by Raine Gordon | Sep 1, 2026 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB), an independent nuclear safety oversight board within the federal government, is under fire. Created by Congress in 1988 with the goal of protecting the health and safety of the public and defense nuclear facility...
by Anoushka Raj | Aug 25, 2026 | Nuclear Weapons, TVC in the News
Letter to the Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Felicia Ziomek The Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission will use artificial intelligence to speed up scientific research and “national security” work. The White House compares its urgency and ambition to the Manhattan Project:...
by Anoushka Raj | Aug 24, 2026 | Blog, Comments, Nuclear Weapons
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has proposed a sweeping rewrite of federal radiation-protection regulations. The proposal, titled “Reforming and Modernizing the NRC’s Radiation Protection Framework,” would eliminate the use of ALARA throughout NRC regulations...
by Anoushka Raj | Aug 3, 2026 | Blog, Fact Sheets, Green Lab, Nuclear Weapons
The Department of Energy’s new Genesis Mission is being presented as a major national effort to use artificial intelligence to speed up “national security work”. The White House launched Genesis in November 2025, describing it as a coordinated federal effort to build...
by Anoushka Raj and Scott Yundt | Jul 30, 2026 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons, Past Event
On August 6, 2026, peace activists and community members gathered outside the West Gate of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and to demand the abolition of nuclear weapons. Under...
by Scott Yundt | Jul 30, 2026 | Blog, Environmental Justice, Nuclear Weapons
The 90 day public comment period on the government’s Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) officially closed on July 16th. During this comment period Tri-Valley CAREs, the other plaintiff organizations who brought the successful litigation against...
