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. The author of one report, Bernd Franke, stated, “In the case of tritium, infants and small children get a radiation dose about three times greater than adults, with the same concentrations of tritium in air, water, and food.” Given the self-admitted lack of urgency and remaining uncertainties in potential doses, times, locations and ultimate purpose of these planned tritium releases, NMED should deny LANL’s request. Read More