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Midwest Weapons Report, Nov. 2025
By Christopher Overfelt While Kansas City, Missouri, plays a critical role in our nation’s nuclear weapons program through the National Security Campus located on 150 Highway in south Kansas City, the wider Midwestern corridor plays an equally important role in our...
LANL Reneges on Active Confinement Ventilation Systems at PF-4
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CCNSUpdate111425mc.mp3 Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) continues to neglect its obligations to safely operate its nuclear weapons facilities in a manner required by laws, orders, guidance and common sense. A...
Dr. Hughes at Sant’Egidio’s Daring Peace Conference 2025, Rome
From October 26-28, 2025, leaders from government, civil society, faith communities, and international organizations gathered in Rome for the Daring Peace Conference 2025, hosted by the Sant’Egidio Community. Dr. Ivana Hughes participated in the session “The Forgotten...
“Make Atoms Great Again?”
President Trump has set a course to “Make Atoms Great Again” as part of his White House “call to action” for an extremely risky and fool hearty national energy policy shift. In October 2025, news outlets reported on the President Trump’s plan to finance a government...
Nuclear Engineers Question Holtec Palisades Steam Generators’ Safety
[Photo of tubes in a typical Pressurized Water Reactor steam generator (not Palisades), shown from the top looking downwards.] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, Kalamazoo, MI, (240)...
National Catholic Reporter Podcast: Fr. John Dear in Conversation with Dr. Ivana Hughes, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
This article was originally published by Fr. John Dear on November 10, 2025 on National Catholic Reporter. We’ve been really lucky that nuclear war has not happened. There have been many, many close calls This week, “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast” welcomes Ivana...
Los Alamos’ plutonium facility safety systems need improvement, oversight board says
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Radioactive waste canisters finally on the move at Eastern WA nuclear site
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Vets for Peace lead Armistice Day observance
By Bryson Ripley Pat and Linda McClelland brave the wind to wave their flags. At 11am, as freezing wind reminded us of the harsh conditions that soldiers are often asked to endure, Vets for Peace members and allies huddled close together to ring the chapter’s peace...
Raised in Civil Rights era, Ann talks about her trips 11/12
By Ann Suellentrop Ann took this picture during her Civil RIghts tour … for the joy of it! The Civil Rights tour featured the Lorraine Motel, where MLK Jr. was killed. I have always had a strong interest in peace and justice issues. It might be because I was the...
‘We are not a welfare state. We are a military-industrial complex’
In a Nov. 9 letter to the editor of The Kansas City Star, PeaceWorks KC Chair Dave Pack objects to a column that brands the US as a welfare state. Written by Allison Schrager, published Oct. 27, the column had what Pack calls a “ridiculous headline,” namely, “Can...
And then there were five
President Trump has nominated a candidate to occupy the still vacant fifth seat on the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a move that now locks in a Republican majority. Trump had already played dirty by firing Democratic commissioner Christopher Hanson earlier this...
Our ‘House of Dynamite’ will eventually blow
If you haven’t seen ‘A House of Dynamite’, this is a spoiler alert. But here’s another spoiler alert: nuclear deterrence does not and cannot work. Kathryn Bigelow’s thought-provoking film has been assailed by nuclear hawks as inaccurate but their critiques are...
Implementing Oregon’s POWER Act
Photo Credit: Paloma Ayala Regulating Data Centers at the Public Utility Commission By: Audrey Leonard, Staff Attorney Data center proliferation in the Northwest threatens the Columbia River and our climate by vastly increasing energy and water demand. If left...
Kindness, resilience, tragedy in ‘Gaza Is Our Home’
By Miranda Pelletier Earlier this week, Kansas City enjoyed a special screening of the film “Gaza Is Our Home” by Monear Shaer, a documentary about the filmmaker’s own experiences visiting family in Gaza and losing loved ones to the genocide committed by the Israeli...
Renovación de Permisos Para Residuos Peligrosos en el Sitio 300: Necesitamos su Opinión.
Environmental Justice El Sitio 300 del Laboratorio Nacional Lawrence de Livermore (LLNL), el campo de pruebas de explosivos de alta potencia ubicado en las colinas cerca de Tracy, se encuentra nuevamente en una encrucijada, ¡y su participación es fundamental! El...
Site 300 Hazardous Waste Permit Renewals Need Your Input
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) Site 300, the high-explosives testing range in the hills near Tracy, is once again at a crossroads, and your participation is needed! California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) is proposing to renew two...
