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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.
A Disappointing End to the 2025 Legislative Session
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Cato Institute: Nuclear power’s hamster wheel
Accelerating climate change demands a stop to wasting precious little time along with human and financial resources being diverted from real solutions on nuclear power that’s going nowhere. The conservative Cato Institute’s Fall 2025 status report on “The Next...
Worry? Yes, Worry!
If you chose to not to grind through the entire article , it points to about 170 nuclear weapons that Pakistan has pointed at India. India has a bunch pointed back at Pakistan. Neither has a NO FIRST USE POLICY. The two countries are in chronic scraps that could erupt...
Ignores Public Input, Alternatives Statement by Dr. Dylan Spaulding, Union of Concerned Scientists
Published Sep 9, 2025 https://www.ucs.org/about/news/rushed-tritium-venting-ignores-public-input Yesterday, the New Mexico Environment Department approved Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the National Nuclear Security Administration to release gas from...
Aging US ICBM Could Be Extended Until 2050, Air Force Tells GAO
By Tony Capaccio / September 10, 2025 09:47AM ET / Bloomberg Government Air Force officials have told congressional auditors it’s feasible to extend, until 2050, Boeing Co.’s aging Minuteman III nuclear missiles that have been the ground-based leg of the US-nuclear...
URGENT ACTION NEEDED to Help Protect the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board!
Congress must act to keep the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) from losing its quorum on October 18. We need YOUR help to get them to take action in the pending Continuing Resolution to keep the government running! The Defense Nuclear Facilities...
Ann S to Japan with IPPNW
Ann Suellentrop, MSRN, vice chair of PeaceWorks KC and a past chair of the national Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, is going to visit Nagasaki and Hiroshima soon. Yes, an international peace ambassador! She’s travelling with the IPPNW, International Physicians...
No Kings Day 2.0 rallies 10/18
Leaders of the No Kings rallies have set the date for a second set of massive rallies: Oct. 18. The Aug. 9 No Kings protests brought thousands to the streets in major US cities. Indivisible Kansas City will gather for No Kings Day 2.0 at Mill Creek Park in KC MO, 2-4...
Endorse Nuclear Abolition Day 9/26
PeaceWorks KC has already endorsed Nuclear Abolition Day, Sept. 26, a day celebrated around the world. Now YOU can endorse the day individually. At https://www.nuclearabolitionday.org/, click on the button “Endorse the Appeal” to add your name to the appeal the UN...
“Meltdown of Democracy,” 7pm EST, 09/23/2025
MA Governor Maura Healey has, unwittingly or not, joined with President Trump’s authoritarian “Unleashing Nuclear Energy.” “Meltdown of Democracy: Bringing Nukes Back Despite Statewide Vote Against Them” Massachusetts Peace Action’s Zoom Webinar , 7 pm ET, Tuesday,...
New Mexicans Can Save the DNFSB; Contact Our Senators Today
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/CCNSUpdate091925mc.mp3 The independent Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has been dwindling from a five-member board to one member and may disappear if we, the People, do not raise our voices to support its...
Great Lakes: Radionuclides are persistent, toxic
In 2016 and again in 2022, more than 100 advocacy groups nominated radionuclides for designation as Chemicals of Mutual Concern (CMCs) under the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA). The GLWQA is a joint agreement between the U.S. and Canada, which border...
Beyond Nuclear info. tables at Bonnie Raitt concert!
[From right to left: Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist Kevin Kamps; environmental coalition co-counsel Terry Lodge of Toledo, Ohio; and Don’t Waste Michigan chairman Michael Keegan of Monroe, Michigan. In the background can be seen the CRAFT info. table as...
Zombies Against Palisades! (ZAP!) Halloween Rally, Kal., MI
Restart the Closed Palisades “Zombie” Atomic Reactor? Now That’s SCARY! What’d Somebody EAT YOUR BRAIN?! See the front side of the flier, here. See the back side of the flier, here. The Devilish Details: Halloween, Friday, October 31, 2025 Noon-1:30pm &...
Iran: Limited nuclear inspections to resume?
Inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities, which were heavily attacked by the US and Israel in June, could resume under a new agreement struck this week between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). But Iran has also warned that the deal is...
Uranium Contamination: Restoring health, trust, and accountability
You can watch a live stream public conversation about the legacy and future of uranium contamination in the Southwest U.S. Sunday, September 21, 3:30-5:30 PM MT, at Northern Arizona University (NAU). The Uranium Science and Community Health Forum event will bring...
Come to International Day of Peace Festival … whoop it up!
The Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council (GKCIC) has seen fit to listen up—a reason to celebrate is here. Months ago, the UN announced the International Day of Peace: Sept. 21, Sunday. The GKCIC jumped into action. Ira Harritt, chair of the GKCIC planning committee...
SPECIAL NOTICE: LANL VENTING OF RADIOACTIVE TRITIUM MUST NOT BEGIN ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2025
NO VENTING SHOULD OCCUR THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE THE NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT (NMED) HAS REQUIRED DOE/NNSA/Triad/EMLA/N3B/LANL TO PROVIDE “WITHIN 15 MINUTES” PUBLIC NOTICE OF “ANY PROBLEMS DURING THE TREATMENT PROCESS THAT RESULT IN AN UNANTICIPATED RELEASE OF...
