Our Issues
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
We work to oppose our massive nuclear weapons complex. This expensive and dangerous choice is something we can change.
NUCLEAR WASTE
Nuclear waste remains a dangerous legacy of energy and weapons production. We need a responsible nuclear waste disposal strategy.
NUCLEAR ENERGY
The time has come for a carbon-free, nuclear free future. Nuclear Energy is expensive, dirty, and dangerous; We can do better.
Map of ANA Sites Across the U.S.
Map of DOE nuclear facilities which concern the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability. This list includes active National Nuclear Security Administration sites (purple) , Environmental Management sites (green), and Legacy Management sites (yellow).
View Department of Energy Nuclear Complex Sites in a larger map ➩CLEANUP SITES ONLY (Map from DOE Environmental Management website)
The map above shows the remaining 15 active EM sites where cleanup work is currently ongoing. Learn more about the 92 completed sites here.
To visit site-specific webpages, please click on the site name in the below table or the location on the map below.
| Site Name | Type(s) of Cleanup Work Performed |
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| EMCBC-New York (formerly DOE SPRU Field Office) |
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| Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) |
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| Hanford Office of River Protection |
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| Hanford Richland Operations Office |
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| Idaho |
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| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
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| EM-Los Alamos |
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| Moab |
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| Nevada National Security Site |
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| Oak Ridge |
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| Paducah |
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| Portsmouth |
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| Sandia National Laboratories |
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| Savannah River Site |
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| Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) |
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| West Valley Demonstration Project |
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Congressional Views on Nuclear Weapons and Waste
The Congressional Mapping Project
This project tracks the views of key senators and representatives on nuclear weapons and waste. To use this resource, select the state that you wish to view and you will be redirected to a page containing information about that states’ senators and representatives.
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The map above depicts the views of various members of congress on nuclear energy and weapons.
To start viewing, simply click on a state and you will be redirected to a page with information on that states’ congressional representation.
PRESS STATEMENT — So – you think Illinois 11 nuclear reactors are safely regulated? Better think again.
May 29, 2026CHICAGO: The headlong plunge by Governor Pritzker and the Legislature into new nuclear power plants for Illinois have always been prefaced by the term “safe”. This has occurred despite the numerous warnings about the Trump Administration’s dismantling...
Dirty Secrets: Data Centers Drive Demand for Gas in Oregon, Washington
Photo credit: Paloma Ayala New Report Links Data Centers with Push for New Gas By: Audrey Leonard, Staff Attorney The rapid proliferation of data centers is behind a new push for gas in the Pacific Northwest, encouraging plans for new power plants and the pipelines...
Q&A: Ivana Hughes on the 2026 NPT Review Conference | SANE Policy Institute Expert Reactions
Q&A: Dr. Ivana Nikolić Hughes on the 2026 NPT Review Conference | SANE Policy Institute Expert Reactions Following the 2026 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the SANE Policy Institute convened a range of experts to...
President’s Letter – May 2026
President’s Letter – May 2026 Dear NAPF Community, Greetings from Berlin, where I just spoke about the threat of nuclear war at a public event organized by Michael von der Schulenburg, a member of the European Parliament. Staying in a small hotel visited by Martin...
Benton County, Wash., wants to keep WIPP open to Hanford
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Momentous Change Enables More Plutonium at Livermore Lab
National Nuclear Security Administration Decision Circumvents Public Environmental Review, Increases Radiation Doses, and Must Be Retracted On May 21, 2026, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) quietly...
Data Center Victory: Implementing Oregon’s POWER Act
Photo by Rian Dundon/Oregon Capital Chronicle Public Utility Commission Requires Protections from Data Centers By: Audrey Leonard, Senior Staff Attorney In Oregon, data centers enjoy tax breaks worth more than $450 million per year. Due to these incentives, data...
Take Action TODAY to Support LANL Cleanup; Submit Your Comments by Monday, June 8th
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CCNSUpdate052926mc.mp3 On April 23rd, the New Mexico Environment Department issued an important permit modification to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in order to speed up cleanup of Los Alamos National...
