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...
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...
