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.
Trump’s Threat to Resume Nuclear Testing
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CCNSUpdate110725mc.mp3 In 1963 John Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev signed the ban on atmospheric nuclear weapons testing, which was extended to a moratorium in 1992 and secured as the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in...
Appeal to SCOTUS against Holtec’s NM CISF license!
[Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, co-founder of Alliance for Environmental Strategies.] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Mindy Goldstein, co-counsel for Beyond Nuclear, Turner Environmental Law Clinic, (404) 727-3432, magolds@emory.edu Kevin...
At the Center of the Arms Race
The Trump administration has announced it will end a moratorium on nuclear testing that has been in place since the early 1990s, putting a direct target on the backs of communities still dealing with the ramifications of the Cold War testing regime.The announcement is...
U.S. Tests ICBM Nuclear Warhead Delivery System from Vandenberg After Trump Amps Up Nuclear Testing Rhetoric
In the early morning hours of November 5, 2025 as election results dominated the news, Vandenberg Space Force Base launched a Minuteman III missile. This intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is the current US ground-based nuclear warhead delivery system that sits...
In a Looming Nuclear Arms Race, Aging Los Alamos Faces a Major Test
By Alicia Inez Guzmán | October 28, 2025 The New York Times nytimes.comIn a sprawling building atop a mesa in New Mexico, workers labor around the clock to fulfill a vital mission: producing America’s nuclear bomb cores.The effort is uniquely challenging. Technicians...
Layoffs? Furloughs? What we know about 13,000 Hanford jobs during shutdown
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Top Trump official makes unannounced Hanford nuclear site visit
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EE. UU. Prueba desde California el Sistema de Lanzamiento de Ojivas Nucleares de un Misil Balístico Intercontinental Después de que Trump Intensificara su Retórica Sobre las Pruebas Nucleares.
Press Releases / Nuclear Weapons Por Emma Claire Foley y Scott Yundt | 4 de noviembre de 2025 | PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA – Martes, 5 de noviembre de 2024 Para obtener más información, póngase en contacto con: info@defusenuclearwar.org o scott@trivalleycares.org En...
Rally seeks removal of HHS Secretary RFK Jr.
By Ann Suellentrop, MSRN After attending the 11/2-5 annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in Washington, DC, I and about 1,000 health care workers and supporters held a 2-hour “Rally for America’s Health” on the National Mall. We marched to the...
U.S. Tests ICBM Nuclear Warhead Delivery System from CA After Trump Amps Up Nuclear Testing Rhetoric
by Emma Claire Foley and Scott Yundt | Nov 4, 2025 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Tuesday, November 5, 2024 For further information, contact: info@defusenuclearwar.org or scott@trivalleycares.org In the early morning hours of November 5th, Vandenberg Space Force Base...
Vets for Peace at APHA targets public health costs of war, militarism
By Jane Stoever Ann Suellentrop, MS RN, vice chair of PeaceWorks KC, is learning how much public health depends on peace and justice. She’s in Washington, DC, at the first American Public Health Association annual meeting she’s ever attended. She’s sending us pictures...
New Report Underscores How Fossil Fuels Impact Every System of the Body
Authored by leading health experts, new report shows widespread health impact of extracting, transporting and burning fossil fuels FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPaige Knappenberger Physicians for Social ResponsibilityP: 602-549-0344 E: pknappenberger@psr.org WASHINGTON, DC –...
No Underwater Power Line
Photo Credit: Paloma Ayala Introducing: The Newest Threat to the Columbia River By: Teryn Yazdani, Staff Attorney Have you heard: There is a proposal to dig a 100-mile trench through the Columbia River? For the past few years, Columbia Riverkeeper has tracked a...
Court Allows Controversial Fracked Gas Expansion Project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Media Contact:Miles Johnson, Columbia Riverkeeper: 541-490-0487 Court Allows Controversial Fracked Gas Expansion Project Court rejects Oregon, Washington, and environmental organizations’ arguments against Pacific Northwest gas pipeline...
Limpieza de la presa Bonneville
Limpieza de la presa Bonneville: de Superfund a Nuevamente Segura Durante décadas, el Cuerpo de Ingenieros del Ejército de EE. UU. arrojó desechos tóxicos cerca de la presa Bonneville, filtrando contaminantes venenosos al río Columbia y provocando que los peces...
Give!Guide Partners
2025 Give!Guide Business Partners By: Alex Smith, Development Manager We are honored to be participating in this year’s Willamette Week Give!Guide. This is an annual campaign to raise funds for and draw attention to the extraordinary work of local nonprofits. This...
El Vago Llamado de Trump a Realizar Nuevas Pruebas Nucleares, el Posible Papel del Laboratorio de Livermore y La Creciente Oposición.
Nuclear Weapons El 29 de octubre, el Presidente utilizó su plataforma de redes sociales, Truth Social, para hacer un anuncio confuso, pero potencialmente muy serio: “Debido a los programas de pruebas de otros países, he dado instrucciones al Departamento de Guerra...
