012
- House Armed Services Committee Rejects Administration’s Request To Use Leftover Plutonium Facility Funds To Implement New Plan, Oct 12, 2012
- Washington Post Misleads in Major Article Addressing Nuclear Weapons Complex, Sep 16, 2012
- Eight Senators Beg Administration to Build Plutonium Warhead Facility at LANL – against Wishes of DoD, Military, NNSA, and DOE, Jul 20, 2012
- Senate Committee would Mandate Construction of Huge Additional Los Alamos Plutonium Facility over Pentagon, NNSA Objections, May 25, 2012
- Senate Proposes $160 Million Alternative to $6 Billion Plutonium Project, Apr 24, 2012
- NNSA Releases Evaluation of LANL Performance, Apr 4, 2012
- LANL doth protest too much: need for employment reduction exaggerated, Mar 23, 2012
- Los Alamos Lab Trims Workforce: “Good News,” Says Green Policy Group, Feb 21, 2012
- NNSA delays proposed plutonium warhead plant “for at least five years,” press release #2, Feb 13, 2012
- BREAKING NEWS: Proposed Plutonium Expansion at Los Alamos To Be “Indefinitely Deferred” in Today’s Budget Request, Trade Publication Reports, Feb 13, 2012
- Administration Hints at Smaller Nuclear Force Amid Wider Defense Cutbacks, Jan 5, 2012
- Appropriations bill slashes funding for new plutonium lab at Los Alamos, disallows construction, in FY2012, Dec 16, 2011
- Defense authorization bill would slash FY2012 funding for new plutonium lab at Los Alamos, Dec 14, 2011
- Tenth Circuit Allows Appeal of New Mexico Decision That Allowed Los Alamos Plutonium Facility to Proceed, Nov 29, 2011
- Nuclear Weapons Policy Group Files Second Lawsuit, Oct 21, 2011
- Bulletin #120: Study Group Resumes Litigation, Jul 1, 2011
- Press remarks on Las Conchas fire, Greg Mello, Jun 29, 2011
- Bulletin #118: House Appropriations Committee slashes $100 million from huge proposed plutonium facility at Los Alamos, Jun 15, 2011
- Bulletin #116: Fed Judge Rules In Favor of Continuing Los Alamos Nuclear Project without applicable EIS, dismisses lawsuit, May 23, 2011
- Lawsuit seeking simpler, cheaper, safer alternatives to Los Alamos plutonium bomb factory goes to court next Wednesday, Apr 22, 2011
- Obama’s energy policy & LASG seminars to address climate & energy policy, Mar 30, 2011
- Dr. Helen Caldicott – physician, author, lecturer, founder of prominent environmental, peace, and women’s organizations – to speak in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, Mar 15, 2011
- Town of Taos requests new EIS for proposed new plutonium facility at LANL; Study Group litigation concludes the initial briefing and evidence process, LASG Jan 26, 2011
- “New START” Ratification Likely End of Obama’s “Disarmament Vision,” and of Arms Control Era, LASG Dec 22, 2010
- Huge “emergency” funding increase for nuke labs today, LASG Oct 1, 2010
- Delay on New START ratification vote provides opportunity for assessment of nuclear weapons policies, Aug 3, 2010
- Large portions of Recovery Act spending fail to stimulate New Mexico’s economy, Jun 15, 2010
- No significant change seen in Obama nuclear posture, LASG Apr 7, 2010
- Labs Strike Back at Efforts to Halt Nuclear Warhead Innovation in Upcoming Obama Nuke Strategy, LASG Mar 26, 2010
- Obama Requests Nuclear Weapons Spending Surge, LASG Feb 1, 2010
2009
- Administration Signals Nuclear Weapons Complex Preferences; Plan Calls for Billions in Weapons Plant Construction, Oct 9, 2008
- House, Senate Largely Endorse Bush Nuke Plans in Defense Authorization Bill, Sep 24, 2008
- Senate energy and water panel faces today’s national security and economic emergencies largely on autopilot, Jul 8, 2008
