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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...
Hanford site team, partners complete melter test ahead of schedule
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When We Fight Together, We Win
Photo by Rick Rappaport We have opportunities to defend what we love By: Lauren Goldberg, Executive Director When we fight together, we win. This year alone, Columbia Riverkeeper notched important victories that benefit clean water, communities, and our climate. Your...
President’s Letter – July 2026
President’s Letter – July 2026 Dear NAPF Community, On September 1, the United Nations (UN) will convene the first-ever International Meeting on Victim Assistance and Environmental Remediation in New York. This meeting is a result of a years-long effort by the...
August 6th Hiroshima Commemoration Event at Livermore Lab Gates
Join us on August 6th at the gates of the Livermore Lab to declare “Nuclear Abolition or Extinction? The Choice is Yours” to commemorate the anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Click HERE for a printable version of the flyer Click HERE for the link to...
DOE Moving Forward with Project Velocity, Significant Rulemaking Changes that Put the Public at Risk
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is moving forward with an initiative known as “Project Velocity”, an ambitious effort to rewrite decades of internal rules governing the safety, construction, and oversight processes across the nuclear weapons complex. According to...
DNFSB suspends publication of many regular reports on DOE ops
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Celebrating a pioneer: Suzanne’s exceptional service and lasting impact on Hanford cleanup
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GAO Report: Nuclear Waste Cleanup: DOE Needs to Better Use End State Contracts to Achieve Intended Results
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GAO Report: Nuclear Waste Cleanup: DOE Is Missing Opportunities to Apply Lessons from Other Countries That Could Reduce Risks an…
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In whose interest is the Saudi nuke deal?
Trump, his family and associates are all set to profit even if the promised reactors never complete Last week we noted that Trump’s nuclear deal with the Saudis was a covert means to hand that country the materials, technology and know-how to develop the nuclear bomb....
Bottom Line for NNSA
“Our generation has no moral right to leave a legacy of radioactive contamination for our children, grandchildren, and countless generations yet unborn. Every decision made today about nuclear waste will shape the health, safety, and environmental inheritance of...
Highlights from NAPF’s Day at Capitol Hill 2026
In July 2026, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF) team —Ivana Hughes (President), Christian Ciobanu (Director of Policy and Advocacy), Anduin DeVos (Outreach Coordinator and Warheads to Windmills Coalition representative), and interns Ava Blakely, Skylar Mattice,...
NM Environment Secretary James C. Kenney Takes Aim At Department Of Energy LANL Legacy Waste Cleanup Program During Trinity Comm…
Los Alamos Reporter | July 12, 2026 losalamosreporter.com New Mexico Environment Department Sec. James [Kenney] was the guest speaker at Sunday’s annual Trinity Test Commemoration at St. Michael’s High School in Santa Fe, and was expected to outline the department’s...
WA leads SCOTUS brief supporting responsible and informed hazardous waste disposal
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A Bomb for the Saudis?
Media reports suggest that the Trump administration has agreed not only to sell nuclear reactors to Saudi Arabia but to allow the country to enrich its own uranium. This raises two key questions. Why must Iran’s civil nuclear program be bombed into oblivion by the US...
Tell Congressional leaders: Meet this moment on climate!
Across the United States, the climate crisis and its health harms are not some distant threat; they’re hitting home. Wildfires are destroying neighborhoods and burning millions of acres. Hurricanes are intensifying. Floods are swallowing communities. Historic droughts...
PSR Hosts Events with Chapters Across Washington and Oregon
This past month, Brian Campbell, PSR Executive Director, and Magritte Gordaneer, NWA Program Director, attended local events in the Pacific Northwest with the Washington State and Oregon chapters. These events are part of a series of local events taking place across...
Speak Up Against the Weakening of Radiation Standards: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Comment Period Opens
This month, until August 31st, PSR is now encouraging members and the public to submit comments to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on a new proposed rule that will weaken limits and protections for communities against harmful radiation. Last February...
Nuclear Weapons and Artificial Intelligence: IPPNW Attends Summit in the Vatican
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) as part of the Global Nobel Laureates Assembly convened a global assembly at the Vatican this month focused on the growing risks posed by artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons. The gathering...
DNFSB suspends publication of many regular reports on DOE ops
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How Fear of Nuclear Armageddon Leads Me to Protest
For nearly two decades, I have been arrested, ignored, and dismissed for protesting nuclear weapons—but as the Doomsday Clock inches toward midnight, giving up is not an option. By Scott Fina Here I am sharing a July 9, 2026 article I published in “Current Affairs”...
New Event Calendar: 81st Anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Nagasaki Hypocenter August 6th and 9th this year will mark the 81st Anniversary since the horrific US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As in previous years, PSR is tracking local events across the country, connecting the public to our members and local communities...
Data Centers and Health – A New Webinar Series
Across the U.S., we are seeing a massive buildout of AI data centers with growing impacts on our environment and health. Join Physicians for Social Responsibility, the Medical Society Consortium on Climate Change and Health, Healthy Climate Wisconsin, Alliance of...
Electrician files harassment lawsuit against former employer, supervisor
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Tri-Valley CAREs le Invita a Nuestra Reunión Mensual de Agosto
Únase a nosotros virtualmente a las 7:00 p. m. el jueves 20 de agosto de 2026. Descubra los últimos avances sobre el complejo de armas nucleares, uno de los desafíos más apremiantes de nuestro tiempo, y explore cómo puede contribuir a la justicia social y ambiental...
