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 v. EARTH: EOs Gut State Laws, Nuke Regs?!
TRUMP v. EARTH EOs Gut State Laws, Nuke Regs?! President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) on April 8th, overriding state laws that oppose nuclear facilities such as radioactive waste dumps, atomic reactors, uranium mines, mills, enrichment, etc. For example, Texas...
DEFEND EJ! Double donations, stop nuke waste dumps!
DEFEND EJ! Double donations, stop nuke waste dumps! Thanks to very generous donors, we have raised $3,500 in matching funds for legal work to block two high-level radioactive waste dumps in the Southwest, Interim Storage Partners’ in Texas, and Holtec’s in New Mexico....
Palisades concerns mount
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign. Photo by Kevin Kamps.] As reported by Waleed Alamlehon Fox17 TV in West Michigan. Beyond Nuclear is quoted.
Second Annual WIPP Plutonium Trail Caravan on Saturday, April 26th
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/UTF-8CCNSUpdate041825mc.mp3 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) promised the People of New Mexico that it would cleanup and dispose of its plutonium-contaminated nuclear bomb waste by depositing it into the Waste...
Excellent article on NNSA’s scheme to make new plutonium pits: “DOGE’s staff firing fiasco at the nuclear weapon agency means everything but efficiency,” April 16, 2025, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
As we prepare for a Federal Register notice on environmental meetings on the impact of plutonium pit production at SRS and Los Alamos, this article is very timely.
Urge Your U.S. Representative: Stop Spending on Nuclear Weapons
April is Physicians for Social Responsibility’s Month of Action, and today, on Tax Day, we are calling on our members to speak out against the dangerous and unjust misuse of our tax dollars. Every year, PSR tracks how much our country spends on nuclear weapons...
‘Resist Nukes’ in KC 5/18-19
By Jane Stoever Local and national peace folks are planning a May 18 gathering and May 19 action, “Resist Nukes!” It will feature planning, preparing, and then protesting at the KC National Security Campus (KCNSC). That’s where electrical/mechanical parts are...
‘Silent Fallout’ links (see film 4/13)
By Spencer Graves Soon after I saw the 4/4 KC-area showing of the documentary Silent Fallout, I plowed through research related to key points in the film. As secretary of PeaceWorks KC, and as a statistician, I’m hereby beefing up the documentation of this movie on...
‘Silent Fallout’ exposes nuke-test results; see film 4/13
By Kristin Scheer On April 4, PeaceWorks KC hosted a showing of the film Silent Fallout at Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church in Lenexa, KS. Attendees discussed the film afterwards, some saying they will watch the movie again, on April 13 (see time/place...
new nukes/arms race
https://www.hcn.org/issues/57-4/is-a-nuclear-renaissance-coming/ The post new nukes/arms race appeared first on The Colorado Coalition.
Saturday, April 26th Second Annual WIPP Plutonium Trail Caravan from Santa Fe to Las Vegas, New Mexico
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CCNSUpdate041125mc.mp3 The Department of Energy (DOE) promised the People of New Mexico that they would cleanup and dispose of its plutonium-contaminated nuclear bomb wastes by depositing waste into the Waste...
“To Use A Mountain” (Yucca/NTS doc film)
[Yucca Mountain and the Nevada (Nuclear Weapons) Test Site, renamed the Nevada National Security Site, are located on Western Shoshone land, as acknowledged by the 1863 “peace and friendship” Treaty of Ruby Valley, aigned by the Western Shoshone Nation and U.S....
TRUMP LOVES NUKES: In Words & Deeds, Industry Promoted
[“Burning Money” image by Gene Case/Avenging Angels. The image was featured on the cover of The Nation magazine in 2003, accompanying an article by Christian Parenti about the ill-fated George W. Bush/Dick Cheney nuclear power renaissance (relapse) attempt underway at...
ZOMBIE NUKES?! Updates from across U.S.
ZOMBIE NUKES?! Updates from across the Country It’s been three long years since Holtec’s CEO, Krishna Singh, and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, first floated trial balloons at Palisades in s.w. MI (a bait and switch trick, and con job), to reverse decommissioning...
Engage Congress in your district!
Thank you to the folks across the country who joined us at last weekend’s Hands Off! mobilizations. If you weren’t able to attend or you’re looking for a way to continue our Month of Action, check out the next opportunity to engage your elected officials. Did you know...
Tell Congress: Support Nuclear Arms Control and Prevent a New Arms Race
Photo: IPPNW The clock is ticking on nuclear arms control. In less than a year, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) will expire, removing the last remaining cap on U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals. Without action, we face the risk of an unrestrained...
Nuclear-Free Future Award laureates honored
S.P. Udayakumar of India, Márcia Gomes and Norbert Suchanek of Brazil and Germany respectively, and Edwick Madzimure of Zimbabwe, received their Nuclear-Free Future Awards at a moving ceremony in New York on March 4. The event was founded by Claus Biegert (pictured)...
PeaceWorks signs pledge to protect/resist
PeaceWorks KC has joined a growing movement of politicians, community leaders, organizations, and individuals to sign the Pledge to Protect and Resist the Trump agenda. This brief but powerful pledge is: “I PLEDGE to show up to protect the rights, safety and dignity...
US expands war in Middle East
By Christopher Overfelt The United States military has signaled its intent to dramatically escalate its genocide in the Middle East, deploying more than 100 war planes from US bases to sites in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, including six B-2...