- House Committee Weighs Future of LANL Plutonium Expansion; Udall, Lujan Silent, Jun 20, 2008
- House Appropriations Subcommittee to Mark Up Energy and Water Bill, Jun 17, 2008
- GAO: NNSA has changing, contradictory plutonium warhead core (“pit”) production goals and has “low-balled” pit production costs, Jun 2, 2008
- Ed Grothus: Celebrating Four Decades of Peace Activism in Los Alamos, May 7, 2008
- NNSA warhead complex transformation “hearings” begin, Mar 10, 2008
- Last Bush nuclear weapons budget seeks end-run on weapons programs, ignores congressional direction, Feb 4, 2008
- Los Alamos Plutonium Work Halted to Resolve Uncertainties over Nuclear Criticality Safety, Oct 9, 2007
- Los Alamos makes plutonium warhead core (“pit”), resuming U.S. warhead manufacture after 18 years, Jul 2, 2007
- Senate subcommittee proposes robust nuclear spending plan, Funds Los Alamos plutonium factory, halts “Complex 2030,” Jun 26, 2007
- House of Representatives approves cuts to Bush warhead programs, Jun 20, 2007
- Executive Branch Chooses Design for New Navy Warhead, Mar 2, 2007
- House Committee Asks GAO To Review Missions at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Citing Concerns about Security, Safety, and Sound Business Practices, Feb 20, 2007
- The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moves its clock, Jan 17, 2007
- Cold War “hawks,” defense officials, call for nuclear abolition; breakdown of deterrence paradigm, grave proliferation risks cited, Jan 4, 2007 (includes press release)
- Environmental Analysis Begins for Warhead Factory Plan, Oct 19, 2006
- NNSA, Lockheed Host “Academic” Panel Discussion at UNM of New Nuclear Warheads and “Responsive” Manufacturing Plants, Sep 29, 2006
- Dramatic Declines in Federal Oversight Accompany Plans to Increase Nuclear Weapons Production, May 30, 2006
- 100+ NM Organizations, Others Call for Nuclear Disarmament, Halt to Nuclear Waste Disposal at LANL, Mar 3, 2006
- Sweeping Plans to Build New Warheads to be Part of Bush Nuclear Budget; Los Alamos is Pivotal Site, Feb 6, 2006
- Bush Nuclear Power Initiatives To Be Announced Tonight Likely to Proceed Upon False Assumptions,
Jan 31, 2006
- DOE Manager to Hear Advisory Board, Citizens Concerns Regarding Nuclear Disposal, Jan 24, 2006
- Bechtel, UC, BWXT, Washington Group Win Contract to Manage Los Alamos, Dec 21, 2005
- Future of Lab to be Discussed Tuesday at Los Alamos Disarmament Center, Dec 17, 2005
- U.S. alters nuclear weapons policy: Congress rejects ‘bunker busters’ for more reliable arms, Sterngold, San Francisco Chronicle, Nov 28, 2005
- The Future of Nuclear Weapons: Changing Faster Than We Think? Decisions Made This Month or Next May Have Long-term Effects, Oct 21, 2005
- Citizens Advisory Board recommends halt to nuclear dumping in Los Alamos, Oct 21, 2005
- Nuclear Disarmament Groups to Commemorate 60th Anniversary of Hiroshima, Nagasaki at Los Alamos, Bomb’s Source, Jul 27, 2005
- A Bomb Survivors to Help Harvest New Mexico Sunflowers, Carry Message of Hope to Los Alamos on Anniversary of Bombings, Jul 27, 2005
- Historian to Tell “How Peace Activists Saved the World,” Jul 27, 2005
- New Billboards Mark 60th Anniversary of Hiroshima, Nagasaki Bombings, Large-Scale Nuclear Waste Disposal in Northern New Mexico, Jul 26, 2005
- Seminar Offered on Nuclear Weapons Law, Policy, and Public Intervention, Jul 26, 2005
- Poets, Writers to Address 60th Anniversary of “Trinity” Nuclear Test at Public Events in Santa Fe & Albuquerque, Jul 12, 2005