The DEAD END of US Militarism. The World is Waking up | Prof. Richard Falk on Neutrality Studies
Pascal Lottaz speaks with Richard Falk, Senior Vice President at the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and Professor Emeritus of international law at Princeton University about the state of international law in 2026, power and reciprocity, the UN order after 1945, unipolar...
Get your free plutonium here!
Dangerous plutonium to be given to private reactor startup companies in an unprecedented move that crosses a non-proliferation line held for decades In yet another alarming development coming out of the White House, private corporations proposing risky and untested...
Controversial License to Destroy Sacred Tribal Resources Challenged in Federal Court
Photo: Paloma Ayala FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Simone Anter, Columbia Riverkeeper, (541) 399-5312, simone@columbiariverkeeper.org Controversial License to Destroy Sacred Tribal Resources Challenged in Federal Court New lawsuit asks commission to comply with federal...
GAO report flags Hanford site staffing issues as DOE eyes new approach to waste disposal
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Government Increases Plutonium at Livermore Lab: Decision Made “In the Dark,” Circumventing Public Environmental Review Process; Must be Retracted, Says Watchdog Group
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 26, 2026: GOVERNMENT INCREASES PLUTONIUM AT LIVERMORE LAB: Decision Made “In the Dark,” Circumventing Public Environmental Review Process; Must be Retracted, Says Watchdog Group Contacts: Scott Yundt, Tri-Valley CAREs’ Executive...
Urge Congress to attend!
Beyond Nuclear and Nuclear Information and Resource Service present an expert briefing on nuclear energy Inherent Danger, Unaffordable Power: Energy and nuclear experts warn scrapping safety regulations to power artificial intelligence will deliver high costs and dire...
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Fails to Reach Final Outcome
From April 27 to May 22, the 11th Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) convened at the United Nations in New York. After nearly a month, the meeting failed to reach a final consensus document. The purpose of the convening was to establish a...
Nuestros Miembros y Personal Participan en las Visitas a los Sitios Superfund del Laboratorio 300 y del Sitio Principal, y Exigen Rendición de Cuentas y Labores de Limpieza.
Environmental Justice / Nuclear Weapons El personal y los miembros de Tri-Valley CAREs asistieron recientemente a visitas públicas al campo de pruebas de altos explosivos del “Sitio 300” del Laboratorio Nacional Lawrence Livermore —ubicado cerca de Tracy, California—,...
Honoring PSR-LA Founder, Dr. Jimmy Hara
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Kansas City: Inside America’s Nuclear Weapons Capital, As It Builds the Newest American Bomb
By Ryan S., Kansas City Defender | May 6, 2026 kansascitydefender.comHis hands did the work. Maurice Copeland was a tool and die supervisor at the Kansas City Plant for the last twelve of his thirty-two years there, and for most of that time he passed chemicals he did...
Safety issues raised after WA nuclear site lost 37% of fed staff under Trump cuts
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GOP budget plan in US House calls for cuts at Hanford nuclear cleanup site
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Drone danger
Drones are everywhere on the modern battlefield, and autonomous armed drones are coming. Some have already struck at nuclear power plant sites in Ukraine, Russia and even the UAE — not technically at war. Missiles have bombarded Iran’s nuclear facilities. All this...
Drone danger
Drones are everywhere on the modern battlefield, and autonomous armed drones are coming. Some have already struck at nuclear power plant sites in Ukraine, Russia and even the UAE — not technically at war. Missiles have bombarded Iran’s nuclear facilities. All this...
Our Members and Staff Participate in Lab Site 300 and Main Site Superfund Tours, Press for Accountability and Cleanup
Tri-Valley CAREs’ staff and members recently attended public tours of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Site 300 high-explosives testing range near Tracy, California and its Main Site in Livermore. We have a decades-long history of organizing community...
Our Members and Staff Participate in Lab Site 300 and Main Site Superfund Tours, Press for Accountability and Cleanup
Tri-Valley CAREs’ staff and members recently attended public tours of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Site 300 high-explosives testing range near Tracy, California and its Main Site in Livermore. We have a decades-long history of organizing community...
