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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 26, 2026: GOVERNMENT INCREASES PLUTONIUM AT LIVERMORE LAB: Decision Made “In the Dark,” Circumventing Public Environmental Review Process; Must be Retracted, Says Watchdog Group Contacts:  Scott Yundt, Tri-Valley CAREs’ Executive Director, scott@trivalleycares.org, 415.990.2027 (cell) Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs’ Senior Advisor, marylia@trivalleycares.org, 925.255.3589 (cell) Livermore, CA – Late last week, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) quietly posted a simultaneous Record of Decision (ROD) and Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) approving “Enhanced Plutonium Utilization” at the Lab,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Public Hearing tomorrow 5/12 on Plutonium Bomb Core Production Plan, and Livermore Lab’s Role Lawsuit by Livermore Non-Profit Results in Government Public Hearing about New Nuclear Weapons Production and the Dangers Involved Livermore - The third of five public hearings taking place across the country will happen here in Livermore on Tuesday evening, May 12, beginning at 5pm at Garre Vineyards  (7986 Tesla Rd.) The public will finally get the opportunity to comment on the National Nuclear Security Administration’s plans to build up to 205 new plutonium pits per year for a new generation of nuclear weapons designs. The designs include those in development at Lawrence...

South Carolina Environmental Law Project Savannah River Site Watch Nuclear Watch New Mexico  Tri-Valley CAREs  Union of Concerned Scientists Plaintiffs Tour the Savannah River Site’s Plutonium “Pit” Bomb Core Plant, Most Expensive Building in U.S. History is Key to New Nuclear Arms Race For Immediate Release April 22, 2026 Contact: Tom Clements, Director, SRS Watch, 803-240-7268, tomclements329[at]srswatch.org;    Jay Coghlan, Nuclear Watch NM, 505-989-7342, cell: 505.470.3154, jay[at]nukewatch.org   Shelby Cohen, Comms Manager, SC Env. Law Project, 864.414.7726, shelby[at]scelp.org  Columbia, SC - On April 21, plaintiffs Savannah River Site Watch, Nuclear Watch New Mexico and Tri-Valley...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Tuesday, November 18, 2025 For further information contact: tanvi@trivalleycares.org or ianzabarte@gmail.com Las Vegas, Nevada - On November 21st, members of Livermore-based organization Tri-Valley CAREs will head to Peace Camp at the gates of the Nevada National Security Site to join experts and activists from around the country in a display of opposition to Trump’s recent statement suggesting the US will conduct nuclear tests. The gathering will include the member groups of the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, a national network of organizations of communities with nuclear weapons complexes that address issues about nuclear weapons production and environmental...

by Emma Claire Foley and Scott Yundt | Nov 4, 2025 |  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Tuesday, November 5, 2024 For further information, contact: info@defusenuclearwar.org or scott@trivalleycares.org In the early morning hours of November 5th, Vandenberg Space Force Base launched a Minuteman III missile, the current intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) ground-based nuclear warhead delivery system in roughly 400 underground silos across five states that would target US adversaries in a full-scale nuclear war. This ICBM test, which landed roughly 30 minutes later at Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, is one of several that occur at Vandenburg every year - as they have for many decades....

On the 80th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, We Will Join the Last Witnesses to Carry Forward Their Urgent Plea for a Nuclear Weapons Free World... "Never Again" FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, August 1, 2025 Media Contacts: Marylia Kelley and Scott Yundt, Tri-Valley CAREs, Livermore, CA; cell, 925-255-3589, marylia@trivalleycares.org, scott@trivalleycares.org Grace Morizawa, Asian Americans for Peace and Justice, East Bay; cell, 510-289-1285, gmorizawa@yahoo.com Dr. Bob Gould, SF Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility; 415-408-8806, rmgould1@yahoo.com WHAT: "80 Years of Nuclear Devastation: Remember Our History, Reshape Our Future" features a rally, symbolic die-in, and Japanese Bon Dance,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, May 9, 2025 Media Contacts: Ben Cunningham, Esquire, SCELP, 843-527-0078, ben@scelp.org Queen Quet, Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition, 843-838-1171, GullGeeCo@aol.com Tom Clements, Savannah River Site Watch, 803-834-3084, tomclements329@cs.com Jay Coghlan, Nuclear Watch New Mexico, 505-989-7342, jay@nukewatch.org Scott Yundt, Tri-Valley CAREs, 925-443-7148, scott@trivalleycares.org AIKEN, S.C. — Today the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the semi-autonomous nuclear weapons agency within the Department of Energy, published a formal Notice of Intent in the Federal Register to complete a nationwide “programmatic environmental impact statement” on the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, January 17, 2025 Media Contacts: Ben Cunningham, Esquire, SCELP, 843-527-0078, ben@scelp.org Tom Clements, Savannah River Site Watch, 803-834-3084, tomclements329@cs.com Jay Coghlan, Nuclear Watch New Mexico, 505-989-7342, jay@nukewatch.org Scott Yundt, Tri-Valley CAREs, 925-443-7148, scott@trivalleycares.org Queen Quet, Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition, 843-838-1171, GullGeeCo@aol.com AIKEN, S.C. — Nonprofit public interest groups have reached an historic settlement agreement with the Department of Energy’s semi-autonomous nuclear weapons agency, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). This is the successful result of a lawsuit against NNSA over its...

The National Nuclear Security Administration announced its proposal yesterday for “Enhanced Plutonium Facility Utilization” at its Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The proposed plan would significantly increase the allowable quantities of nuclear weapons-grade plutonium stored at the Livermore Lab. It would likewise raise the allowable quantities to be trucked in and out of the Lab, using roads and freeways such as the nearby I-580. Further, according to the Federal Register Notice, this sudden change would enable the Lab to conduct riskier operations with plutonium above what is currently authorized. The new plan could also allow increases of other nuclear materials in addition to...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) releases an annual public document that discloses the environmental impacts of operations at the Livermore Main Site and Site 300 entitled “Site Environmental Report.” It presents environmental monitoring results, compliance (or non-compliance) with environmental standards, and outlines LLNL’s environmental protection and remediation programs for the previous year. The recently released report for 2023 includes sections such as an environmental “Compliance Summary, Environmental Program Information, Air Monitoring Programs, Water Monitoring Programs, Terrestrial Monitoring, Groundwater Investigation and Remediation, and Quality Assurance” and...