Tri-Valley CAREs Joins Fellow Plaintiffs to Tour Savannah River Site’s Plutonium “Pit” Bomb Core Plant

by Tanvi Kardile | May 6, 2026 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons

On April 21, Tri-Valley CAREs’ Nuclear Policy Program Director, Tanvi Kardile, accompanied by other plaintiffs Savannah River Site Watch and Nuclear Watch New Mexico, toured the plutonium “pit” bomb core production plant at the National Nuclear Security...

SRS Plutonium Pit Production opponents tour facility, say it would restart nuclear arms race

by | Apr 24, 2026 | Nuclear Weapons, TVC in the News

Aiken Standard- Carl Dawson April 23, 2026   AIKEN — Opponents of the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility under construction at Savannah River Site said April 22 that the facility is unneeded and will be the most expensive building ever constructed in...

Plaintiffs Tour the Savannah River Site’s Plutonium “Pit” Bomb Core Plant, Most Expensive Building in U.S. History is Key to New Nuclear Arms Race

by Tanvi Kardile | Apr 22, 2026 | Nuclear Weapons, Press Releases

South Carolina Environmental Law Project Savannah River Site Watch Nuclear Watch New Mexico  Tri-Valley CAREs  Union of Concerned Scientists Plaintiffs Tour the Savannah River Site’s Plutonium “Pit” Bomb Core Plant, Most Expensive Building in U.S. History is Key to...

Trumping the Budget: New Warheads and Plutonium Pits

by Marylia Kelley | Apr 21, 2026 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons

Tri-Valley CAREs’ Analysis of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request – Part Three, Livermore Lab’s New Warheads   The Administration released its Fiscal Year 2027 budget request to Congress on Friday, April 3rd. Our...

Tri-Valley CAREs Joins Forces to Challenge “Permitting Reform” Legislation that Opens the Door for More Plutonium at Livermore Lab Without Public Input

by Scott Yundt | Apr 16, 2026 | Blog, Environmental Justice, Nuclear Weapons

One of Tri-Valley CAREs mottos is “speaking truth to power.” But when the power is concentrated behind closed-doors in Washington, DC and inside a classified nuclear weapons laboratory, carrying out this motto is a challenge.  Few opportunities exist for members of...

Livermore Lab Budget Request Tops $3 Billion

by Scott Yundt | Apr 9, 2026 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons

Huge Increase for “Modernizing” Nuclear Weapons Production; Science Budget Slashed The administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget request for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has been released, and it is staggering. The one-year funding request for...