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.
We can’t have both healthier children and nukes
According to The New York Times, a new Trump Administration Executive Order (EO) urges the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) “to reconsider its safety limits for radiation exposure, saying that current limits are too strict and go beyond what is needed to protect...
Defending Lake Michigan against radioactive risks!
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] Press advisory by Michael Keegan of Don’t Waste Michigan: Thursday – Please drop in for Listen Only on Palisades Oral Arguments at 10:00am ET...
President Trump to unleash atomic power
On May 14, 2025, E&ENews updated reports on President Donald Trump’s four “pre-decisional” White House Executive Orders to radically alter the historic role of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) to oversee the performance of reactor design safety...
Sign Electronic Petition to Halt LANL Plans to Vent Radioactive Tritium in Early June
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CCNSUpdate050925mc.mp3 Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) plans to vent large quantities of radioactive tritium into the air beginning on or after June 2nd, 2025. Tritium is a form of hydrogen that forms...
TAKE ACTION Sign petition on tritium
Sign the petition to stop The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) from large releases of radioactive tritium gas. LANL plans to release the tritium gas any time after June 2, 2025. The only roadblock to the Lab’s plans is that it needs a “Temporary Authorization”...
News Flash! Lawsuit Compels Nationwide Public Review of Plutonium Bomb Core Production by DOE’s NNSA, May 9, 2025 Federal Register
Lawsuit Compels Nationwide Public Review of Plutonium Bomb Core Production AIKEN, S.C. — Today the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the semi-autonomous nuclear weapons agency within the Department of Energy,
Don’t nuke Mother Earth
The Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC) makes or procures some 80% of the electronic and mechanical parts for US nuclear weapons. The plant provides the triggering system, the guidance system, and operating parts for nukes. These are weapons of mass...
Tell Congress to Support a Safer Future and Back H. Res. 317 to End the Threat of Nuclear Weapons
At this time of crisis, now with an escalating conflict ongoing in the Kashmir region, involving India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed states, our work to advance a world without these weapons is more critical than ever. We know that even a limited nuclear war between...
ANA DC DAYS: June 8-11, then Spring Meeting
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability has held DC Days annually for nearly four decades. All-day training will be Sunday, June 8. Meetings with congressional and executive branch offices will be from Monday to Wednesday, June 9 to 11. Monday evening will feature a...
Holtec’s Palisades SMR-300s: Reference reactors for global buildout
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter, and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps.] HOLTEC “SMR”-300s Targeting Utah as Mountain West base As reported by Power Engineering, Holtec has announced development of a manufacturing...
A tar pit awaits Santee Cooper’s RFP applicants
The South Carolina Public Service Authority, also known as Santee Cooper electric, has announced that it has closed its January 22, 2025 “Request For Proposals” (RFP) to gauge the potential interest of any new buyers to resume the financing and construction of the...
The India-Pakistan conflict and nuclear risks
What follows is a statement on the situation from ICAN, of which Beyond Nuclear in a member: “ICAN is gravely concerned at the escalating hostilities between India and Pakistan, particularly since last night’s missile strikes by India on Pakistan-administered Kashmir...
Talk on SRS, the Nuclear Arms Race & Upcoming Meetings on Plutonium “Pit” Production – May 10, Columbia, SC & livestreamed
Exposing the “Conspiracy Reality” of On-Going Planning at the Savannah River Site (SRS) for Full-Scale Nuclear War Presentation by Tom Clements,
Artillery made in Midwest is used for genocide in Gaza
By Christopher Overfelt Note: This is Issue 3 in the Midwest Weapons Report, by Christopher Overfelt. He calls the Midwest the backbone of weapons manufacturing and storage for the American Empire. He concludes: “Those who determine American foreign policy have chosen...
Trump’s 2026 Budget Request Will Harm Health of Americans
For Immediate Release Contact: Paige Knappenberger, pknappenberger@psr.org WASHINGTON – The President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request is an assault on health and equity. Many of these cuts are blatant attacks that target the most vulnerable among us, namely people...
RADIATION MEETING May 15-16
The Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board of the National Academies is hosting its 46th Meeting on May 15 & 16. Among the topics are advancements and limitations in low dose research, implications of attacks on commercial nuclear reactors, and development of a...
LANL Plans to Begin Venting Large Quantities of Radioactive Tritium On or After June 2nd
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CCNSUpdate050225mc.mp3 During the early days of the pandemic, on March 10, 2020, LANL mailed a notice to people on the facility mailing list about the proposed venting of radioactive tritium into the air from four...
NUKE WASTE DUMP: Ojibwe Country once again targeted
Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, presented “Water Is Life, Nuclear Waste Is Toxic” at the annual meeting of Environment North, in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of Lake Superior, April 23, 2025. Environment North is the...
Updates on Palisades: Zombie reactor & “SMR” new builds
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps.] The Holtec and Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) zealous and reckless push for restart of the 60-year old zombie reactor, as well as “Small...
Help us move ‘Back from the Brink’ of nuclear apocalypse
By Dave Pack PeaceWorks Kansas City is seeking to create a KC “hub” of groups to work together in opposition to nuclear weapons, through the national effort Back from the Brink. Come to our session on this ambitious endeavor on May 18, 1-2:30 pm. In the current U.S....