Nukes and cancer: proximity associated with deaths
In the latest study from Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health, proximity to nuclear power reactors was associated with elevated mortality from breast, colon, and lung cancers. Examining data from 2000 to 2020, almost 40,000 female deaths and 40,000 male deaths were...
Nukes and cancer: proximity associated with deaths
In the latest study from Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health, proximity to nuclear power reactors was associated with elevated mortality from breast, colon, and lung cancers. Examining data from 2000 to 2020, almost 40,000 female deaths and 40,000 male deaths were...
On Nuclear Disarmament and the Right to Peace | Seminar Series at the People’s Academy of International Law
On April 22, 2026, Ivana Nikolić Hughes joined the People’s Academy of International Law seminar “Nuclear Disarmament and the Right to Peace,” alongside Ryan Costello, Anna Illing, and Olga Kuznetsova, moderated by Marjorie Cohn. The event page is available HERE. The...
Ivana Hughes and Peter Kuznick on 94.1 KPFA’s Sunday Show (with Philip Maldari)
https://www.wagingpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260503-Sun0900.mp3On May 3, 2026, Dr. Ivana Hughes and Prof. Peter Kuznick joined the Sunday Show on 94.1 KPFA, hosted by Philip Maldari. They discussed nuclear weapons, focusing on the gap between attention on...
Webinars upcoming on No To Nuclear
TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUE Transatlantic Dialogue is an initiative that joins activists primarily from North America and the United Kingdom in discussion about nuclear power and nuclear weapons. Join the conversation on Tuesday, May 26 when Linda Pentz Gunter of Beyond...
Hearings on New Plutonium Pits Across The Country, and Taking Action Through Written Comments
Ann Suellentrop delivering comments at the Kansas City NNSA hearing. Photo Credit: PeaceWorks KC, Nuclear Watch New Mexico It has been over a month since the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) from the National Nuclear Security Administration...
Newly Released Tritium Review Analyzes LANL Tritium Reports, Highlights Infant Doses
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ccnsupdate052226mc.mp3 A newly released independent review of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s 2025 tritium venting raises serious concerns about radiation risks to children and infants and highlights major gaps in...
Corporate greenwashing is rampant
This week on Beyond Nuclear International, we republish a searing article by UK climate campaigner and longtime thought leader in this space, Jonathon Porritt. If we are to truly get ‘beyond nuclear’, dispensing once and for all with nuclear power and fossil fuels, we...
An Ordinary Insanity. See the Ellsberg film
Join the Thursday, June 4, 8pm EDT free online premiere of An Ordinary Insanity, a new 28-minute documentary featuring Daniel Ellsberg. Filmed by Oscar-nominated director Judith Ehrlich one year before his death, Ellsberg provides a powerful wakeup call about the...
New Mexico Takes Action to Support Clean-up at LANL; Submit Your Comments by Monday, June 8th
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CCNSUpdate051526mc.mp3 On Thursday, April 23rd, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) issued a draft permit modification to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in order to speed up cleanup of Los Alamos...
Oh Good! A Data Center Larger than NYC!
Back in February, Billionaire Shark Tanker Kevin O’Leary announced a partnership with a Utah developer to build a data center complex twice the size of Manhattan in Box Elder County. The Stratos artificial intelligence data center project will have a footprint of more...
Plutonium Pit Production Draft PEIS – Recording of Public Hearing in Santa Fe, NM, Thurs May 14, 2026
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Report: Nearly 100 fed staff left Hanford in 2025
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GAO Report: Hanford Cleanup: DOE’s Plans to Grout and Dispose of Millions of Gallons of Tank Waste
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U.S. House proposes even deeper Hanford cuts than Trump administration
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Conflict and exchange continue at the NPT conference in its final week | Article in the Asahi Shimbun
Read Article in Asahi ShimbunThis article was originally published in Japanese on 18th May 2026, by Kyota Tanaka of Asahi Shimbun. Find the original publication in Japanese HERE. The excerpt below has been translated into English and may contain minor inaccuracies....