Nuclear Watch Fact Sheets, Comments and Analyses

Press Release: DOE Fails to Provide Technical Criteria for Safe Nuclear Storage [77k] March 24, 2005

Letter from Sec. Spencer Abraham to Gov. Bill Richardson on TA-18 at Los Alamos National Lab [1 MB] November 2004

Press Release: Nuclear Watch to Bid on Los Alamos Management Contract [42k] December 1, 2004

Nuclear Weapons Issues to Watch for "Four More Years" November, 2004

• See the PowerPoint Presentation

Press Release: Environmental Groups Appeals Court Ruling Allowing Operation of Bio-Warfare Agent Facilities at Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos National Laboratories [96k] November 9, 2004

Letter from Gov. Bill Richardson to DOE Secretary Spencer Abraham on LANL TA-18 [2 MB] October 2004

Background on the Quality of Nuclear Weapons Programs at LANL [31k] September 1, 2004

Press Release: New Mexico Watchdog Group Appalled Over DOE and Safety Board's Urgency for Speed Over Safety In Re-Opening Los Alamos [13k] August 25, 2004

Excerpts on the National Nuclear Security Administration's assessment of University of California management of Los Alamos Lab for FY03. [50k] August 2004

A Rap Sheet on UC Management at LANL [462k] October, 2004

Background on the Quality of Nuclear Weapons Programs at LANL [31k] September 1, 2004

Press Release New Mexico Watchdog Group Appalled Over DOE and Safety Board's Urgency for Speed Over Safety In Re-Opening Los Alamos [13k] August 25, 2004

Los Alamos Has "Immense" Plutonium Inventory Discrepancy

• Press Release [60kb] (Joint release by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, Nuclear Watch of New Mexico and Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety)
• Letter to LANL Director, Pete Nanos [52kb]

Federal Safety Board Concludes Fatal Doses Possible: Shutdown LANL's Criticality Experiments! [308kb] August 2004

Your Tax Dollars at Work: Privileged Los Alamos Lifestyle Paid for by Weapons of Mass Destruction [125k] June/July 2004

Some Simple Facts about New Mexico and Nuclear Weapons Updated [11k] April 30, 2004

Bio Lab Litigation Fact Sheet Revised [15k] March 18, 2004

Los Alamos National Laboratory Risk Based End States Comments [48k] February 28, 2004

Plantiff's Notice of Motion and Motion for Summary Judgment [165k] February 19, 2004

Budget Fact Sheet [20k] February 5, 2004

Nuclear Watch of New Mexico and Tri-Valley CARES Press Release:
Environmental Groups Victorious As Department of Energy Withdraws Approval of Contested Bio-Warfare Agent Facility At Los Alamos National Laboratory January 26, 2004 [296k]

Complaint filed by Nuclear Watch of New Mexico and Tri-Valley CAREs. [137k]

Nuclear Watch and Tri-Valley CAREs Press Release on Bio Law Suit against the Department of Energy [91k]

National NGO Joint Press Release on Bio Law Suit Against the Department of Energy [7k]

Nuclear Watch and Tri-Valley CAREs Media Advisory on Bio Law Suit against the Department of Energy [23k]

Also see The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists article "Mixing Bugs With Bombs" written by Marylia Kelley, Executive Director of Tri-Valley CAREs and Jay Coghlan, Nuclear Watch's Executive Director

Citizens' Monitoring and Technical Assessment Fund Final Report:
An Assessment of Environmental and Economic Impacts of the DOE Environmental Management Programs in New Mexico [490k]
November 2003

DOE's Economic Claims in New Mexico are Unsubstantiated
Los Alamos National Laboratory Should Pay Gross Receipts Taxes [19k] October 15, 2003

Comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Consolidation of Certain Dynamic Experimentation Activities at the Two-Mile Complex [34k] September 18, 2003

Scoping Comments to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency on the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement For DTRA Activities at the White Sands Missile Range [16k] September 15, 2003

Comments on the Modern Pit Facility [183k]
August 12, 2003

Comments on the Environmental Impact Statement For the Proposed Chemical and Metallurgical Research Building Replacement Project [47k] July 1, 2003

Updated Modern Pit Facility Talking Points [30k] June 18, 2003

Updated Overview of Research and Development Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories [69k] June 16, 2003

Economic Multipliers and the Economic Impact of DOE Spending in New Mexico [37k]
A report by Lloyd J. Dumas, Professor of Economics and Political Economy at the University of Texas in Dallas, in conjunction with Nuclear Watch of New Mexico. March 31, 2003

The Chemical and Metallurgical Research Building Replacement Project
A New Advanced Plutonium Lab For Los Alamos? [92k] May 28, 2003

• For additional information, please also read: Scoping Comments on the Environmental Impact Statement For the Proposed Chemical and Metallurgical Research Building Replacement Project [33k]

Colin King's lecture at the seventh annual International Gathering on Biodevastation. [13k] May 17, 2003

Exaggerated Department of Energy Economic Claims - Talking Points [17k] April 18, 2003

Talking points on the New Mexico Environment Department's Los Alamos National Laboratory Corrective Action Order [15k] Updated Again April, 2003

Weapons budget analysis [272k] Updated April 1, 2003

Talking Points on DOE Bioagents Labs [17k] January 29, 2003

Scoping Comments on the Modern Pit Facility Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement. [41k] November 26, 2002

Comments on the Draft Sandia Corrective Action Order [46k] November 4, 2002

Joint Press Release on the U.S. Biodefense Program [17k] October 2002

A Short Primer on the Effects of Aging on Plutonium [12k] October 2002

• Bulletin on the Nuclear Posture Review [74k]

A Summary of the Permit Modification Requests for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant [30k] October 2002

Comments on Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Draft Environmental Assessment for the proposed Biological Safety Level 3 Laboratory [46k] September 7, 2002

Scoping Comments on the Environmental Impact Statement For the Proposed Chemical and Metallurgical Research Building Replacement Project [33k] August 31, 2002

Bio Hazard Lab Talking Points [17k] August 27, 2002

NWNM's comments on the Modern Pit Facility [183k]
August 12, 2003

NuclearWeapons: Big Business Not Paying Its Share! An Overview of Comparative Budgets in New Mexico [83k] August 2, 2002