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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.
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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.
EPA’s repeal of the Endangerment Finding contradicts their mission and threatens health
Physicians for Social Responsibility will sue the Trump administration to protect health Contact: Miah Hornyak, mhornyak@psr.org EPA has made a decision to neglect the health and safety of the American people through today’s rollback of the endangerment finding for...
Mind-boggling $1.5 trillion military budget request
From: Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action: Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” It is clear that the United States is...
Iran’s right to the bomb?
Which countries are allowed to have nuclear weapons? The nuclear-armed nations say only they are. This includes Israel, which is officially an “undeclared” atomic state, even though the UN General Assembly adopts a resolution every year asking Israel to disarm. Iran...
Registration open for Hanford site contractor symposium
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Nuclear bombs were once planned to dig a U.S. harbor. Hanford’s role
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Tri-Valley CAREs le Invita a Nuestra Reunión Mensual de Febrero
Únase a nosotros virtualmente a las 7:00 p. m. el jueves 19 de febrero de 2026. Descubra los últimos avances sobre el complejo de armas nucleares, uno de los desafíos más apremiantes de nuestro tiempo, y explore cómo puede contribuir a la justicia social y ambiental...
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Concerning the Expiration of the Russia-US New START Treaty
mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2076815/ February 5, 2026In February 2023, the Russian Federation suspended the New START Treaty against the backdrop of the unsatisfactory state of affairs with the implementation of certain aspects of the Treaty, as well as due to the...
4 things to know about the end of the U.S.-Russia nuclear arms treaty
By Austin Headrick, American Friends Service Committee | February 4, 2026 afsc.org The world changed forever in August 1945, when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing an estimated 110,000 to 210,000 people . Scientists, activists,...
At Nuclear Deterrence Summit, Lab Directors Frame Regulatory Reform As Key To Modernization
By MARLENE WILDEN marlene@ladailypost.com, Submitted by Carol A. Clark, Los Alamos Daily Post | February 5, 2026 ladailypost.com(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
New lease of life for US legacy nuclear sites
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Proposed Milestones and Approach Towards Final Cleanup
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Speaking Out on the Insanity of Nuclear Weapons
The following article was originally published in The Nation on January 28, 2026. Speaking Out on the Insanity of Nuclear Weapons At a time when nuclear dangers are not just rising, but multiplying, we need all hands on deck in sounding the alarm and advocating for...
The Doomsday Clock
The Independent February 5, 2026 The alarm is once again sounding, and it’s louder than ever. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock has reached 85 seconds to midnight, the closest to midnight it’s ever been. For those who may not know, Bulletin of the...
The Doomsday Clock
The Independent February 5, 2026 The alarm is once again sounding, and it’s louder than ever. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock has reached 85 seconds to midnight, the closest to midnight it’s ever been. For those who may not know, Bulletin of the...
Now is the Time for Arms Control Agreements
The Independent February 5, 2026 The 2010 New Strategic Arms Control Treaty (New START), the last remaining arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia, the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals, is set to expire Feb. 5, 2026, with little likelihood that any of its...
Now is the Time for Arms Control Agreements
The Independent February 5, 2026 The 2010 New Strategic Arms Control Treaty (New START), the last remaining arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia, the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals, is set to expire Feb. 5, 2026, with little likelihood that any of its...
New START Has Expired: What’s at Stake and What’s Next
Today, New START, the last remaining arms control agreement between the U.S. and Russia, expired. These two countries, hosting 80% of the world’s nuclear weapons, have not been unconstrained since 1972. This lack of agreement between the two states shapes a new era of...
On the road to nuclear war
It’s 85 seconds to midnight. The collapse of the New START Treaty hasn’t helped but there is still time to turn things around, writes Lawrence S.Wittner On January 27, 2026, the editors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of their famous “Doomsday...
Hulking, forgotten building at WA nuclear site could get new life shaping AI
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DOE partners with company for potential use of dormant Hanford facility to create nuclear fuel
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DOE, General Matter team up for new fuel mission at Hanford
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Actúa: ¡Salva el Nuevo START! Detén una nueva carrera armamentística entre Estados Unidos y Rusia.
