a national network of organizations addressing issues of nuclear weapons production and waste cleanup

working towards a nuclear-free future for all

working towards a nuclear-free future for all

citizen watchdogs taking action

citizen watchdogs taking action

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).

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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
EMCBC-New York (formerly DOE SPRU Field Office)
  • Facility Deactivation and Decommissioning
Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC)
  • Facility Deactivation and Decommissioning
Hanford Office of River Protection
  • Tank Waste
Hanford
Richland Operations Office
  • Special Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear Fuel
  • Transuranic and Solid Waste Disposition
  • Facility Deactivation and Decommissioning
  • Soil and Groundwater Remediation
Idaho
  • Special Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear Fuel
  • Transuranic and Solid Waste Disposition
  • Tank Waste
  • Soil and Groundwater Remediation
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Soil and Groundwater Remediation
EM-Los Alamos
  • Transuranic and Solid Waste Disposition
  • Soil and Groundwater Remediation
  • Facility Deactivation and Decommissioning
Moab
  • Soil and Groundwater Remediation
Nevada National Security Site
  • Transuranic and Solid Waste Disposition
  • Soil and Groundwater Remediation
Oak Ridge
  • Transuranic and Solid Waste Disposition
  • Special Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear Fuel
  • Facility Deactivation and Decommissioning
Paducah
  • Special Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear Fuel
  • Facility Deactivation and Decommissioning
Portsmouth
  • Special Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear Fuel
  • Facility Deactivation and Decommissioning
Sandia National Laboratories
  • Soil and Groundwater Remediation
Savannah River Site
  • Transuranic and Solid Waste Disposition
  • Tank Waste
  • Special Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear Fuel
  • Facility Deactivation and Decommissioning
  • Soil and Groundwater Remediation
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
  • Transuranic Waste Disposition
West Valley Demonstration Project
  • Facility Deactivation and Decommissioning
  • Transuranic and Solid Waste Disposition

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.

Two Upcoming LANL SWEIS Public Comment Preparation Workshops

Two Upcoming LANL SWEIS Public Comment Preparation Workshops

http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CCNSUpdate031425mc.mp3 Public comments for the draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory are currently due on Thursday, April 10th.  CCNS, Tewa Women...

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ZOMBIE and SMRs?! Palisades Targeted for Both

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign. Photo by Kevin Kamps.] April 2025 marks three years since this nuclear nightmare began: Holtec’s decommissioning scam was revealed at the Palisades atomic reactor on...

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Continued Propaganda About AI and Nuclear Power

An article by M.V. Ramana, published at Counterpunch. M. V. Ramana is the Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia and the author of The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear...

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Fukushima 14 years later and still uncertain future

Beyond Nuclear turns to our Japanese colleagues to report on the 14th annual commemoration of the March 11, 2011 nuclear catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. This timeless disaster started with a severe offshore earthquake followed by a 48-ft...

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Ann at UN: What to do about nuclear weapons?

Ann at UN: What to do about nuclear weapons?

Ann Suellentrop sums up her trip to the UN concerning the nuclear ban treaty. I just got back from meetings at the UN Headquarters this past week on the Nuclear Ban Treaty (the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons) which almost half of the world’s nations have...

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