Sign up: ‘Resist Nukes!’ 5/18-19
We’re resisting nuclear weapons and spreading peace at the nuclear weapon plant in KC MO on two days: Sunday, May 18, and Monday, May 19. Join us! Give us your info here, and we’ll email you the details. Out-of-towners may stay at Jerusalem Farm, 520 Garfield Avenue,...
Month of Action Roundup
Throughout the month of April, PSR has shared opportunities for our members to speak out for peace, justice, a healthy climate, and a healthy democracy. Through advocacy actions and demonstrations, PSR members around the country stood together to oppose the dangerous...
THE IRAN DEAL: Smash it then claim it
There is deep irony in the Trump administration working to secure credit for a nuclear deal with Iran, given it was the previous Trump administration that destroyed a perfectly adequate one — the JCPOA — that had ensured Iran’s uranium enrichment stayed within...
Reflection on ‘Silent Fallout’
By Brother Louis Rodemann, FSC A dozen local Kansas City peace activists gathered for a showing of the documentary film “Silent Fallout” at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church on April 13, 2025. Most of the film consisted of testimonials of survivals of the...
Re social media, PW picks Bluesky
At PeaceWorks Kansas City, our mission has always been to foster understanding, connection, and peace in our communities. Social media play a significant role in how we communicate and share our message, but we’ve grown increasingly concerned about the direction of...
Trump Is No Peace President
Trump Is No Peace President. Call Him the Proliferation President. Weapons contractors could not be happier, but for the rest of us the state of world affairs is beyond alarming. Much to my astonishment, some voters thought Donald Trump might be a “peace president.” I...
The Bomb, a two-day public symposium at UNM April 30th and May 1st
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/UTF-8CCNSUpdate042525mc.mp3 the bomb is a groundbreaking multimedia installation that immerses audiences in the strange, compelling and unsettling reality of nuclear weapons. Since General Groves and Robert...
A thought experiment on Earth Day
by Paige Knappenberger, Director of Environment & Health On Earth Day, I attended the 2025 National Academy of Medicine Climate Summit in DC. During a panel on extreme weather, Dr. David Callaway posed a powerful thought experiment: what if disasters like...
The True Cost of Nuclear Weapons: Updated Community Cost Calculator
During PSR’s April Month of Action, on Tax Day we spotlighted a newly updated resource from PSR-LA’s Co-President Dr. Bob Dodge. On April 15th, Dr. Bob Dodge released the Community Cost Calculator, a tool that exposes just how much of your hard-earned money goes...
Environmental Justice under attack on Earth Day
Earth Day is meant to celebrate the wonders of this planet and to recommit to our duty to protect it for generations to come. Today, the Trump administration chose this occasion to notify more than 450 Environmental Protection Agency employees focused on environmental...
Congress should exercise its authority to stop strikes on Yemen
New Signal Leak Raises Alarm as Civilian Deaths Mount in Unconstitutional U.S. Strikes on Yemen WASHINGTON, D.C. – Action Corps, a humanitarian advocacy group, and Peace Action, the nation’s largest grassroots peace network, on Tuesday, April 22, called for Congress...
Tell Congress to Stop Spending Your Tax Dollars on Nuclear Weapons
Robert Dodge, MD, PSR-Los Angeles Co-President | Common Dreams We have the answer to realize significant cost savings, while simultaneously promoting sound fiscal policies that benefit us all and don’t threaten the survival of the human race. Read more The post Tell...
Mass Mobilization Event: Hands Off!
Action Alert from our friends at Denver PSL : Free speech and democratic rights are under attack in this country. Trump and his...
PACK THE ROOM to pass SB25-276 out of the Senate!
From our friends at the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC): SB 276 has passed two Senate committees, and is now heading to the...
All Out For Jeanette Vizguerra
From our friends at SEIU: Last month, ICE detained prominent Colorado immigrant rights activist, Jeanette Vizguerra. Jeanette is...
Free Jeanette Vizguerra Mother and Community Leader
Add your voice to Free Jeanette by signing the petition! Click Here to Sign the Petition!
Virtual Know Your Rights Workshop
Every person, regardless of their immigration status, has constitutional rights. Understanding these rights is the first step in...
SRS & Growing Nuclear Weapons Role: Talks April 28 (Aiken, SC) & May 10 (Columbia, SC)
You are encouraged to attend one of these talks about the role of Savannah River Site in the nuclear arms race and enter into constructive dialogue about what the public can do to challenge the massive waste of resources on the nuclear buildup and the security and...
GOP states sue NRC to deregulate SMR licensing
The governors of the states of Texas, Utah, Florida, Louisiana, and Arizona and their respective offices of state attorneys general have joined together with a number of fledgling nuclear start-up companies still in the design development phase for new, unproven small...
ZOMBIE NUKE?! Band-Aids on Critical Safety System?!
[Photo showing the exceedingly thin-walled tubes within a typical pressurized water reactor steam generator] ZOMBIE NUKE?! Band-Aids on Critical Safety System?! The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has published a Federal Register Notice about Holtec’s License Amendment...