Nuclear Weapons El último tratado de control de armas nucleares que queda entre Estados Unidos y Rusia, el Nuevo Tratado START, expirará el 5 de febrero de 2026, ¡precisamente esta semana! Firmado en 2010, el Nuevo Tratado START limita el número de ojivas y lanzadores...
Senator Ed Markey Addresses Peace Action on New START
New START, the arms control treaty negotiated by President Barack Obama and extended by President Joe Biden, will expire on February 5, 2026. Senator Ed Markey takes the time to give a brief address to Peace Action supporters about what we can do now to maintain...
Enviro coalition defends EJ against NWMO DGR!
[Photo from We the Nuclear Free North newsletter, summer 2025] An environmental coalition — Beyond Nuclear, Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Great Lakes, Don’t Waste Michigan, and Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) — has defended Environmental Justice (EJ)...
Yet MORE safety-significant SNAFUS at Palisades!
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future–Kalamazoo Chapter and the Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] Press Advisory Public Meeting to Discuss Holtec Relief Request on Palisades Pressure Spray Nozzles Monday, February 9th @ 2:00 pm ET. ...
Trump nixes nukes from environmental reviews
White House Executive Order & DOE set rule for “categorical exclusion” of new reactors from NEPA environmental impact statements On February 2, 2026, the American Nuclear Society’s NuclearNewsWire headlined the US Department of Energy (DOE) announcement for the...
No Nuclear “Study”
Photo Credit: Alex Milan Tracy Nuclear “study” bill? No thanks! By Kelly Campbell, Policy Director In 2025, nuclear-boosters unleashed an unexpected onslaught of 13 pro-nuclear bills in the Oregon Legislature. Columbia Riverkeeper and our partners quickly rallied...
Does anybody know what time it is?
The following article was published in the Santa Maria Times on January 28, 2026, and authored by Scott Fina, NAPF Board Member. As I was walking down the street one day A man came up to me and asked me What the time was that was on my watch Yeah, and I said…. … Does...
Hanford Site Crews Move First Radioactive Capsules to Dry Storage
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Hanford Site may be used to power artificial intelligence
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Senator Ed Markey Addresses Peace Action on New START
New START, the arms control treaty negotiated by President Barack Obama and extended by President Joe Biden, will expire on February 5, 2026. Senator Ed Markey takes the time to give a brief address to Peace Action supporters about what we can do now to maintain...
Trump Is Dragging the World Into a New Arms Race
Among the critical issues facing our country today, nuclear arms control is seldom top of mind for most people, understandably, given our myriad political, social, and economic crises. Recent books and films such as Annie Jacobsen’s 2004 non-fiction tome Nuclear War:...
Los Alamos confirms UMich data center to be used for nuclear weapons research
By Glenn Hedin, The Michigan Daily | January 30, 2026 michigandaily.comPatrick Fitch, deputy laboratory director for science, technology, and engineering at Los Alamos, was present at the University’s open house on the project in Ypsilanti Thursday. When The Michigan...
Take Action: Save New START! Stop a New U.S.- Russia Arms Race
The last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia – the New START Agreement – is set to expire on February 5, 2026, just this week! Signed in 2010, the New START Agreement limits the number of strategic (long-range) nuclear warheads...
Barring last-minute nuclear deal, US and Russia teeter on brink of new arms race
By Mark Trevelyan and Jonathan Landay | REUTERS, January 29, 2026 reuters.comLONDON/WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – The United States and Russia could embark on an unrestrained nuclear arms race for the first time since the Cold War, unless they reach an eleventh-hour...
REGARDING NUCLEAR MORATORIA REPEALS…
As a critical component of advancing the nuclear power juggernaut on an ill-informed public, for several years now pro-nuclear cheerleaders have been working feverishly to get state legislatures to repeal state-mandated moratoria on new nuclear plant construction....
It is now 85 seconds to midnight.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board (SASB), which sets the Clock, called for urgent action to limit nuclear arsenals, create international guidelines on the use of AI, and form multilateral agreements to address global biological...
US Department of Energy looks into ammonia leaks at Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant
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Hanford Advisory Board seeks new members
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Nuclear Waste Transformed: PNNL Scientists Solidify History With Glass
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