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.
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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.
New Report on Renewable Diesel Production and Implications for the NEXT Refinery
By: Audrey Leonard, Staff Attorney At Columbia Riverkeeper, we look beyond industry promises to determine the real impacts, risks, and benefits of energy projects. The proposed NEXT refinery at Port Westward promises to support Oregon’s climate goals by making...
Livermore-Based Organization Travels to Nevada to Oppose Potential Resumption of Nuclear Testing
Press Releases / Nuclear Weapons PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA – Martes, 18 de noviembre de 2025 Para obtener más información, póngase en contacto con: tanvi@trivalleycares.org o ianzabarte@gmail.com Las Vegas, Nevada – El 21 de noviembre, miembros de la organización...
Livermore-Based Organization Travels to Nevada to Oppose Potential Resumption of Nuclear Testing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Tuesday, November 18, 2025 For further information contact: tanvi@trivalleycares.org or ianzabarte@gmail.com Las Vegas, Nevada – On November 21st, members of Livermore-based organization Tri-Valley CAREs will head to Peace Camp at the gates of...
2025 Year in Review
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US Stands Alone Defying UN Vote on Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
By Thalif Deen, Inter Press Sevice | November 12, 2025 ipsnews.netUNITED NATIONS, Nov 12 2025 (IPS) – The US took another step backward –to break ranks with the United Nations– when it voted against a draft resolution calling for the entry into force of the...
Dangerous nuclear waste in aging WA pool at risk of quakes. What’s being done
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ENVIRONMENTALISTS FILE FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST HOLTEC’S UNPRECEDENTED PALISADES ATOMIC REACTOR RESTART
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and the 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)...
City of Quincy Agrees to Clean Up Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Media Contacts:Teryn Yazdani, Columbia Riverkeeper: 503-933-7636 City of Quincy Agrees to Clean Up Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant Settlement includes $400,000 to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation for projects...
Press Availability and Statement by Arnold Gundersen, Chief Engineer, Fairewinds, Re: Scheme to Restart the Permanently Closed Palisades Atomic Reactor
[Photo of Arnold Gundersen] November 14, 2022 press statement: Contact: Arnold Gundersen, Chief Engineer, Fairewinds, (802) 238-4452 Press Availability and Statement by Arnold Gundersen, Chief Engineer, Fairewinds Re: Scheme to Restart the Permanently Closed Palisades...
PRESS RELEASE: Citizens Groups and Experts Warn Federal Officials that Recent Trump Executive Orders Would Decimate Standards fo…
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PRESS RELEASE: Citizens Groups and Experts Warn Federal Officials that Recent Trump Executive Orders Would Decimate Standards fo…
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LANL chromium plume spreads onto San Ildefonso Pueblo land, NMED says
By:Patrick Lohmann | November 13, 2025 sourcenm.comAn underground plume of toxic chromium has spread from Los Alamos National Laboratory to Pueblo de San Ildefonso land, state Environment Department officials announced Thursday.The discovery marks the first time the...
Nuclear waste finally being moved after 80+ years at Eastern WA site
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Hanford work continues but it’s unclear for how long
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“Contaminated Stories” Presents Nuclear Cleanup Efforts
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Let’s catch up: A post-shutdown recap of EM-related developments
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Indian Drinking water “Nuked” but Nuke $$ headed for building more WEapons–not cleanup.
Nuclear Watch New Mexico FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, November 14, 2025 Contact: Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342, jay[at]nukewatch.org Scott Kovac, 505.316.4148, scott[at]nukewatch.org Lab Chromium Contamination Confirmed on San Ildefonso Pueblo Land Comprehensive Cleanup Needed...
Indian Drinking water “Nuked” but Nuke $$ headed for building more WEapons–not cleanup.
Nuclear Watch New Mexico FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, November 14, 2025 Contact: Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342, jay[at]nukewatch.org Scott Kovac, 505.316.4148, scott[at]nukewatch.org Lab Chromium Contamination Confirmed on San Ildefonso Pueblo Land Comprehensive Cleanup Needed...
US conducts its ICBM test
Beyond Nuclear International November 9, 2025 Although not carrying a nuclear warhead, the test is still provocative, say Defuse Nuclear War and Tri-Valley CAREs In the early morning hours of November 5th, Vandenberg Space Force Base launched a Minuteman III missile,...
Midwest Weapons Report, Nov. 2025
By Christopher Overfelt While Kansas City, Missouri, plays a critical role in our nation’s nuclear weapons program through the National Security Campus located on 150 Highway in south Kansas City, the wider Midwestern corridor plays an equally important role in our...
LANL Reneges on Active Confinement Ventilation Systems at PF-4
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CCNSUpdate111425mc.mp3 Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) continues to neglect its obligations to safely operate its nuclear weapons facilities in a manner required by laws, orders, guidance and common sense. A...
