What’s New
Livermore Lab’s Annual Report Card Reveals Expanded Plutonium Pit Work — and Persistent Safety Failures
What NNSA’s FY 2025 Performance Evaluation Report Tells Us About Lawrence Livermore Lab
Trump’s Plan to Pick Our Pockets to Fund Nuclear Weapons and the Department of War at Historically High Levels
On Friday, the Trump Administration began revealing its historically profligate Fiscal Year 2027 budget request to Congress. This is a summary of the “Top Line” numbers for “Defense,” which includes the Pentagon along with weapons programs in the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration.
Tracy Earth Day 2022
On Saturday, April 23, Tracy residents celebrated Earth Day by planting trees and learning about our natural resources during a celebration held on Ninth Street in downtown Tracy. This event was designed to empower, inspire and inform individuals on becoming active,...
Good Friday vigil: No nuclear weapons, diplomacy, not war, in Ukraine
| Written by: Marilyn Bechtel By Marilyn Bechtel LIVERMORE, Calif. – As nuclear disarmament, peace and justice advocates gathered virtually April 15 for the annual Good Friday Worship and Witness focusing on Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, they posed a...
Calling for Change
| Written by: Raiza Marciscano-Bettis As the sun rose on Friday April 15, 2022, I commemorated Good Friday with Tri-Valley CAREs and the Ecumenical Peace Institute. As they have for decades, local peace advocates and interfaith organizations gathered to...
U.S. Nuclear Weapons “Top Line” Budget, Nuclear Posture Review, and News re: Nuclear Aspects of the War in Ukraine
Source: KZFR Radio FM Interview with Tri-Valley CAREs’ executive director Marylia Kelley on the just-released “top line” numbers for nuclear weapons and military spending for the coming fiscal year. Also covered: Pre-release details of President Biden’s Nuclear...
Ukraine: No to Nuclear War. Sign the Petition!
Help Nobel Peace Prize winners International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Tri-Valley CAREs is an ICAN partner), International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, and 14 other Nobel Peace Prize laureates by signing this petition: "We reject war and...
Ucrania: No a la Guerra Nuclear. Firma la Petición!
| Translated by: Raiza Marciscano-Bettis Ayude a los ganadores del Premio Nobel de la Paz a la Campaña Internacional para Abolir las Armas Nucleares (Tri-Valley CARES es un socio de ICAN), a Médicos Internacionales para la Prevención de la Guerra Nuclear y a otros 14...
Good Friday Virtual Service and Protest Focuses on Livermore Lab
On “Good Friday,” April 15, 2022, our colleagues at the Ecumenical Peace Institute are planning a virtual service and annual nuclear weapons protest. This year, the event will be virtual, with a few of the speakers recorded live at the Livermore Lab. The event will...
Biden’s Upcoming Nuclear Posture Review, the Ukraine, and Livermore
| Written by: Mary Perner President Biden's Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) is pending, in fact, overdue. Given Russian President Vladimir Putin's order to raise Russia's nuclear alert status, what will the NPR contain? Will it tamp down nuclear rhetoric and...
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Nuclear Dimensions Amid the Search for Accountability and Peace
Interview with Tri-Valley CAREs’ Marylia Kelley on peace, justice and the potential nuclear consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 30-minute interview conducted by Chris Nelson, KZFR Click here to listen: http://www.kzfr.org/broadcasts/28795. Marylia Kelley's...
Our Comment- LLNL’s Hazardous Waste Permit Renewal
Livermore Lab handles, stores and “treats” hazardous and significant quantities of mixed radioactive waste (which means it’s radioactive stuff and hazardous stuff mixed together) in various buildings around the Livermore Main Site. Livermore Lab stored the leaking...
Your Comments Needed on Livermore Lab Hazardous Waste Permit: “Sign & Send” Letter You Can Use
Livermore Lab handles, stores and “treats” hazardous and significant quantities of mixed radioactive waste (which means it’s radioactive stuff and hazardous stuff mixed together) in various buildings around the Livermore Main Site. Livermore Lab stored the leaking...
Se necesitan sus comentarios sobre el permiso de desechos peligrosos del laboratorio de Livermore: carta de “Firmar y enviar” que puede usar
| Translated by: Raiza Marciscano-Bettis Livermore Lab maneja, almacena y “trata” cantidades significativas y peligrosas de desechos radiactivos mixtos (lo que significa que se mezclan materiales radiactivos y materiales peligrosos) en varios edificios alrededor del...