Palisades ASLB Rejects All Environmental, Safety, & Health Contentions; Watchdogs Vow Appeal
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign. Photo by Kevin Kamps.] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate releaseContact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, (240) 462-3216,...
JOIN US: REPORT BACK on Nuclear weapons UN meeting
You are invited to an informal zoom REPORT BACK to the community, April 16, 4:30 PM ET on the third Meeting of States Parties (MSP3) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) that took place in NYC at United Nations Headquarters, March 2-7. Mary Olson...
Local Communities Say NO to LANL Expansion; Public Comments Due on Thursday, April 10th
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CCNSUpdate040425mc.mp3 Community members and Tribal advocates are standing together to say NO to the proposed expansion of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). As part of a growing movement for environmental...
X-Energy submits SMR permit to build in Texas
Reuters news reports on March 31, 2025 that the privately owned X-Energy nuclear startup company has submitted an application for a construction permit to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a proposed “first-of-its-kind” High Temperature Gas (helium)...
NUKE LOVEFEST?! Cautionary Tale to MI House
[“Burning Money” image by Gene Case/Avenging Angels. It was featured on the cover of The Nation magazine in 2003, accompanying an article by Christian Parenti about the George W. Bush/Dick Cheney administration’s ill-fated nuclear power relapse underway at that time....
Why does KC keep producing nukes?
The KC Star headline reads: Nuclear weapons are insanity. Why does KC keep producing them? The column, a full-blown attack on the production in KC of parts for nuclear weapons, ran in The Kansas City Star on 3/31. The author is Dave Pack, who chairs the Board of...
ASLB rejects intervenors’ Palisades “zombie” nuke reactor restart petition & hearing request
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Atomic Safety (sic) and Licensing Board (ASLB) has struck again. Per usual, it has rejected all contentions re: health, safety, security, and the environment raised by an environmental coalition, denying hearings on the...
‘Indigenuity’ can solve climate crisis
By Kristin Scheer “Exercising Indigenous Wisdom for Responses to the Climate Crisis” is a workshop that PeaceWorks KC is proud to cosponsor. The event is brought to us by the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council. They announce this gathering on their website and...
in-person DC Days on June 8-11, 2025! Come to Washington, DC to help address nuclear weapons and waste cleanup!
Those who applied for scholarships will be notified next week about funding decisions. Scholarship awardees and others are encouraged to register as soon as possible and before the April 8 date, when registration costs will increase. You can register for DC Days at...
I’m Oppenheimer’s grandson. I support Trump’s pursuit of nuclear diplomacy.
| Opinion President Donald Trump is right to propose direct talks with President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Xi Jinping of China on nuclear arms control. Amid all the chaos in the world, I want to provide a ray of light, a sliver of hope: We may be on the...
Local Communities Say NO to LANL Expansion and Host Community Comment Writing Workshops
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CCNSUpdate032825mc.mp3 Community members and Tribal advocates are standing together to say NO to the proposed expansion of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). As part of a growing movement for environmental...
TELL CONGRESS ‘NO NUKES’!
During the March 24 webinar on nuclear power hosted by Massachusetts Peace Action, and featuring M.V. Ramana and Paul Gunter, participants were asked to complete an action item that sends a strong anti-nuke message to their members of Congress, urging them not to vote...
Trump attack on U.S. environment law
Comments of Beyond Nuclear on the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s February 24, 2025, Interim Final Rule “Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations” [Docket CEQ-2025-0002] March 27, 2025 To whom it may concern at the White...
TRUMP♥️☢️
[“Burning Money” image by Gene Case/Avenging Angels. It was featured on the cover of The Nation magazine in 2003, accompanying an article by Christian Parenti about the George W. Bush/Dick Cheney attempted nuclear power relapse.] TRUMP Bailouts Continue to Flow ...
TMI, 46 YEARS ON
TMI, 46 YEARS ON Restart Despite Past Disaster?! On March 28, 1979, Three Mile Island (TMI) Unit 2 in Pennsylvania had a 50% meltdown (pictured), the worst commercial reactor disaster in U.S. history. Ignoring that cautionary tale, Constellation schemes to restart...
March on Palantir
Join our friends at Denver Anti War Action (DAWA) on Saturday, April 5th to reject AI-driven mass murder and deportation! Palantir’s AI...
Art Sale Benefiting Palestinian Refugees
Our good friend Nancy Sullo is working with Denver based Palestinian Refugee NGO Beirut and Beyond to raise money for the only library...
Nuclear’s Promise for Colorado: Hype or Hope?
The current push for nuclear power with House Bill 25-1040 would allow it to syphon off funding intended for renewables. At the same time...
Rally for Jeanette
This week, a beloved Colorado Immigrant Rights leader and activist, Jeanette Vizguerra, was detained by ICE in a blatant act of silencing...
Are you interested in leading Know Your Rights Trainings in your community? Join our friends at CIRC for a virtual Train the Trainer workshop on Saturday March 22nd!
Are you interested in leading Know Your Rights Trainings in your community? Join our friends at CIRC for a virtual Train the Trainer...
How a Cheap Drone Punctured Chernobyl’s 40,000-Ton Shield
[Photo: Still image/screen grab taken from a handout video provided by the UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE] The steel shell that encloses the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster was built to endure for a century. But war was a scenario its engineers never...