Issues
Nuclear weapons
Livermore Lab is one of two locations that has designed every nuclear weapon in the U.S. arsenal. It was Livermore Lab where the Bush Administration's "Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator" bomb was being developed before public outcry and Congress stopped it.
Then, in 2007, Livermore Lab was chosen to develop the first in a series of new U.S. nuclear weapons, under the so-called "Reliable Replacement Warhead" program. About 85% of all U.S. Department of Energy funding at Livermore Lab is for nuclear weapons activities.
Tri-Valley CAREs works to end all further nuclear weapons development, testing and production as an important step toward their global elimination. We believe that nuclear weapons decrease human security and pose one of the great social, economic and ecological challenges of our time. Our efforts have resulted in the cancellation of some weapons systems, but there is much yet to be done.
Pie Charts of Requested Budgets at The National Labs
- Pie chart of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory FY 25 Budget Request
- Pie chart of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory FY 24 Budget Request
- Pie chart of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory FY 23 Budget Request
- Pie chart of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory FY 22 Budget Request
- Pie chart of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory FY 17 Budget Request
- Pie chart of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory FY 16 Budget Request
- Pie chart of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory FY 15 Budget Request
- Pie chart of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory FY 14 Budget Request
- Pie chart of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory FY 13 Budget Request
- Pie chart of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory FY 12 Budget Request
- Pie chart of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory FY 11 Budget Request
- Pie chart of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory FY 10 Budget Request
- Pie charts of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory & Los Alamos National Laboratory 2009 budget request
RECENT POSTS
Tri-Valley CAREs Joins Forces to Challenge “Permitting Reform” Legislation that Opens the Door for More Plutonium at Livermore Lab Without Public Input
Tri-Valley CAREs has been reaching out to partner organizations working to challenge this “permitting reform” push. We recently joined an organizational advocacy letter, alongside various other environmental organizations, urging Congress to reject permitting reform legislation that weakens environmental protections and limits public participation.
Draft PEIS Released! Livermore Public Hearing May 12
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is coming to Livermore on May 12 to hear public comments about its nationwide plutonium pit production plan, in which Livermore Lab will be doing plutonium pit support work.
Livermore Lab Budget Request Tops $3 Billion
The administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget request for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has been released, and it is staggering.
Livermore Lab’s Annual Report Card Reveals Expanded Plutonium Pit Work — and Persistent Safety Failures
What NNSA’s FY 2025 Performance Evaluation Report Tells Us About Lawrence Livermore Lab
Factsheets
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October, 2010 Power Point Presentation: "Modernization" of the Nuclear Weapons Complex: As Proposed and as it Should be
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How to Stop a "Bombplex", everything you need to know about "Complex Transformation" (DOE's proposed plan for the future of the nuclear weapons complex) and how to stop it!
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Fact sheets for the "Complex Transformation" National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) hearings:
Complex Overview
Reliable Replacement Warhead
Alternatives
All fact sheets as a single pdf -
The "Complex 2030" Plan to Make New Plutonium Pits and Build New Bombs (September 2007)
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More information about Complex 2030 (April 2007)
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Graphs of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory budget for 2006, 2007 & 2008 showing percentage of funds dedicated to "weapons activities" and the same data in table form. (May 2007)
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The Nuclear Posture Review and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (2005)
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Stockpile Stewardship - What LLNL and the DOE don't want you to know.
Press Releases
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June 7th, 2013 - Tri-Valley CAREs Files Federal Lawsuit to Compel Release of Information About Nuclear Weapons Activities at Livermore Lab
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April 11th, 2013 - Tri-Valley CAREs Team Heads to Washington to Cut Spending on Nuclear Weapons Programs; Restore Needed Funds for Radioactive Waste Cleanup and Securing Nuclear Materials
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April 10th, 2013 - From Tri-Valley CAREs, Livermore, CA for Reporters and the Public: Our Initial Response to the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request for Nuclear Weapons
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April 8th, 2013 - Questions For the April 10 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) FY 2014 Nuclear Weapons and Cleanup Budget Rollout
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June 6th, 2012 - Key Congressional Appropriations Amendment Passage Supports Needed Nonproliferation Program Over Troubled Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Scheme
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March 15th, 2012 - Livermore Nuclear Watchdogs Head to Washington, DC to Challenge Nuclear Weapons Projects That Put the Environment and Taxpayer Dollars at Risk
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July 13th, 2010 - Document Reveals that DOE's Internal Nuclear Weapons Plans Significantly Differ From the Agency's Public Pronouncements
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March 26th, 2010 - Groups in Communities with Nuclear Weapons Facilities Applaud New Arms Reduction Treaty
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May 28th, 2009 - National Ignition Facility Ceremony Masks Serious Technical, Scientific, Environmental and Nuclear Weapons Policy Questions
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April 8th, 2009 - Transforming the U.S. Strategic Posture and Weapons Complex For Transition to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World
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April 6th, 2009 - Press Advisory: Transforming the U.S. Strategic Posture and Weapons Complex For Transition to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World
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December 19th, 2008 - Energy Dept. Issues Decisions Today To Build New Nuclear Bomb Plants, Endanger Communities
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October 23rd, 2008 - Energy Dept. Brushes Aside Record 100,000+ Public Comments, Releases Final Plan for Dangerous, Costly New Nuclear Bomb Plants
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March 17th, 2008 - Residents, Peace, Religious, Environmental Organizations Protest Plans for New U.S. Nuclear Weapons "Bombplex"
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March 14th, 2008 - Public Hearings in Livermore and Tracy on Energy Dept. Plan to Build New Nukes, to Be Held on 5th Anniversary of Iraq War
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October 2nd, 2007 - Community to Confront "Complex Transformation" and New Nuclear Weapons at Livermore Lab
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December 11th, 2006 - Local Residents, Public Interest Organizations, Scientists, Workers Decry Plans for New U.S. Nuclear Weapons "Bombplex"
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December 8th, 2006 - Public Hearings In Livermore And Tracy, Ca On Energy Dept. Plan To Build New Nukes
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November 29th, 2006 - Independent Review of Department of Energy Study Undermines "Need" for New Nuclear Weapons
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January 26, 2006 - "Reliable Replacement Warhead" Program: The Slippery Slope to New Nuclear Weapons
Reports
- Citizen's Toolkit for Confronting the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex in the 21st Century
- Observations on NNSA's FY '09 Budget Request
- 2007 Budget Analysis - Still At It
- The "Slippery Slope" to New Nuclear Weapons
- 2006 Budget Analysis - Our One-Nation Arms Race
- Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Request for Nuclear Weapons
- More Work for the Weapons Labs, Less Security for the Nation: An Analysis of the Bush Administration's Nuclear Weapons Policy
- DOE's FY 2003 Budget Request for Nuclear Weapons Activities
- Managing the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile: A Comparison of 5 Strategies
- DOE's FY 2001 Nuclear Weapons Budget
Technical Comments & Letters
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October 10, 2012 - Group Comments on Draft Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Envronmental Impact Statement
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January 29, 2010 - Comments on the Draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 facility in Oak Ridge Tennessee
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May, 2008 - Our Man In Geneva: Urs Cipolat Reporting from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Preparatory Conference Meeting