- Hiroshima Survivor, Disarmament Advocates to Attend “Blast from the Past” Weapons Fete at National Atomic Museum, Jul 11, 2005
- Three U.S. Nuclear Weapons Labs Seek Ambitious Program To Redesign, Replace Weapons in Nuclear Stockpile, Jun 15, 2005
- Citizen Delegates from New Mexico Attend UN Nuclear Nonproliferation Conference, Apr 29, 2005
- Santa Fe City Council to Vote on Nuclear Disarmament Resolution Wednesday, Apr 12, 2005
- Hiroshima Delegates to Meet with Santa Fe City Officials, Apr 4, 2005
- In case you missed it: “AP Poll Shows Americans Prefer Nuclear Disarmament to Alternatives by Large Margins,” Mar 31, 2005
- The Sleep of Reason: Atoms for Peace and War, Mar 28, 2005
- Members of European Parliament and NGOs Express Concern Over U.S. Nuclear Buildup, Plan to Visit N.M. and Other Nuke Sites, Mar 22, 2005
- The Sleep of Reason: Atoms for Peace and War, Mar 22, 2005
- The Sleep of Reason: Atoms for Peace and War, Mar 9, 2005
- Leader of New Mexico Disarmament Group to Address Members of European Parliament, Mar 1, 2005
- Leading Nonproliferation Expert to Speak in Los Alamos, Nov 3, 2004
- Leading Nonproliferation Expert to Speak in Santa Fe, Oct 22, 2004
- Comment Period Closes on Los Alamos Cleanup – Will Environment Department Honor 3,500 Prior Requests for Hearings, Halt to Dumping? Oct 1, 2004
- DOE, Environment Department release “Cleanup Plan” for Los Alamos, sans cleanup requirements, Sept 1, 2004
- Workshops Offered on Current Lab Programs; Public Invited to Join in Oversight and “Citizen Inspection” at Los Alamos, Jul 22, 2004
- Disarmament Group Calls for Greater Openness, Accountability at New Mexico Nuclear Labs, Jul 22, 2004
- Senate Gives Go-Ahead for Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator, (RNEP), Jun 15, 2004
- British Citizen and American Filmmaker Return from War-Torn Iraq, Jun 2, 2004
- New Mexico Citizens Report on United Nations Nonproliferation and Disarmament Conference, May 4, 2004
- New Mexico Citizens’ Delegation Headed to United Nations for Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament, Nonproliferation, Apr 23, 2004
- Nonprofit Journalist Denied Entrance to Biological Weapons Conference, Mar 18, 2004
- Citizen Group releases first installment of Los Alamos detailed contamination maps, data for public use, Mar 4, 2004
2003
2002
2001
- Citizen Inspection of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Public Forum, Dec 15, 2001
- Dr. Joseph Rotblat to Speak in Los Alamos, Oct 12, 2001
- Security is Inadequate at Los Alamos and other U.S. Nuclear Weapons Sites, Some Experts Say, Oct 9, 2001
- 1,000 Citizens Request Governor To Close Northern New Mexico Nuclear Dump, Sep 19, 2001
- In Wake of Attacks, Public Discussions Planned, Sep 11, 2001
- “Citizen Scholars” Receive Grant to Provide Independent Review of Cleanup Priorities at Los Alamos, May 17, 2001
- Launch of International Campaign to Encourage Scientists and Engineers to Sign a Pledge that they will never work on Weapons of Mass Destruction, Feb 13, 2001
2000
1999
1998
- Judge Orders DOE to Release Lab Records to Public Interest Group, Jul 22, 1998
- Disarmament Groups Force DOE to Release Portions of Secret “Stewardship” Plan for Nukes, Apr 20, 1998
- “Citizen Verification Team” to Hold UNSCOM-Style Inspection at Los Alamos National Lab, Mar 23, 1998
- European Parliament condemns Pending Los Alamos Test, Mar 20, 1998
- Watchdog Groups Seek Criminal, Civil Penalties Against DOE for Failure to Adequately Plan Vast Cleanup Project, Feb 19, 1998
- DOE Charged With Contempt for Failure to Analyze Nuclear Weapons Cleanup Plans, Jan 23, 1998
1997
1996
1993