ZOMBIE NUKES?! Holtec schemes from MI to NY
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and the Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] Our environmental coalition has appealed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissioners (NRC) against adverse rulings by the agency’s Atomic...
Friday, September 26th is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/CCNSUpdate091225mc.mp3 Following the 80th year since the bombings of Trinity, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, did you know that 2025 is also the 80th year since the formation of the United Nations? The General Assembly’s...
Radiation Harm from EO
This week, Libbe HaLevy of Nuclear Hotseat interviews Cindy Folkers, Radiation and Health Hazard Specialist at Beyond Nuclear. Cindy breaks down what’s wrong with recent nuclear Executive Order (EO) 14300, which asks NRC to recognize a safe radiation dose, and gives...
Gundersen warns of yet more cracking at Palisades
[Nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen, our environmental coalition’s expert witness opposing Holtec’s extremely risky Palisades restart scheme.] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, Kalamazoo,...
Add your name as a health expert: Protect the Endangerment Finding
Thank you to so many of you who have already submitted your comment to EPA to defend the Endangerment Finding for greenhouse gases. In order to really drive home our stance and bring attention to this awful proposal, we’ve decided to partner with our friends at the...
Tell World Bank no nuclear financing
The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are international financial institutions funded by governments to support economic development, poverty reduction, and infrastructure. Until now, both institutions have avoided supporting nuclear power projects for...
Midwest Weapons Report, Issue 4, excerpts
By Christopher Overfelt Excerpts from the 4th issue of the Midwest Weapons Report (MWR) follow. Email midwestweaponsreport@proton.me to request an email with the full report. Bureaucratic mechanisms of US weapons transfers–excerpts The weapon systems covered in MWR...
Shrimp recall widens: Sign petitions on radioactive food
The FDA continues to widened a recall of shrimp packages contaminated with radioactive cesium 137. Various theories abound regarding the exact source of the contamination. As of September 2, the recall encompasses grocery stores, distributors, and wholesalers across...
Spreading the Word about WIPP at the 115th Annual Bean Day in Wagon Mound
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/CCNSUpdate090525mc.mp3 On Saturday, August 30th, after a beautiful drive across the plains of Northeastern New Mexico, members of the Stop Forever WIPP Coalition arrived in the Village of Wagon Mound....
Palisades steam generator appeal lodged at NRC Commission
[A photo of steam generator tubes in a pressurized water reactor, looking from the top down.] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, Kalamazoo, MI, (240) 462-3216, kevin@beyondnuclear.org...
Watch the Nuclear-Free Future Awards
The 2025 Nuclear-Free Future Awards were held on March 4, 2025 at The Great Hall at Cooper Union in New York City. Each year the Awards offer cash prizes to unsung heroes of the anti-nuclear movement in three categories: Resistance, Education and Solution. The Awards...
NMED Must Reject LANL’s Request for Temporary Authorization to Vent Tritium
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/CCNSUpdate-082925mc.mp3 Given the recent data dumps by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) about its proposed venting of large quantities of radioactive tritium from four Flanged Tritium Waste Containers, the New...
Trump’s DC takeover: blueprint for authoritarian rule
By Christopher Overfelt The inevitable result of extreme wealth inequality is always violent abusive power in the form of fascism. Fascism can take many forms, but it is always a tool of violence wielded by the wealthy in order to protect their own greed. The fascism...
Solar keeps growing
The following is information provided by the Sun Day Campaign. A review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reveals thatsolar provided almost 9% of total U.S. electrical generation in the first half of this...
Response to Holtec/Palisades’ claim of operational status
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, (240) 462-3216, kevin@beyondnuclear.org Media Statement by Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist at Beyond Nuclear re: Holtec’s announcement that...
‘Beginner’s Guide to Nuclear Weapons’
The extraordinarily devastating force and deadly toxicity of nuclear weapons sets them apart from all other weapons. The detonation of a single nuclear bomb can kill hundreds of thousands and cause injury and illness for many more. A limited nuclear war can kill up to...
World Congress in Nagasaki
From October 2nd to 4th, PSR leaders will join colleagues from around the globe in Nagasaki for the 24th World Congress of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). This gathering, taking place in one of the two cities devastated by nuclear...
80th Anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This August, PSR joined communities across the United States and around the world to commemorate the 80th anniversaries of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Through our national calendar of events, PSR tracked dozens of vigils, memorials, and educational...
LANL Silences Public and Tribal Voices While Pushing Radioactive Tritium Venting
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/CCNSUpdate082225mc.mp3 This week’s so-called public meeting about the proposed venting of radioactive tritium into the air from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) showed once again how LANL silences communities...
Tell EPA: We need the endangerment finding!
Right now, one of the most important foundations of U.S. climate policy—the Endangerment Finding—is under threat. This critical ruling, first issued by the EPA in 2009, established that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. It has served as the legal...
A.I. Criticism of Holtec’s Palisades Reactor Restart
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate releaseContact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, Kalamazoo, MI, (240) 462-3216; kevin@beyondnuclear.org Arnie Gundersen, nuclear engineer/expert witness, (802) 238-4452; Michael Keegan, chair, Don’t...
Nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen to testify at NRC ACRS mtg. on 8/21 re: Holtec’s Palisades steam generator tube degradation
[Photo of a typical steam generator in a pressurized water reactor like Palisades. The exceedingly thin-walled tubes are shown, looking from the top down.] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond...