“Gross mismanagement”: Plan to release tritium is halted

New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) has temporarily paused a plan to vent 30,000 curies of radioactive tritium into the air this summer. NMED, citing significant public interest, is requiring Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to perform four additional steps before proceeding, including an independent technical review, tribal consultation, public meeting, and compliance audit. NMED states…

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Attack on Iran? Nuclear fears mount

As fears mount that the US could help Israel destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities, critics are calling out ‘nuclear hypocrisy’. Speaking at a hastily called rally in London over concerns of possible UK engagement against Iran, Iranian-born trade union leader Maryam Eslamdoust said, “Israel secretly develops illegal nuclear weapons, but Iran is the one accused of…

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Golden Dome spells doom for US taxpayers and world peace

The Golden Dome for America, announced with much grandiosity by the Trump White House and price tag $175 billion in taxpayer money, is just another reboot of a longstanding and failed missile defense program. Far from keeping Americans safe, it threatens to trigger another nuclear arms race and risks war in space. Prior iterations have…

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The St. Louis atomic bomb waste dump still sickens

It’s been 83 years and “We still don’t know what to do with the first cupful.” On June 2, 2025, WBUR Boston and National Public Radio (NPR) aired the “On Point” podcast regarding a decades old environmental justice struggle, “The long-term effects of nuclear waste in St. Louis.” Kay Drey, a St. Louis, Missouri environmentalist,…

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Nuke Watch NM virtual workshop re: nationwide Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on expanded production of plutonium “pit” bomb cores

JOIN US TOMORROW! Virtual Workshop On the nationwide programmatic Environmental impact statement on the expanded production of plutonium “pit” bomb cores Learn How to Make Effective Comments at the Upcoming Public Hearings… Why: Speak your mind at an upcoming hearing on the government’s plan to produce up to 120 new plutonium pits per year for…

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TAKE ACTION Sign petition on tritium

Sign the petition to stop The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) from large releases of radioactive tritium gas. LANL plans to release the tritium gas any time after June 2, 2025. The only roadblock to the Lab’s plans is that it needs a “Temporary Authorization” from the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) to do so.…

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ANA DC DAYS: June 8-11, then Spring Meeting

Alliance for Nuclear Accountability has held DC Days annually for nearly four decades. All-day training will be Sunday, June 8. Meetings with congressional and executive branch offices will be from Monday to Wednesday, June 9 to 11. Monday evening will feature a screening of the film “To Use a Mountain,” about sites targeted in the…

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The India-Pakistan conflict and nuclear risks

What follows is a statement on the situation from ICAN, of which Beyond Nuclear in a member: “ICAN is gravely concerned at the escalating hostilities between India and Pakistan, particularly since last night’s missile strikes by India on Pakistan-administered Kashmir and Pakistan, and Pakistan’s previous threats to use nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are not a…

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THE IRAN DEAL: Smash it then claim it

There is deep irony in the Trump administration working to secure credit for a nuclear deal with Iran, given it was the previous Trump administration that destroyed a perfectly adequate one — the JCPOA — that had ensured Iran’s uranium enrichment stayed within commercial grade while lifting sanctions. Now, as Iran appears to be enriching…

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