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...
by Sophie Stroud | Jun 29, 2021 | TVC in the News
Source: KPFA Radio The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays Correction: Plutonium bomb cores (pits) are not placed into the warheads at Livermore Lab. The government’s plan involves sending plutonium pit material from Los Alamos Lab in NM to Livermore Lab in the Bay Area...
by Sophie Stroud | Jun 29, 2021 | TVC in the News
Source: ABC 4 News By Michelle Liu COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Watchdog groups are suing the Biden administration over plans to produce plutonium cores used in the nation’s nuclear stockpile. The groups argued in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Energy Department...
by Raiza Marciscano-Bettis | Apr 21, 2021 | TVC in the News
Source: The State News By Sammy Fretwell, A coalition of environmental groups from the southern and western United States is threatening to sue the federal government over plans for plutonium pit factories in South Carolina and New Mexico that would produce components...