The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) nationwide plutonium pit production plan, in which Livermore Lab will be doing plutonium pit support work, is open for public comment. All comments will be on the record and are required to be responded to in writing in the “final” PEIS. We urge you to use your voice to say “NO TO NEW PLUTONIUM PIT PRODUCTION!”
The community of Livermore had the opportunity to give oral comments at NNSA’s public hearing in Livermore on May 12. Tri-Valley CAREs, along with members of other organizations, gave powerful oral comments. Around 30 comments were given–all in opposition to plutonium pit production! Here is a video recording of the public hearing below:
NNSA is also accepting written comments until July 16 by submitting comments via email to: PitPEIS@nnsa.doe.gov
Include the document number: DOE/EIS-0573
As a resource to help you comment and encourage widespread comment-making in your community, we, along with other lawsuit plaintiff Nuclear Watch New Mexico, as well as the Union of Concerned Scientists, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and other groups from ANA, created a website that is now live!
Your PEIS central hub for information and action: https://pitpeis.com/
To help you write a written comment, Tri-Valley CAREs and the Union of Concerned Scientists will be hosting written comment trainings! The trainings are below (make sure to register!).
PEIS written comment training PDF
HERE is a slide deck from our recent public comment training.
We also have prepared Livermore-specific talking points to help you draft your oral comment!
This PEIS is a result of a lawsuit brought by Tri-Valley CAREs and our colleague organizations Savannah River Site Watch and Nuclear Watch New Mexico. The federal judge in South Carolina found that the Department of Energy (DOE) and the NNSA violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by failing to analyze the nation-wide environmental impacts of new plutonium pit production plans. This specifically includes the major new “plutonium pit support” work being done at Livermore Lab!
Pursuant to the resulting settlement (in January 2025), NNSA had to release a comprehensive Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS), the Draft of which was released in mid-April! This Draft PEIS must take a “hard look” at the nation-wide environmental and human health impacts of this plan. Most importantly, it provides a critical opportunity for public scrutiny of, and comment, on the analyses in this draft and the governments overall plans!
Tri-Valley CAREs, and many others, submitted detailed scoping comments in July 2025. We will be submitting a detailed, technical written comment on the Draft PEIS, and we hope you do too!
Some topics in the draft include:
- Purpose and need for project
- Proposed action and alternatives
- LANL, SRS, and complex-wide environmental consequences
- Cumulative impacts
- Statutory requirements & environmental standards
- Plutonium pit aging
- Response to scoping comments
- And more!
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