Weekly News Updates | Alliance for Nuclear Accountability

Since Pits are “Aging Slowly,” Is Expanded Plutonium Pit Production Needed?

Sep 3, 2026

http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/CCNSUpdate090426mc.mp3 Why does it matter whether plutonium pits are “aging” before their time? We all age. We get old and we die. But that’s not what the Department of Energy (DOE) and National Nuclear Security...

DOE and Los Alamos County Approve New 10-Year Electric Coordination Agreement

Aug 27, 2026

http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CCNSUpdate082826mc.mp3 After working for nearly five years, Los Alamos County and the Department of Energy updated their original 1985 Electric Coordination Agreement (ECA) for the interconnected electric system that...

DOE Again Denies Access to DNFSB at Nuclear Weapons Facilities; Contact Your Elected Officials

Aug 20, 2026

http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CCNSUpdate082126mc.mp3 Once again, the Department of Energy and its semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration has denied the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board access to nuclear weapons...

Public Comments about NRC’s Rollback of Radiation Exposure Standards due on Monday, August 31st

Aug 13, 2026

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...

Join the Nagasaki Commemoration on Sunday, August 9th and the Fire on the Mountain Billboard Unveiling on Tuesday, August 11th

Aug 6, 2026

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...

Roger Snodgrass Memorial on Saturday, August 1st in Albuquerque

Aug 3, 2026

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....