More complicated: The government shutdown could slump work at the Hanford site
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Project 2025 sacrifices nuclear safety for profit in Washington state
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First nuclear waste containers transported to Hanford site for disposal
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EE. UU. Prueba el Sistema de Lanzamiento de Ojivas Nucleares de Misiles Balísticos Intercontinentales de Vandenberg Después de que Trump Intensificara su Retórica Robre las Pruebas Nucleares.
Nuclear Weapons En la madrugada del 5 de noviembre de 2025, mientras los resultados electorales acaparaban la atención mediática, la Base Espacial de Vandenberg lanzó un misil Minuteman III. Este misil balístico intercontinental (ICBM) es el actual sistema de...
Trump’s Threat to Resume Nuclear Testing
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CCNSUpdate110725mc.mp3 In 1963 John Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev signed the ban on atmospheric nuclear weapons testing, which was extended to a moratorium in 1992 and secured as the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in...
Appeal to SCOTUS against Holtec’s NM CISF license!
[Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, co-founder of Alliance for Environmental Strategies.] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Mindy Goldstein, co-counsel for Beyond Nuclear, Turner Environmental Law Clinic, (404) 727-3432, magolds@emory.edu Kevin...
At the Center of the Arms Race
The Trump administration has announced it will end a moratorium on nuclear testing that has been in place since the early 1990s, putting a direct target on the backs of communities still dealing with the ramifications of the Cold War testing regime.The announcement is...
U.S. Tests ICBM Nuclear Warhead Delivery System from Vandenberg After Trump Amps Up Nuclear Testing Rhetoric
In the early morning hours of November 5, 2025 as election results dominated the news, Vandenberg Space Force Base launched a Minuteman III missile. This intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is the current US ground-based nuclear warhead delivery system that sits...
In a Looming Nuclear Arms Race, Aging Los Alamos Faces a Major Test
By Alicia Inez Guzmán | October 28, 2025 The New York Times nytimes.comIn a sprawling building atop a mesa in New Mexico, workers labor around the clock to fulfill a vital mission: producing America’s nuclear bomb cores.The effort is uniquely challenging. Technicians...
Layoffs? Furloughs? What we know about 13,000 Hanford jobs during shutdown
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Top Trump official makes unannounced Hanford nuclear site visit
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EE. UU. Prueba desde California el Sistema de Lanzamiento de Ojivas Nucleares de un Misil Balístico Intercontinental Después de que Trump Intensificara su Retórica Sobre las Pruebas Nucleares.
Press Releases / Nuclear Weapons Por Emma Claire Foley y Scott Yundt | 4 de noviembre de 2025 | PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA – Martes, 5 de noviembre de 2024 Para obtener más información, póngase en contacto con: info@defusenuclearwar.org o scott@trivalleycares.org En...
Rally seeks removal of HHS Secretary RFK Jr.
By Ann Suellentrop, MSRN After attending the 11/2-5 annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in Washington, DC, I and about 1,000 health care workers and supporters held a 2-hour “Rally for America’s Health” on the National Mall. We marched to the...
U.S. Tests ICBM Nuclear Warhead Delivery System from CA After Trump Amps Up Nuclear Testing Rhetoric
by Emma Claire Foley and Scott Yundt | Nov 4, 2025 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Tuesday, November 5, 2024 For further information, contact: info@defusenuclearwar.org or scott@trivalleycares.org In the early morning hours of November 5th, Vandenberg Space Force Base...
Vets for Peace at APHA targets public health costs of war, militarism
By Jane Stoever Ann Suellentrop, MS RN, vice chair of PeaceWorks KC, is learning how much public health depends on peace and justice. She’s in Washington, DC, at the first American Public Health Association annual meeting she’s ever attended. She’s sending us pictures...
New Report Underscores How Fossil Fuels Impact Every System of the Body
Authored by leading health experts, new report shows widespread health impact of extracting, transporting and burning fossil fuels FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPaige Knappenberger Physicians for Social ResponsibilityP: 602-549-0344 E: pknappenberger@psr.org WASHINGTON, DC –...
No Underwater Power Line
Photo Credit: Paloma Ayala Introducing: The Newest Threat to the Columbia River By: Teryn Yazdani, Staff Attorney Have you heard: There is a proposal to dig a 100-mile trench through the Columbia River? For the past few years, Columbia Riverkeeper has tracked a...
Court Allows Controversial Fracked Gas Expansion Project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Media Contact:Miles Johnson, Columbia Riverkeeper: 541-490-0487 Court Allows Controversial Fracked Gas Expansion Project Court rejects Oregon, Washington, and environmental organizations’ arguments against Pacific Northwest gas pipeline...
