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SPEAK OUT! Oppose Plutonium Utilization Proposed at Livermore Lab – Public Comment Period Extended to Monday, March 3rd

by Scott Yundt | February 20, 2025 | Blog, Environmental Justice, New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons | 0 Comments

In early January, the National Nuclear Security Administration announced it is preparing a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement…

If President Trump and Elon Musk want to cut federal waste, they should listen to activists who’ve been targeting the land-based leg of the nuclear triad for decades.

by | February 18, 2025 | Blog, New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons, TVC in the News | 0 Comments

Scott Yundt, Executive Director at Tri-Valley CAREs, says the ICBM test launches at Vandenberg “only serve to provoke other nuclear weapon states.”

U.S. ICBM Test Launch from CA Base Draws Opposition

by | February 17, 2025 | New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons, TVC in the News | 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Monday, February 17, 2025 For further information, contact: [email protected] The U.S. Air Force has announced it will test an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) between 11 p.m. PT on February 18 and 5 a.m. PT February 19. During such tests, which occur several times a year, the missiles...

Livermore Lab Needs Public Comments on Its Plutonium Plan

by Dasha Orel, Tri-Valley CAREs Intern | February 6, 2025 | Nuclear Weapons, TVC in the News | 0 Comments

Lawrence Livermore National Lab has announced that they want to increase the plutonium “Utilization” at their plutonium facility. Plutonium is a highly hazardous, radioactive metal used in the Lab’s nuclear weapons development work. This plan will increase the quantities of plutonium shipped in and out of the Lab, increase the...

Government plans more plutonium at Livermore Lab for nuclear arsenal as advocacy groups push back

by | February 4, 2025 | New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons, TVC in the News | 0 Comments

“Plaintiffs including Savannah River Site Watch, South Carolina Environmental Law Project Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition, Nuclear Watch New Mexico and Tri-Valley CAREs forced NNSA to halt construction on many phases of its plutonium pit facility near Aiken, SC, to hold public scoping meetings, solicit public comments, and...

Hot Plutonium Pit Bomb Redux

by | January 31, 2025 | New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons, TVC in the News | 0 Comments

Doomsday Clock Ominously Moves Closer to Midnight

by Dasha Orel, Tri-Valley CAREs Intern | January 28, 2025 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons | 0 Comments

Today, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist revealed that the Doomsday Clock ticked down to 89 seconds, from the 90 seconds it has been at for the past several years. The clock’s hand leaves only a sliver of time until midnight; a metaphor for the impending self-destruction of humanity by technological advancement. Upon its...

Historic Settlement Reached in NEPA Lawsuit Over Plutonium “Pit” Bomb Core Production

by Scott Yundt | January 22, 2025 | Environmental Justice, New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons, Press Releases | 0 Comments

The National Nuclear Security Administration announced its proposal yesterday…

Tri-Valley CAREs’ Livermore Action Highlights the 4th “Banniversary” of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

by Scott Yundt | January 22, 2025 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons | 0 Comments

In the early morning, as thousands of scientists, engineers and rank and file employees arrived for their jobs at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Tri-Valley CAREs members held banners at the West Gate entrance to remind them that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which went into force 4 years ago...

A Global Day of Action

by Raiza Marciscano-Bettis | January 16, 2025 | Nuclear Weapons, TVC in the News | 0 Comments

On Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, peace and disarmament groups around the world will celebrate the fourth anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The UN treaty came into force on Jan. 22, 2021, with a recognition of the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons. It makes nuclear...

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