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...

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...

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...

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...
When We Fight Together, We Win

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...

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....