ANA Blog
The Nuclear-Free Frontpage
Opinion | Hanford cleanup at turning point, and we must not lose momentum
Tri-City Herald(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
‘Highly disrespectful.’ White House to pick who will advise feds on Hanford
Tri-City Herald(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Congo’s uranium tragedy
At a book talk at Busboys and Poets in DC, Friends of the Congo’s Maurice Carney, and Beyond Nuclear’s Linda Pentz Gunter, laid out the uranium story that threads through the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s sad history, including how 70% of Congo uranium was used...
DOE pushes for expanded Hanford grouting, awards $4B in contracts
Tri-Cities Business Journal(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Brown joins coalition backing Hanford-linked Supreme Court brief
Tri-Cities Business Journal(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Cleanup work progresses with pump removal at Hanford Tank Farms
Nuclear Newswire(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
US Department of Energy whittles down Hanford board that gives feds, state advice on cleanup
Northwest Public Broadcasting(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Protect Better webinar series: Protect our health from radiation
Webinar 2 – “In the Weeds” What happens when radiation protection standards are weakened to make it easier to expand nuclear power? Wednesday, August 19 | 5pm – 7:30pm Pacific 8:00–9:30 PM Eastern REGISTER The Trump Administration has directed the Nuclear Regulatory...
Oregon expert: Trump’s nuclear plan threatens Hanford remediation
Big News Network(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Perma-Fix awarded Hanford nuclear waste subcontract with $4.3B ceiling
Seeking Alpha(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Perma-Fix wins Hanford nuclear waste treatment subcontract
Investing.com(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Hanford Site grouting developments could accelerate cleanup
Nuclear Newswire(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Trump administration denies nuclear safety watchdog crucial access
Seattle Times(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Public Comments about NRC’s Rollback of Radiation Exposure Standards due on Monday, August 31st
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CCNSUpdate081426mc.mp3 In compliance with the Trump administration Executive Orders 14300 and 14154, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to scrap long-standing radiation exposure standards for...
Connecting the Dots: The AI Data Center Boom
Ten years ago, the majority of our work was around the narrative, “The Thin Green Line,” as Columbia Riverkeeper and partners took on a plethora of companies trying to site the next coal, oil, methanol, and natural gas pipeline in river communities. We fought and won....
A compassionate world without nuclear
Global Read webinar featured two authors, two books and one topic M.V. Ramana and Linda Pentz Gunter were featured together for the August edition of the program Global Read, presented by the Charter for Compassion. Ramana is the author of Nuclear Is Not The Solution....
Deep Fission “approval” is for a drawing, not a “milestone”
Statement by Paul Gunter, Director of the Reactor Oversight Project at Beyond Nuclear on Deep Fission’s announcement of approval of a Nuclear Safety Design Agreement under the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Reactor Pilot Project created by a President Trump White...
Hope, action, and a nuclear-free future
Every August, Physicians for Social Responsibility and its chapters across the country commemorate the anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings through events that PSR chapters have prepared for all year. Take a look and get inspired by just some of the...
Proyecto Génesis en el LLNL: IA, Armas Nucleares y la Próxima Brecha de Supervisión
Fact Sheets / Green Lab / Nuclear Weapons La nueva misión Genesis del Departamento de Energía se presenta como un importante esfuerzo nacional para utilizar la inteligencia artificial con el fin de acelerar las “labores de seguridad nacional”. La Casa Blanca lanzó...
Julie Lomboy protested waste in Columbia river, by walking over 300 miles from Astoria to Hanford Nuclear site
The Astorian(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Key Hanford nuclear site contractor with $45B contract under new leadership
Tri-City Herald(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Feds file to change way Eastern WA radioactive waste is treated
Tri-City Herald(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Protect Better Webinar Series: NRC Radiation Comments
Webinar #1 Wednesday, August 12 Time: 5:00 PM PT / 8:00 PM ET Webinar #1 Register Here The Trump Administration has directed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to weaken long-standing radiation protection standards in order to accelerate the expansion of nuclear...
Are nuclear war and climate catastrophe two separate crises, or one civilizational threat with two faces?
This week, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation President Dr. Ivana Nikolić Hughes joined geopolitical economist Radhika Desai for an in-depth discussion of the nuclear threat and climate change. Dr. Hughes explained how the threats differ in their timelines but intersect in...
Bishop’s 75 hour Vigil in Japan
Please note Pope Leo’s increasingly strong words on nuclear weapon. Bishop Shirahama of Hiroshima is a standing member of the Partnership for a World without Nuclear Weapons, initiated by Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe, NM. The Partnership is currently composed of...
