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Watchdogging nuclear weapons facilities, pressing for nuclear reductions, working toward a nuclear weapons-free world.
Come JOIN US at the NO NUKES VIGIL Every Friday at the corner of Alameda and Sandoval in Santa Fe! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
NO NUKES VIGIL - Every Friday · Mobilize
The Santa Fe chapter of Veterans For Peace started this vigil in 2002 and have continued it every Friday at noon for 23 years. Its purpose is to bring awareness to the hundreds of billions of our tax ...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Lab Chromium Contamination Confirmed on San Ildefonso Pueblo - LANL’s expanding nuclear weapons programs fuel the new nuclear arms race & rob funding from vitally needed cleanup that would permanently protect our irreplaceable groundwater. nukewatch.org/press-releas...
Lab Chromium Contamination Confirmed on San Ildefonso Pueblo Land - NukeWatch NM
Comprehensive Cleanup Needed Instead of More Nuclear Weapons FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, November 14, 2025 Contact: Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342, c. 505.470.3154 | Email Contact: Scott Kovac, 505.316.4148 | E...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The independent Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board recently released its Review of the Los Alamos Plutonium Facility Documented Safety Analysis: "DOE & LANL should consider prioritizing safety-related infrastructure projects" - Hint: They're not.
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LANL Prioritizes Plutonium “Pit” Bomb Core Production Over Safety - NukeWatch NM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, November 6, 2025 Contact: Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342, c. 505.470.3154 | Email Contact: Scott Kovac, 505.316.4148 | Email  Santa Fe, NM – The independent Defense Nuclear Facilitie...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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It took a broad coalition, including Indigenous, Latinx, environmental and anti-nuclear groups, along with expert legal advocacy to apply constant pressure against Holtec's now cancelled plans to dump high-level radioactive waste in New Mexico beyondnuclearinternational.org/2025/10/19/t...
Tireless advocacy delivers victory
New Mexico radioactive waste dump is cancelled
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October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Join Us Monday Oct 27 for a Conversation Toward #Nuclear #Disarmament! Featuring Santa Fe #Archbishop John C. Wester and NukeWatch New Mexico Director Jay Coghlan at Santa Maria de la Paz Catholic Community from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Jay Coghlan, the executive director of [@nukewatchnm.bsky.social] said ..."As a baseline, the nuclear safety officers have always been understaffed. There is simply not enough federal oversight as is. And then you’re talking about furloughing more'"
The federal agency responsible for managing the U.S. arsenal of nuclear bombs and warheads plans to furlough 1,400 workers by Monday, the Energy Department said Friday, as the government shutdown’s effects stretch into a third week.
U.S. Agency That Protects Nuclear Arsenal to Furlough Workers
The National Nuclear Security Administration said 1,400 workers would be affected by Monday.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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👏 Powerful documentation of how our grantees worked within the legal system to ensure the public has a say in the U.S.’ production of plutonium pits. Learn more about their victory & case from our friends at @nukewatchnm.bsky.social & Tri-Valley CAREs 📽️ ⬇️

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The Plutonium Pit Problem
YouTube video by SCELP News
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August 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Reposted by Nuclear Watch New Mexico
We've been busy! Here's what's going on this week in New Mexico Nuclear News - more details at nukewatch.org
- A House of Dynamite out on Netflix Oct 24
- U.S. Agency That Protects Nuclear Arsenal to Furlough Workers
- Holtec abandons plan to build New Mexico storage facility for spent nuclear fuel
October 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Reposted by Nuclear Watch New Mexico
TOP TAKEAWAYS from the $893 BILLION HASC-PASSED NDAA before it heads to the House Floor next week, a 🧵:
Bottom line: HASC's NDAA mostly tracks the White House plan with a few exceptions (1/4)
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Summary: Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 3838) as passed by the House Committee on Armed Services - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY26 Request  FY26 requested levels come from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s Fiscal Year 2026 Defense Budget Reque...
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September 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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July 14 is the last day to submit comments on increased #plutonium pit production at Los Alamos Nat'l Lab. Check out this presentation that @nukewatchnm.bsky.social put together to help you prepare your comments:
nukewatch.org/2025/05/27/p...

#NewMexico #nuclear #LosAlamos
Plutonium Pit PEIS Scoping Hearing Presentation: Slides and Recording - NukeWatch NM
Get Prepared: A coalition of advocacy groups, including Union of Concerned Scientists, Tri-Valley CAREs, and NukeWatch New Mexico recently held a training to help participants prepare effective commen...
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July 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Join Us on Monday for a workshop on how to comment on NNSA's Scoping Period: Programmatic EIS on Expanded Plutonium Pit Production! This is an important opportunity to comment on a national plan that essentially means nuclear weapons forever. Let's protest this together with your help and comments!
June 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Reposted by Nuclear Watch New Mexico
For additional context ➡️ "The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is moving forward with plans to produce plutonium pits—the bomb cores of thermonuclear weapons—at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina despite no demonstrated need."
June 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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One week from today 🗓️ grantees @ucs.org, @nukewatchnm.bsky.social, and Tri-Valley CAREs are hosting a webinar on how to submit a comment to ensure the NNSA fully considers the risks that come with expanded plutonium pit production. Register ⬇️
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Public Comment Training: Expanded Plutonium Pit Production
The Union of Concerned Scientists invites you to a training webinar on how to submit a comment to ensure the National Nuclear Security Administration fully considers the public and environmental risks...
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June 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Nuclear Weapons Programs Slated for 53% Increase: Topline DOE budget #s have been released under the headline of “Unleashing a Golden Era of Energy Dominance and Energy Innovation and Protecting the Nation.” 65% of the proposed $46B budget is earmarked for nuclear weapons agency NNSA nukewatch.org
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June 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Reposted by Nuclear Watch New Mexico
As the US prepares to spend as much as $38 billion to produce hundreds of new explosive cores, called plutonium pits, to arm new nuclear weapons, our new analysis argues new pits aren’t necessary to maintain the existing US nuclear arsenal.

Read our report: act.ucsusa.org/4kZ4X9p
May 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Thank you to our speakers, Archbishop John Wester and Dylan Spaulding @ucsusa.bsky.social, and to everyone who attended our #LANL SWEIS Workshop last week! It was an information-packed event followed by thorough Q&A.
Download the slides & see the full recording here: nukewatch.org/2025/02/07/n...
NukeWatch Los Alamos Lab Site-Wide EIS Workshop - February 6, 2025 - NukeWatch NM
Full Video Recording: NukeWatch Los Alamos Lab Site-Wide EIS Workshop NukeWatch Presentation: Los Alamos Lab Site-Wide EIS Workshop
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February 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Hi Bluesky community! We're happy to be on here & share that we're hosting a workshop this Thurs, 2/6 at 5:30pm MT on the Los Alamos Lab Site-Wide EIS to engage the public in the review process of the Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for #LANL - see more nukewatch.org/action-item/...
February 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM