Peace Week: Outer Space as a Global Commons
From Saturday, October 3 rd through Saturday, October 10 th , people around theworld are organizing local events to bring outer space to greater public attention byproclaiming “Keep Space for Peace.” ...
1 Okt 4min
New Billboard Urges Active Duty Military to Refuse Unlawful Orders
On Monday, September 14 th , Veterans for Peace lit their new electronic billboardfeaturing Uncle Sam pointing his finger at the reader and saying, “I want you to refuseunlawful orders.” The billboard...
16 Sep 4min
Michiganders Oppose Proposed LANL Data Center at the University of Michigan in Ypsilanti Township
Last week residents of Ypsilanti Township expressed their anger over aproposed high-performance computing facility near the Huron River in a partnershipbetween the University of Michigan and Los Alamo...
16 Sep 4min
Widespread Fraud Lawsuit Settled for Former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Whistleblowers
From 1946 to 1969, the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard was used as the station fortop-secret nuclear tests in the Pacific Ocean. It was also the place wheredecontamination was done on the ships used in h...
10 Sep 4min
Since Pits are “Aging Slowly,” Is Expanded Plutonium Pit Production Needed?
Why does it matter whether plutonium pits are “aging” before their time? We allage. We get old and we die. But that’s not what the Department of Energy (DOE) andNational Nuclear Security Administratio...
3 Sep 4min
DOE and Los Alamos County Approve 10-Year Electric Coordination Agreement
After working for nearly five years, Los Alamos County and the Department ofEnergy updated their original 1985 Electric Coordination Agreement (ECA) for theinterconnected electric system that has powe...
26 Aug 4min
DOE Again Denies DNFSB Access to Nuclear Weapons Facilities; Contact Your Elected Officials
Once again, the Department of Energy and its semi-autonomous NationalNuclear Security Administration has denied the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Boardaccess to nuclear weapons facilities, includi...
20 Aug 4min
Public Comments about NRC’s Rollback of Radiation Exposure Standards due on Monday, August 31st
In compliance with the Trump administration Executive Orders 14300 and 14154,the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to scrap long-standingradiation exposure standards for the genera...
13 Aug 4min