¡Tri-Valley CAREs Lo Invita a Nuestra FIESTA de Amplificación Mensual!
Nos reuniremos virtualmente (a través de Zoom) para diseñar estrategias sobre cómo podemos usar individualmente el poder de nuestras cuentas de redes sociales (a través de Facebook, X, Threads, Linkedin, etc.) y medios impresos (a través de Cartas al editor, secciones...
The war we inherited, the sanctuary we build – the journey of a human rights activist in the United States
This article was originally published in the United Nations My Peace Blogs by Jonathan Lam. The war we inherited, the sanctuary we build – the journey of a human rights activist in the United States By Jonathan Lam Jonathan Lam, a child of Vietnamese refugees,...
Interview with Canadian Prepper: Nate Polson and Ivana Hughes on the Nuclear Threat
This week, Dr. Ivana Nikolić Hughes joined Nate Polson of Canadian Prepper for an in-depth conversation about why nuclear war remains an immediate and existential threat. Dr. Hughes and Polson discussed how nuclear winter could cause more than six billion people to...
NMED Secretary James C. Kenney Speaks about LANL Cleanup and WIPP at Fourth Annual Interfaith Vigil
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/CCNSUpdate072426mc.mp3 On Sunday, July 19th, the Secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department, James C. Kenney, was the keynote speaker at the 81st Anniversary of the Trinity Atomic Bomb Test in central New...
Talk World Radio: David Swanson and Ivana Hughes on Nuclear Insanity
“If we’ve survived these dozens of of near misses because of good luck, that doesn’t last forever.” This week, Dr. Ivana Nikolić Hughes joined David Swanson on Talk World Radio to discuss nuclear insanity. The brief conversation covers the problematic history of...
An Ordinary Insanity: Daniel Ellsberg on the Nuclear Threat
A new short film by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Judith Ehrlich From the website of the film An Ordinary Insanity: “In this 29-minute documentary, renowned whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg provides a powerful wakeup call about the global threat posed by nuclear weapons and...
Hot time in Hanford this week
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Where There’s Smoke…
by Paige Knappenberger, PSR Environment & Health Director Like many families across the Northeast, ours had our plans upended in July by smoke from wildfires burning nearly 2,000 miles away in Ontario. Instead of spending the weekend outdoors, we kept our kids...
‘Most people don’t know we’ve set up a doomsday system’: physicist Laura Grego on satellites, nuclear weapons and the battle for our skies | Space | The Guardian
The thing is, the whole ICBM trajectory only lasts half an hour, and “you’re compressed by detection, communication. So a president would have less than 10 minutes to decide whether to launch ICBMs or to wait it out … the system is built so that question gets asked...
Court says NRC doesn’t have to factor climate extremes into licensing
In a shocking and disappointing decision — and at a time when Texas is flooding, wildfires are making the air unbreathable and New York City is under a tornado warning — a DC court has ruled against an appeal by Beyond Nuclear and the Sierra Club. The court’s decision...
Pope Leo on Nuclear Disarmament!
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GAO Report: Efforts to Streamline Project Management at National Laboratories and Nuclear Sites
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Hanford begins grout transfer
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Hanford Site cleanup crews lower radiation by 80% in valve pit
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Nuclear Weapons and 250 Years of the United States
By Ivana Nikolić Hughes and Peter Kuznick This article first appeared in Al Jazeera (in Arabic) on July 4, 2026. What would it take for humanity, let alone the US, to survive another quarter of a millennium? One of many answers, but arguably the first and foremost...
WA Department of Energy shifts approach to nuclear waste disposal
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Podcast: The US’s historic Hanford site, and accelerated decommissionin
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Hanford’s Grout Gamble Ignites Showdown Over Nuclear Cleanup
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DOE prepares to grout secondary waste byproduct from Hanford EMF
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Save the Date! August 6th Hiroshima Commemoration Event at Livermore Lab Gates
Join us on August 6th at the gates of the Livermore Lab to declare “Nuclear Abolition or Extinction? The Choice is Yours” to commemorate the anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. More information coming soon! Click HERE for a printable version of the...
Comments Submitted On Plutonium Pit PEIS – Stay tuned!
The 90 day public comment period on the government’s Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) officially closed on July 16th. During this comment period Tri-Valley CAREs, the other plaintiff organizations who brought the successful litigation against...
Solidarity for Indigenous Rights
Originally published in Columbia Riverkeeper “Currents” Issue 1, 2026 Columbia Riverkeeper · Currents 2026, Issue 1, Page 8-9, Solidarity By Simone Anter, Senior Attorney & Clean Up Hanford Program Director Columbia Riverkeeper has partnered with the Confederated...
Hi everyone, Feel free to use any of my comments,
but it’s good to use your own words. You can submit comments as many times as you like. This is our chance to say NO to nuclear tyranny! Ann > > Dear National Nuclear Security Administration, lease feel free to use any of the language below, modified as...
This Weekend: Commemorate the Church Rock Uranium Mill Tailings Spill and the Trinity Test, Plus Other Upcoming Events
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/CCNSUpdate071726mc.mp3 There are two opportunities to commemorate historic events in New Mexico this weekend. On Saturday, July 18th, the Commemoration of the Church Rock Uranium Mill Tailings Spill begins at 6 am,...