May 8, 2026
The Independent– Tanvi Kardile April 23, 2026 The administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget request for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has been released, and it is staggering. The one-year funding request for $3,202,772,000 is the highest ever for LLNL....
May 8, 2026
The Independent– Scott Yundt April 30, 2026 The government is restarting the production of Plutonium Pits (nuclear bomb cores) for the first time since 1989. A public hearing is scheduled in Livermore because of Livermore Lab’s (LLNL) involvement—which includes...
May 8, 2026
The Independent– Marylia Kelley May 7, 2026 It’s May. Spring is in the air. Breathe deeply. But more plutonium too? The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) plans to produce 80 or more plutonium bomb cores, called pits, each year to place inside new...
Apr 24, 2026
Aiken Standard– Carl Dawson April 23, 2026 AIKEN — Opponents of the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility under construction at Savannah River Site said April 22 that the facility is unneeded and will be the most expensive building ever constructed in the...
Mar 5, 2026
East Bay Yesterday– Liam O’Donoghue March 4, 2026 In February, America’s nuclear arms treaty with Russia expired, ushering in “a global rush for new weapons,” according to New York Times. Much of the next generation of the US nuclear arsenal will be developed...
Feb 13, 2026
CounterPunch– Leah Yananton January 29, 2026 Image Wikipedia. On 5 February 2026, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) — the last remaining arms-control pact between the United States and Russia — is set to expire. Moscow offered to Washington to...