by Sophie Stroud | Jul 13, 2021 | TVC in the News
Source: Aiken Standard By Colin Demarest An alliance of more than 30 organizations in a Monday letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm stressed that the next leader of the Energy Department’s nuclear cleanup office must be dedicated to environmental justice and...
by Sophie Stroud | Jun 30, 2021 | TVC in the News
Source: Nuclear Hotseat Plutonium Pit (revered to above as the “core”) is the detonator at the heart of nuclear bombs — and the United States is planning to make up to 80 pits a year for NEW nuclear weapons, in addition to the 1,500 ready-to-use devices already in our...
by Raiza Marciscano-Bettis | Jun 29, 2021 | TVC in the News
Source: Aiken Standard By Colin Demarest, Aiken Standard, S.C. A coalition of public-interest groups on Tuesday said it was suing the Department of Energy and its National Nuclear Security Administration, accusing the agencies of shirking environmental obligations in...
by Raiza Marciscano-Bettis | Jun 29, 2021 | TVC in the News
Source: Albuquerque Journal By T.S. LAST A coalition of public interest groups that includes Nuclear Watch New Mexico on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against federal agencies over plans to expand the production of plutonium pits – the core of nuclear weapons used to...
by Sophie Stroud | Jun 29, 2021 | TVC in the News
Source: The State By Sammy Fretwell Four public interest groups sued the federal government Tuesday, seeking to stop construction of multi-billion dollar nuclear factories in South Carolina and New Mexico that would make components for new atomic weapons. Savannah...
by Raiza Marciscano-Bettis | Jun 29, 2021 | TVC in the News
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican By Scott Wyland Opponents of federal plans to produce a new generation of nuclear bomb cores are suing the U.S. Department of Energy for refusing to conduct a full nationwide review, arguing the study is required because the operation will...
