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.
Disturbing push for nuclear energy
From Kristin Scheer I participated in the 2025 Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) fall meeting, and one of the largest take-aways for me was how disturbing this current push for nuclear energy is. Kevin Kamps is a waste specialist with Beyond Nuclear, an...
ACURA Symposium: Mr. President, Renew New START for the Sake of Peace.
The following article was published in American Committee for US-Russia Accord (ACURA) Exclusive on January 28, 2026. ACURA Symposium: Mr. President, Renew New START for the Sake of Peace. The New START Treaty expires on February 5th. As of this writing, little is...
Trump slashing reactor safety and security rules
Department of Energy executes White House Executive Order Radical changes to nuclear safety and security of new reactors withheld from public review In response to White House Executive Order 14301 issued on May 23, 2025, the US Department of Energy (DOE) is...
TVC Celebrated 5 Years of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons!
January 22, 2026 marked the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)! On January 22, 2021, the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entered into force. The TPNW makes all facets of...
Surviving 2025
Photo credit: Conrad Gowell How Columbia Riverkeeper brought change to the hydrosystem, and what it meant to salmon. By: Miles Johnson, Legal Director In 2025, Columbia Riverkeeper’s advocacy caused the federal government to change dam operations to cool the Lower...
Billions for Missile manufacturers living in a non-competitive environment
https://www.twz.com/nuclear/troubled-sentinel-icbm-program-still-being-restructured-nearly-two-years-after-cost-breach The post Billions for Missile manufacturers living in a non-competitive environment appeared first on The Colorado Coalition.
Take Action: EPA Administrator Zeldin has to go!
No Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator in history has so brazenly corrupted the agency’s core mission. The EPA’s foremost purpose is to “protect human health and the environment”. With Administrator Lee Zeldin at the helm, the EPA is doing the...
¡Tri-Valley CAREs Lo Invita a Nuestra FIESTA de Amplificación Mensual!
Nos reuniremos virtualmente (a través de Zoom) para diseñar estrategias sobre cómo podemos usar individualmente el poder de nuestras cuentas de redes sociales (a través de Facebook, X, Threads, Linkedin, etc.) y medios impresos (a través de Cartas al editor, secciones...
Palisades restart: Gundersen invokes Space Shuttle disaster 40 years ago as cautionary tale
[Photograph of top-down view of steam generator tubes in a typical pressurized water reactor like Palisades.] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, Kalamazoo, MI, (240) 462-3216,...
Duane Arnold: IUC approves our Petition to Intervene against restart
On January 26, 2026, the Iowa Utilities Commission (IUC) approved Beyond Nuclear’s December 31, 2025 Petition to Intervene. See the IUC’s ruling here. Beyond Nuclear is intervening, on behalf of its members and supporters in Iowa, due to the safety and environmental...
2026 Doomsday Clock Announcement: 85 Seconds to Midnight
January 27, 2026 Today, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been to global catastrophe. This marks a four-second shift from 2025, when the Clock stood at 89 seconds to midnight—an...
World Peace Leaders — Photograph Exhibit by Rick Carter
The World Peace Leaders Exhibition by Rick Carter presents a powerful photographic record of global figures who have shaped movements for peace, justice, and human dignity. Through intimate and iconic portraits, longtime NAPF photographer Rick Carter captures the...
Rocky Flats Warning Signage Approved – Press Release 1/27/2026
for immediate release, Tuesday, January 27, 2026 BOULDER COUNTY AND WESTMINSTER POSTING WARNING SIGNS AT BORDERS OF ROCKY FLATS WILDLIFE REFUGE ALERTING PUBLIC TO “ POTENTIAL RISKS OF USING TRAILS ”FROM RADIOACTIVE, HAZARDOUS WASTE AT EX-NUCLEAR BOMB SITE Responding...
Anti-nuclear activism by Ann … to the max!
By Ann Suellentrop Here’s the talk Ann Suellentrrop gave 1/26/26 on the national zoom program by Physicians for Social Responsibility, for which she serves on the Board of Directors. She is also vice chair for the PeaceWorks KC Board. A little about my background ...
85 Seconds to Midnight
In the run-up to the 2026 announcement, Bulletin experts noted the move of the clock to 89 seconds to midnight last year and said, “In every area, we have failed to take steps to reduce risks.” In the world of nuclear weapons (the clock considers nuclear weapons,...