Limpieza de la presa Bonneville
Limpieza de la presa Bonneville: de Superfund a Nuevamente Segura Durante décadas, el Cuerpo de Ingenieros del Ejército de EE. UU. arrojó desechos tóxicos cerca de la presa Bonneville, filtrando contaminantes venenosos al río Columbia y provocando que los peces...
Give!Guide Partners
2025 Give!Guide Business Partners By: Alex Smith, Development Manager We are honored to be participating in this year’s Willamette Week Give!Guide. This is an annual campaign to raise funds for and draw attention to the extraordinary work of local nonprofits. This...
El Vago Llamado de Trump a Realizar Nuevas Pruebas Nucleares, el Posible Papel del Laboratorio de Livermore y La Creciente Oposición.
Nuclear Weapons El 29 de octubre, el Presidente utilizó su plataforma de redes sociales, Truth Social, para hacer un anuncio confuso, pero potencialmente muy serio: “Debido a los programas de pruebas de otros países, he dado instrucciones al Departamento de Guerra...
Trump’s Vague Call for New Nuclear Testing, Livermore Lab’s Potential Role, and the Burgeoning Opposition
On October 29th, the President used his social media platform, Truth Social, to make a confusing, but potentially very serious announcement: “Because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our nuclear weapons on...
Faltan Solo 100 Días Para Que Expire el Acuerdo Entre Estados Unidos y Rusia Sobre Límites a las Armas Nucleares
Nuclear Weapons En tan solo 100 días, expirará el Nuevo Tratado de Control de Armas Estratégicas (Nuevo START) de 2010, el último tratado de control de armas vigente entre Estados Unidos y Rusia, los dos arsenales nucleares más grandes del mundo. El Nuevo START limita...
Pushing Back for Salmon
Return to Court over Columbia/Snake River Dams By: Miles Johnson Standing together for the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement In June, the Trump administration withdrew the federal government from the historic Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement: a landmark deal to...
Just 100 Days Until US – Russia Nuclear Weapons Limits Agreement Expires
In just 100 days, the 2010 New Strategic Arms Control Treaty (New START), the last remaining arms control treaty between the US and Russia, the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals, is set to expire. New START limits US and Russian nuclear forces to 1550 strategic...
Análisis Crítico del Informe Ambiental Anual del Sitio de LLNL de 2024
Environmental Justice Resumen Ejecutivo El Informe Ambiental Anual del Sitio (ASER) de 2024 del Laboratorio Nacional Lawrence Livermore (LLNL) describe la remediación eficaz de las aguas subterráneas, la reducción de las columnas de contaminantes y la protección...
Dr. Ivana Nikolić Hughes Speaks with Aaron Maté on the Urgency of Nuclear Disarmament
In October 2025, Dr. Ivana Nikolić Hughes, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF) and Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at Columbia University, joined journalist Aaron Maté on Useful Idiots for a wide-ranging conversation about the urgent need for nuclear...
The Nuclear Abyss: The Last Mistake of Homo Sapiens?
By Rubén D. Arvizu* – October 30, 2025* On a Pale Blue Dot —as Carl Sagan called it—, a leader orders the resumption of nuclear tests. Donald Trump, on October 30, 2025, demanded the Pentagon detonate atomic bombs for the first time since 1992. “To match Russia and...
El Abismo Nuclear: ¿El Último Error del Homo Sapiens?
Por Rubén D. Arvizu* – 30 de octubre de 2025 En un Punto Azul Pálido —como lo llamó Carl Sagan—, un líder ordena reanudar pruebas nucleares. Donald Trump, el 30 de octubre de 2025, exigió al Pentágono detonar bombas atómicas por primera vez desde 1992. “Para igualar a...
President’s Letter – Tucker Carlson and More
President’s Letter – October 2025 Dear NAPF Community, In September, I traveled to Maine to speak with Tucker Carlson. The interview is now available on every platform where podcasts can be found, including YouTube, X, Spotify, and more. I’ve been heartened by the...
President’s Letter – Tucker Carlson and More (Spanish)
President’s Letter – October 2025 Traducción de Ruben D. Arvizu Querida comunidad de NAPF, En septiembre, viajé a Maine para hablar con Tucker Carlson. La entrevista ya está disponible en todas las plataformas de podcasts, incluyendo YouTube, X, Spotify y más. Me ha...
A Native American Yucca Mountain Experience
By the year 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency set the radiation protection standards for Yucca Mountain without considering the comments of the Native Community Action Council challenging the Environmental Protection Agency standard for not being protective of...
What “Nuclear Justice” Means
Benetick Kabua Maddison Executive Director, Marshallese Educational Initiative Op-Ed published in the Marshall Islands Journal, May 26,...