Dr. Hughes at Sant’Egidio’s Daring Peace Conference 2025, Rome
From October 26-28, 2025, leaders from government, civil society, faith communities, and international organizations gathered in Rome for the Daring Peace Conference 2025, hosted by the Sant’Egidio Community. Dr. Ivana Hughes participated in the session “The Forgotten...
“Make Atoms Great Again?”
President Trump has set a course to “Make Atoms Great Again” as part of his White House “call to action” for an extremely risky and fool hearty national energy policy shift. In October 2025, news outlets reported on the President Trump’s plan to finance a government...
Nuclear Engineers Question Holtec Palisades Steam Generators’ Safety
[Photo of tubes in a typical Pressurized Water Reactor steam generator (not Palisades), shown from the top looking downwards.] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, Kalamazoo, MI, (240)...
National Catholic Reporter Podcast: Fr. John Dear in Conversation with Dr. Ivana Hughes, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
This article was originally published by Fr. John Dear on November 10, 2025 on National Catholic Reporter. We’ve been really lucky that nuclear war has not happened. There have been many, many close calls This week, “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast” welcomes Ivana...
Los Alamos’ plutonium facility safety systems need improvement, oversight board says
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Radioactive waste canisters finally on the move at Eastern WA nuclear site
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Vets for Peace lead Armistice Day observance
By Bryson Ripley Pat and Linda McClelland brave the wind to wave their flags. At 11am, as freezing wind reminded us of the harsh conditions that soldiers are often asked to endure, Vets for Peace members and allies huddled close together to ring the chapter’s peace...
Raised in Civil Rights era, Ann talks about her trips 11/12
By Ann Suellentrop Ann took this picture during her Civil RIghts tour … for the joy of it! The Civil Rights tour featured the Lorraine Motel, where MLK Jr. was killed. I have always had a strong interest in peace and justice issues. It might be because I was the...
‘We are not a welfare state. We are a military-industrial complex’
In a Nov. 9 letter to the editor of The Kansas City Star, PeaceWorks KC Chair Dave Pack objects to a column that brands the US as a welfare state. Written by Allison Schrager, published Oct. 27, the column had what Pack calls a “ridiculous headline,” namely, “Can...
And then there were five
President Trump has nominated a candidate to occupy the still vacant fifth seat on the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a move that now locks in a Republican majority. Trump had already played dirty by firing Democratic commissioner Christopher Hanson earlier this...
Our ‘House of Dynamite’ will eventually blow
If you haven’t seen ‘A House of Dynamite’, this is a spoiler alert. But here’s another spoiler alert: nuclear deterrence does not and cannot work. Kathryn Bigelow’s thought-provoking film has been assailed by nuclear hawks as inaccurate but their critiques are...
Implementing Oregon’s POWER Act
Photo Credit: Paloma Ayala Regulating Data Centers at the Public Utility Commission By: Audrey Leonard, Staff Attorney Data center proliferation in the Northwest threatens the Columbia River and our climate by vastly increasing energy and water demand. If left...
Kindness, resilience, tragedy in ‘Gaza Is Our Home’
By Miranda Pelletier Earlier this week, Kansas City enjoyed a special screening of the film “Gaza Is Our Home” by Monear Shaer, a documentary about the filmmaker’s own experiences visiting family in Gaza and losing loved ones to the genocide committed by the Israeli...
Renovación de Permisos Para Residuos Peligrosos en el Sitio 300: Necesitamos su Opinión.
Environmental Justice El Sitio 300 del Laboratorio Nacional Lawrence de Livermore (LLNL), el campo de pruebas de explosivos de alta potencia ubicado en las colinas cerca de Tracy, se encuentra nuevamente en una encrucijada, ¡y su participación es fundamental! El...
Site 300 Hazardous Waste Permit Renewals Need Your Input
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) Site 300, the high-explosives testing range in the hills near Tracy, is once again at a crossroads, and your participation is needed! California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) is proposing to renew two...
More complicated: The government shutdown could slump work at the Hanford site
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Project 2025 sacrifices nuclear safety for profit in Washington state
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First nuclear waste containers transported to Hanford site for disposal
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EE. UU. Prueba el Sistema de Lanzamiento de Ojivas Nucleares de Misiles Balísticos Intercontinentales de Vandenberg Después de que Trump Intensificara su Retórica Robre las Pruebas Nucleares.
Nuclear Weapons En la madrugada del 5 de noviembre de 2025, mientras los resultados electorales acaparaban la atención mediática, la Base Espacial de Vandenberg lanzó un misil Minuteman III. Este misil balístico intercontinental (ICBM) es el actual sistema de...