Radioactive Environment News Today

Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, 28 Apr 24 http://nuclearactive.org/ This week, CCNS highlights portions of a recent press release by Nuclear Watch New Mexico, Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment (Tri-Valley CARES), and the Savannah River Site Watch about the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).  Their piece suggests NNSA does not have its priorities straight in…

CHERNOBYL – THE FACTS The total radioactively released from Chernobyl was 20 times that of the combined releases of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs. At least 9 million people have been directly affected by the accident Over 160,000 square kilometres of land were contaminated with 42,000 squarekilometres rendered unusable. At least 400,000 people were…

There are reports of more than 100 safety problems at the Sellafield nuclear power plant and a leak first reported four years ago has been allowed to worsen. It’s a nightmarish prospect and I hope someone is taking urgent remedial action, writes Cumbria native Chris Blackhurst Every so often, when we were children, Father would borrow…

CORE - Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment, December 2023 http://corecumbria.co.uk/alternative-tour-of-sellafield/irish-sea/ Sellafield discharges two million gallons of radioactive water into the Irish Sea every day at high tide. This includes a cocktail of over 30 alpha, beta and gamma radionuclides. BNFL admits that radioactive discharges in the 1970’s were 100 times those of today. As…

A Bay Area nonprofit says its goal is to bring attention to workers at Lawrence Livermore Lab that opposition to nuclear weapons still exists.

LIVERMORE, Calif.—On this Good Friday, as nuclear disarmament, peace, and justice advocates gathered in person and virtually at the gates of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for their annual Interfaith Service of Worship and Witness, the theme—taken from Dr.

Federal Court makes Initial Ruling in Favor of Public Interest Groups in Lawsuit Against Plan by DOE to Produce Plutonium "Triggers" for New Nuclear Warheads

Federal Court makes Initial Ruling in Favor of Public Interest Groups in Lawsuit Against Plan by DOE to Produce Plutonium "Triggers" for New Nuclear Warheads

Scott Yundt, Livermore

SAN FRANCISCO—At a time when events on the ground have renewed worldwide concerns about nuclear weapons’ potential to wreak existential catastrophe, one of the two sites where every nuclear weapon in the U.S. arsenal is designed is approaching a major milestone.