It is Now 85 Seconds to Midnight: 2026 Doomsday Clock Announcement
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. Credit: Jamie Christiaini Today, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved its “Doomsday Clock” to the closest to midnight it has ever been. Due to the increased likelihood that humanity will suffer a global catastrophe, we are...
Doomsday Clock 2026: 85 Seconds to Midnight
Photo: Jamie Christiaini On January 27th, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced the 2026 time of their Doomsday Clock. It is now 85 seconds to midnight, four seconds closer than in 2025. Once again, this setting of the clock is the closest we’ve ever been to...
First transfer of radioactive capsules complete at Hanford site
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Poison in the well
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Accountability for Big Tech
Photo Credit: Paloma Ayala It’s time to take action protect our climate, water, and communities from data centers in Washington By: Kelly Campbell, Policy Director The Washington Legislature is considering two bills that would start to put the brakes on Big Tech’s...
Nuclear Hotseat: SCOTUS refusal to review Holtec CISF
Libbe HaLevy interviewed Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist Kevin Kamps on January 16, 2026, regarding the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) denial of a writ of certiorari for Beyond Nuclear to challenge adverse rulings by the U.S. Court of...
Worrisome radioactive waste gets a new dry home at Hanford
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40+ workers laid off immediately at Hanford nuclear site
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Hanford site contractor lays off 40 workers effective immediately
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Hanford site contractor lays off 40 workers effective immediately
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Apply now for the PSR National Emerging Leaders Program!
We are excited to announce that applications are once again open to join PSR National’s Emerging Leaders program! Specifically designed for health professional students and early-career health professionals under the age of 35, the program will engage the Emerging...
Parsons, KS, board gets questions re nuclear reactor plans
Leah Conner, standing, asks the board if they understand that earth moves and is subject to earthquakes, sometimes caused by bore holes, and asks how the board can know if the water in the area will be safe from radioactive contamination. She asks how they can know if...
Tell EPA to protect our health from dirty coal ash
In the Trump administration’s latest attempt to revive the coal industry, EPA wants to delay closure deadlines for coal ash ponds. The same facilities creating the coal ash are also being granted the opportunity to continue operating past their planned retirement...
Breaking News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts:Simone Anter, Columbia Riverkeeper, (541) 399-5312, simone@columbiariverkeeper.orgSarah Dyrdahl, American Rivers, (503) 277-3223, sdyrdahl@americanrivers.org FERC Issues Decision to Permanently Destroy Sacred Tribal Cultural Properties...
A Grave Problem with South Carolina’s New Nuclear Warhead
By Taylor Barnes | January 22, 2026 inkstickmedia.comOn a crisp evening last October, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), a federal contractor that hopes to manufacture thousands of cores for new nuclear warheads at a Cold War-era weapons plant in rural South...
Partnership for a World without Nuclear Weapons: Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear …
ALBUQUERQUE—Wednesday, January 21, 2026—The Partnership for a World without Nuclear Weapons released a statement in recognition of the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons:We hope for its further expansion...
Radioactive animals don’t glow — but do show the power of radiation
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Hanford Site completes first transfer of radioactive capsules to long-term storage
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First transfer of radioactive capsules complete at Hanford Site
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Cutting lethal radioactive leak risks in Eastern WA takes major step
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‘They poisoned us’: grappling with deadly impact of nuclear testing
The following article was originally published in France24 on January 22, 2026. ‘They poisoned us’: grappling with deadly impact of nuclear testing Geneva (AFP) – Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least four million...
We are sleepwalking into nuclear catastrophe
The following article was authored by Dr. Ivana Nikolić Hughes and Prof. Peter Kuznick, published in Responsible Statecraft on January 20, 2026. We are sleepwalking into nuclear catastrophe As Trump’s invasion of Venezuela shows, the premier non-proliferation treaty...
Trump offers states a deal to take nuclear waste
By Sophia Cai, E&E News by POLITICO | January 21, 2026 eenews.netThe Trump administration wants to quadruple America’s production of nuclear power over the next 25 years and is hoping to entice states to take the nuclear waste those plants produce by dangling the...
Americans Across Party Lines Want the U.S. to Keep Nuclear Limits with Russia, New Poll Finds
Nuclear Threat Initiative | January 21, 2026 nti.orgThe poll of 1,000 registered voters also finds that the vast majority of Americans—including 85 percent of those who voted for President Trump—believe the president should agree to Russia’s proposal to continue...
PNNL, Hanford contractors earn millions in incentive pay
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