Certain Hanford tank waste can be treated as low-level under WIR
Weapons Exchange Monitor(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Hanford empties 24th single-shell tank
Weapons Exchange Monitor(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Hanford Site faces bad air days, fire risk
Weapons Exchange Monitor(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Hanford Site Caused Delivery Driver’s Cancer, Son Claims
Law 360(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
NNSA Releases New Plutonium Life Study
Key Finding: Plutonium Aging Not Affecting Existing Nuclear Weapons FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, August 7, 2026 Contact: Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342, cell 505.470.3154, jay[at]nukewatch.org Sophia Stroud, 505.231.9736, sophia[at]nukewatch.org Santa Fe, NM – The Department of...
Nuclear Watch New Mexico sues Department of Energy for plutonium pit report
By Clara Bates, Santa Fe New Mexican | August 5, 2026 santafenewmexican.comA nuclear watchdog group that focuses on Los Alamos National Laboratory recently sued the federal government for what it says are failures to comply with open records law and hand over a...
Toxic, aging radioactive tank ‘emptied’ at WA nuclear site. Pace picks up
Tri-City Herald(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Join the Nagasaki Commemoration on Sunday, August 9th and the Fire on the Mountain Billboard Unveiling on Tuesday, August 11th
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CCNSUpdate080726mc.mp3 Did you know that the nuclear bomb the United States of America dropped on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9th, 1945 was fabricated at Los Alamos National Laboratory? Or that the radioactive waste...
A Japanese A-bomb? Hibakusha decry misguided turn
Japan’s far right prime minister, Sanae Takaichi (pictured), as well as her defense minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, have been considering a review of Japan’s longstanding disavowal of nuclear weapons, a shift that would seriously undermine the country’s role in the world...
Hanford Site faces air quality alert
Weapons Exchange Monitor(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Letters to Congress –Write One
This is the 81st anniversary of our country having used A-bombs that killed about 200,000 people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This followed the conventional and fire-bombing of 62 cities in Japan. Since then, 9 countries have acquired nuclear weapons. Russia and the US...
An Evening with a Minuteman
The Mixed Metaphors and Messages at Vandenberg The following is an article by Scott Fina originally published in the Santa Barbara Independent on August 4th, 2026. You can also read the article at the Independent. Back on May 20, I had an opportunity to watch an...
Climate impacts on nuclear power reliability, safety
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) published its congressional report on April 2, 2024 titled as a warning, “Nuclear Power Plants: NRC Should Take Actions to Fully Consider the Potential Effects of Climate Change.” Their report to Congress points to...
DOE asks Richland, Wash., about annexing portion of Hanford Site
Weapons Exchange Monitor(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
81 years after atomic bomb drop, Richland peace ceremony will reflect, remember
Tri-City Herald(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Feds ask Richland to annex highly contaminated Hanford land. Here’s why
Tri-City Herald(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Radiochemical Processing Lab at Hanford is a national asset for nuclear research (Video)
Tri-City Herald(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Certain Hanford tank waste can be treated as low-level under WIR
Weapons Exchange Monitor(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Roger Snodgrass Memorial on Saturday, August 1st in Albuquerque
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CCNSUpdate073126mc.mp3 Roger Kent Snodgrass passed peacefully in his sleep very early on Saturday, July 18th with his partner, Myra, at his side. He was 81 years old. Roger was a great friend and colleague of CCNS....
Project Genesis at LLNL: AI, Nuclear Weapons, and the Next Oversight Gap
The Department of Energy’s new Genesis Mission is being presented as a major national effort to use artificial intelligence to speed up “national security work”. The White House launched Genesis in November 2025, describing it as a coordinated federal effort to build...
Protect Public Health in California: Vote No on Prop 45
Read More(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Fire in glovebox at LANL plutonium facility sparks safety discussion
Nuclear Newswire | July 30, 2026 ans.orgAccording to a Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) report, a fire occurred in a glovebox in the plutonium facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory on June 15. A test involving nonnuclear material was underway in...
Opposition Mounting to Deep Fission
Beyond Nuclear is quoted in a July 28, 2026 Wall Street Journal article “An Underground Nuclear Reactor Is Coming to This Kansas Town—and Dividing Locals”, describing California nuclear start-up company Deep Fission’s plans for a 15 megawatt electric micro-reactor...
“Innovation” campuses: Nuclear waste Trojan horses?
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the selection of five initial contenders for building Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses. The states that could serve as potential hosts are Utah, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Idaho. But is this proposal a...
Aleksey Nesterenko: Chornobyl health protector dies at 52
Aleksey Nesterenko, director of the Belrad Independent Institute for Radiation Protection, has passed away at the age of of 52 of cancer. His daughter Darya stated “[t]hroughout his life, he successfully combined science with humanism, putting his brilliant mind to...