Aniversario del tratado nuclear observado con llamados a la ratificación de EE. UU.
| Translated by: Raiza Marciscano-Bettis Fuente: People's World Por Marilyn Bechtel LIVERMORE, Calif. – Cuando los trabajadores ingresaron por la puerta oeste del Laboratorio Nacional Lawrence Livermore en la mañana del 21 de enero, fueron recibidos por manifestantes...
Nuke treaty anniversary observed with calls for U.S. ratification
| Written by: Marilyn Bechtel By Marilyn Bechtel LIVERMORE, Calif. – As workers entered the west gate of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on the morning of Jan. 21, they were greeted by protesters displaying 8-foot banners declaring, “World to U.S.: Nuclear...
U.S. must ratify treaty banning nuclear weapons
| Written by: Raiza Marciscano-Bettis Last week Tri-Valley CAREs went to Livermore Lab, where warheads are developed, to celebrate the first anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. We rang bells and thanked each of the 59 countries that...
Honoring Two Anniversaries
| Written by: Mary Perner On January 17th, I will commemorate the life and legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On January 22nd, I will celebrate the first anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. These two...
Honor nuclear weapons treaty
| Written by: Raiza Marciscano-Bettis Editor, Jan. 22 is a historic day. It’s the day that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entered into force and became part of international law. The Treaty bans the development, testing, manufacture, acquisition,...
Jan. 22 is a Historic Day
| Written by: Raiza Marciscano-Bettis Jan. 22 is a historic day - it’s the day that the Treaty on the Prohibition of nuclear weapons entered into force and became part of international law. The treaty bans the development, testing, manufacture, acquisition,...
Join Us to Celebrate the TPNW!
January 22 marks the first anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Fifty-nine states parties have ratified the TPNW to date, with Peru becoming the most recent country to do so in December. In Livermore, we will...
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and Reflections of Dr. King on Nuclear Weapons Abolition
| Interviewee: Marylia Kelley January 14, 2022 Source: KZFR Radio Interview with Tri-Valley CAREs’ Marylia Kelley on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the upcoming first anniversary of its entry into force. Also observance of Dr. Martin Luther...
MLK Day January 17, 2022: Remembering King’s Opposition to Nuclear Weapons
By Ralph Hutchison, Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, and Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs More than fifty years after his death, The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is remembered as a civil rights icon, recalled for his stirring words at the Lincoln Memorial...
Join us on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022 at 9 AM
tpnw-first-anniversary-flyer-SPANISH CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL POSTS >
Building a Movement, Celebrating a Milestone
Later this month, the world will mark the first anniversary of the “entry into force” of the United Nation’s Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The TPNW became part of international law on January 22, 2021 after 50 countries ratified it. And, we celebrated...
Your Voice is Your Power
Your_Voice_is_Your_Power_how_to_English How to Write Effective Letters to the Editor and to Elected Officials CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL POSTS >
We are Honored…
Happy New Year! Despite great odds, we have had a tremendous year together, pursuing disarmament through the entry into force of Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, preventing Livermore Lab from detonating huge open-air bomb blasts locally, and so much...
Together we are making a difference!
From the desk of Marylia Kelley Your generous, year-end support for Tri-Valley CAREs enables programs that change nuclear policy, challenge budget priorities, and assert our human right to air, land and water that is free of nuclear contamination. Your financial gift...
Join Us! LLNL Hazardous Waste Permit Virtual Public Meeting with State Regulators – Thursday, 12/9 at 6:30PM
As we previously reported here (https://trivalleycares.org/new/Lab-Hazardous-Waste-Permit-Public-Comment-Period-2.pdf), Livermore Lab’s hazardous waste management is undergoing a permitting process with the State of California’s Department of Toxic Substances (DTSC)....
Thank You!
From the desk of Marylia Kelley… We are thankfulThis week we pause to honor families, friends and the harvest celebrations of cultures worldwide. It’s also a time of reflection, and here at Tri-Valley CAREs our thoughts turn to you and to all those who make our...
Gracias!
| Translated by: Raiza Marciscano-Bettis Desde el escritorio de Marylia Kelley ... Nosotros estamos agradecidosEsta semana hacemos una pausa para honrar a las familias, los amigos y las celebraciones de la cosecha de las culturas de todo el mundo. También es un...
El período de comentarios públicos comienza (nuevamente) sobre los desechos peligrosos de Livermore Lab: el estado anuncia una reunión pública virtual
| Translated by: Raiza Marciscano-Bettis Tri-Valley CAREs ha monitoreado la gestión de desechos peligrosos de Livermore Lab y sus muchos problemas durante cuatro décadas. El laboratorio maneja, almacena y “trata” cantidades significativas y peligrosas de desechos...