Trump’s Vague Call for New Nuclear Testing, Livermore Lab’s Potential Role, and the Burgeoning Opposition
On October 29th, the President used his social media platform, Truth Social, to make a confusing, but potentially very serious announcement: “Because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our nuclear weapons on...
Faltan Solo 100 Días Para Que Expire el Acuerdo Entre Estados Unidos y Rusia Sobre Límites a las Armas Nucleares
Nuclear Weapons En tan solo 100 días, expirará el Nuevo Tratado de Control de Armas Estratégicas (Nuevo START) de 2010, el último tratado de control de armas vigente entre Estados Unidos y Rusia, los dos arsenales nucleares más grandes del mundo. El Nuevo START limita...
Pushing Back for Salmon
Return to Court over Columbia/Snake River Dams By: Miles Johnson Standing together for the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement In June, the Trump administration withdrew the federal government from the historic Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement: a landmark deal to...
Just 100 Days Until US – Russia Nuclear Weapons Limits Agreement Expires
In just 100 days, the 2010 New Strategic Arms Control Treaty (New START), the last remaining arms control treaty between the US and Russia, the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals, is set to expire. New START limits US and Russian nuclear forces to 1550 strategic...
Análisis Crítico del Informe Ambiental Anual del Sitio de LLNL de 2024
Environmental Justice Resumen Ejecutivo El Informe Ambiental Anual del Sitio (ASER) de 2024 del Laboratorio Nacional Lawrence Livermore (LLNL) describe la remediación eficaz de las aguas subterráneas, la reducción de las columnas de contaminantes y la protección...
Dr. Ivana Nikolić Hughes Speaks with Aaron Maté on the Urgency of Nuclear Disarmament
In October 2025, Dr. Ivana Nikolić Hughes, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF) and Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at Columbia University, joined journalist Aaron Maté on Useful Idiots for a wide-ranging conversation about the urgent need for nuclear...
The Nuclear Abyss: The Last Mistake of Homo Sapiens?
By Rubén D. Arvizu* – October 30, 2025* On a Pale Blue Dot —as Carl Sagan called it—, a leader orders the resumption of nuclear tests. Donald Trump, on October 30, 2025, demanded the Pentagon detonate atomic bombs for the first time since 1992. “To match Russia and...
El Abismo Nuclear: ¿El Último Error del Homo Sapiens?
Por Rubén D. Arvizu* – 30 de octubre de 2025 En un Punto Azul Pálido —como lo llamó Carl Sagan—, un líder ordena reanudar pruebas nucleares. Donald Trump, el 30 de octubre de 2025, exigió al Pentágono detonar bombas atómicas por primera vez desde 1992. “Para igualar a...
President’s Letter – Tucker Carlson and More
President’s Letter – October 2025 Dear NAPF Community, In September, I traveled to Maine to speak with Tucker Carlson. The interview is now available on every platform where podcasts can be found, including YouTube, X, Spotify, and more. I’ve been heartened by the...
President’s Letter – Tucker Carlson and More (Spanish)
President’s Letter – October 2025 Traducción de Ruben D. Arvizu Querida comunidad de NAPF, En septiembre, viajé a Maine para hablar con Tucker Carlson. La entrevista ya está disponible en todas las plataformas de podcasts, incluyendo YouTube, X, Spotify y más. Me ha...
A Native American Yucca Mountain Experience
By the year 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency set the radiation protection standards for Yucca Mountain without considering the comments of the Native Community Action Council challenging the Environmental Protection Agency standard for not being protective of...
What “Nuclear Justice” Means
Benetick Kabua Maddison Executive Director, Marshallese Educational Initiative Op-Ed published in the Marshall Islands Journal, May 26,...
US continues to fall short on the Compact
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Fairness of the Restoration of Benefits
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G7 Youth Summit
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Seeking Nuclear Justice: Voices from the Marshallese Diaspora in Arkansas
MEI Statement on NVRD, the Compact February 28, 2023
April Fundraising Drive a Huge Success!
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PRESS STATEMENT: THE ENERGY BILL TROJAN HORSE
The 1020-page Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability (CRGA) Act was a must-pass piece of legislation, Read more(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
PRESS RELEASE: “Governor Pritzker, Legislators: Preserve Illinois’ Nuclear Moratorium,” Nuclear Watchdog Group Advises
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Use: Monday, October 27, 2025 Contact: David Kraft, (773)342-7650 (o); (630)506-2864 (c); neis@neis.org “Governor Pritzker, Legislators: Preserve Illinois’ Nuclear Moratorium,” Nuclear Watchdog Group Advises CHICAGO—As the Fall Veto...
Opinion: Repealing the nuclear moratorium would be a costly mistake for Illinois
LEGISLATURE CONFRONTS THE NUCLEAR PANDORA’S BOX (Original title) 13 October 2025 According to the legend, an overly curious but ill-informed Pandora opened a container she was warned not to, in the process unleashing all the ills of the world upon mankind. In...
NEIS ACTION ALERT – UPDATE 10/21/25 GOV. PRITZKER AND LEGISLATURE BACK NEW ILLINOIS NUKES
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