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 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.
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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.
Residents of NY & IL, take direct action, and spread the word!
If you live in IL or NY, please take direct action, and spread the word. For IL, see the NEIS action alert (#1, below). For NY, see the United for Clean Energy action alert, (#2) further below. If you do not live in IL or NY, please spread the word to everyone you...
The Hill publishes Beyond Nuclear op-ed
[Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, co-founder of Alliance for Environmental Strategies, protesting Holtec’s scheme to open the world’s largest highly radioactive waste dump in southeastern New Mexico.] An op-ed authored by Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste...
New Article about “Participatory Democracy in Action” Describes WIPP Permit Negotiations
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CCNSUpdate101025mc.mp3 In an essay for NYU’s Democracy Project, David F. Levi, a former federal judge and director emeritus of the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law, reflected on the negotiations he facilitated in...
1/2 of world’s countries ratify or sign TPNW
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons sent this letter to ICAN members Sept. 26, congratulating all of us around the world for pressing countries and cities to adopt the TPNW, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Any effort anywhere to...
ZOMBIE NUKES?! ACRS ignores Palisades’ restart risks
ZOMBIE NUKES?! ACRS ignores Palisades’ restart risks The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) has written to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) chairman, capitulating to Holtec and NRC staff, on recently expressed concerns by at least one ACRS member,...
ZOMBIE NUKES?! Duane Arnold restart risks
ZOMBIE NUKES?! Duane Arnold restart risks On September 29, Iowa’s Sierra Club Chapter hosted a press conference to address NextEra’s proposal to restart Duane Arnold, which has been in decommissioning status since August 2020, when a derecho led to a close call with...
Palisades: Enviros Object to Yet More Safety Shortcuts
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, Kalamazoo, MI, (240) 462-3216,...
Ann in Japan: peace journey
Arriving in the Tokyo airport, en route to Nagasaki, Ann Suellentrop took this photo of the huge dragon on the airport ceiling. Alive with energy! By Jane Stoever Since Sept. 30, Ann Suellentrop, MSRN, has been travelling to or joining in the IPPNW (International...
‘Mind-blowing’ conference, Ann reports
By Kristin Scheer “I now have a comprehensive worldview of the deadly forever-dangerous nuclear chain,” Ann Suellentrop, vice-chair of PeaceWorks KC and member of Physicians for Social Responsibility, says before she returns home from the IPPNW World Congress in...
More (nuclear) fool’s gold
Yet another “golden” nuclear con job has been announced, this time in the UK. During Trump’s recent state visit to Britain the UK government announced its “Golden Age of Nuclear” deal between the two countries. But it is anything but. Laden with hyped-up Trumpian...