Papers, articles, publications, interviews, and live broadcasts (updated 4 Aug 2023)
• Bulletin 321: Last day for 2022 donations! / A few quick updates, Dec 31, 2022
• Bulletin 320: Neocon humiliation -- or nuclear exchange / The centrality of war resistance in moral politics / 3 days left for 1:1 donation match!, Dec 29, 2022
• Bulletin 319: Ukraine; NDAA: omnibus appropriations bill; fundraising --thank you; some matching funds still available, Dec 21, 2022
• LASG comments for the DNFSB Nov 16, 2022 hearing record, Dec 16, 2022
• Bulletin 318: Speak out now against further U.S. escalation in Ukraine; daily updates for your use, Dec 14, 2022
• Bulletin 317: Internships available, Dec 14, 2022
• Bulletin 316: Fundraising appeal; THANK YOU, Dec 12, 2022
• Bulletin 315: Urgent fundraising request, matching grant available! Also: near-daily selected Ukraine updates; updated pit policy recommendations; legislative testimony, Nov 27, 2022
• Can we disenthrall ourselves, and save our State?, presentation to the Radioactive & Hazardous Materials committee, NM Legislature, Greg Mello, Nov 14, 2022
• Bulletin 314: Reminder re next week's antiwar, disarmament, & nuclear safety events: come if you can or tune in, outreach needed; pit interview on KNME tonight 7 pm; fundraising drive continues; erratum, Nov 11, 2022
• Bulletin 313: Important meeting about Ukraine next week; DNFSB hearing in Santa Fe; more, Nov 7, 2022
• Chorus Condemning Russia Sings Song of Hypocrisy, Risks Wider War, Greg Mello, Nukewatch Fall 2022
• LASG final scoping comments on the LANL
SWEIS, Oct 18, 2022
• Bulletin 312: LANL's pit production to be delayed with cost increases; new resources, news; Zoom discussions; critical fundraising outreach needed -- we need you! Oct 6, 2022
• Bulletin 311: Break the spell, denounce growing U.S. war, Oct 5, 2022
• Bulletin 310: Speak up! We urge you to take up the call for peace in Ukraine, Sep 25, 2022
• Bulletin 309: The moment of maximum danger, Sep 22, 2022
• Considerations in warhead core ("pit") production policy, briefing for House member, Sep 14, 2022
• Bulletin 308: NNSA "scoping" process at LANL designed to legitimate nuclear weapons, mislead, and distract; best to steer clear, step up real resistance and constructive actions, Sep 11, 2022
• LASG initial scoping comments on the Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for the Continued Operation of LANL, Sep 11, 2022
• Bulletin 307: Secret master plan for nuclear weapons design, production complex entails massive investments, on top of those revealed to Congress; call for opposition; press conference Tues 8/30/22, Aug 28, 2022
• Bulletin 306: Please recruit allies in 1) the "Call for Sanity, Not Nuclear Production," 2) our fundraising drive, 3) nuclear careers (ours, not theirs); pitpourri, Aug 21, 2022
• Bulletin 305: Can we make Archbishop Wester's call for nuclear disarmament real, for us?, Aug 9, 2022
• Bulletin 304: Your support is requested! / "US nuclear weapons since 2020: continuity and change" / Whither disarmament?, Aug 3, 2022
• Bulletin 303: Fire safety deficiencies at LANL plutonium facility, Jul 27, 2022
• Bulletin 302: Mid-year fundraising drive: please help support our work!, Jul 26, 2022
• GAO: current LANL contractor improving safety (NNSA and Triad say), more improvements said needed, press release, Jun 16, 2022
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Presentation: 'Pope Francis': "World War III has been declared." We agree. Stop LANL's pit factory; Stop the U.S. war against Russia, Jun 15, 2022
• Bulletin 301: Oppose the war! Demand and create accountability for lawmakers who fund and promote more war in Ukraine, May 16, 2022
• Warhead plutonium modernization spending, actual & proposed by site, May 6, 2022
• Bulletin 300: NNSA: early pit production a "hedge," not strictly necessary; is there a "pit gap?", May 3, 2022
• Bulletin 299: Emergency call to action: stop Biden's proposed $33 billion war escalation, Apr 28, 2022
• Bulletin 298: Talk on pits & renewed U.S. nuclear weapons production Tuesday evening 4/26/22; antiwar billboard; what you can do, Apr 25, 2022
• Bulletin 297: LANL pit production is incapable of meaningfully contributing to production requirements, Apr 11, 2022
• Pit production worksheet, references omitted, Apr 11, 2022
• Lawsuit seeks agency plans to accelerate production of nuclear warhead cores; Largest program in agency history is effectively secret -- and in trouble, Apr 6, 2022
• Bulletin 296: The troubled logistics of LANL pit production: how will LANL staff and contractors get to work?, Mar 26, 2022
• Bulletin 295: "The core debate," Mar 23, 2022
• Bulletin 294: Please consider forwarding this fine statement from UNAC re Ukraine, Mar 23, 2022
• How Will LANL Staff and Contractors Get to Work?, Mar 11, 2022
• In Search of Legitimacy: Peace Grant Making of U.S. Philanthropic Foundations, 1988-1996, Sada Aksartova, Mar 2003 (old, but of renewed importance)
• Bulletin 293: Ukraine conflict: If you want a ceasefire (as we do), stop firing, Mar 5, 2022
• Bulletin 292:
Statement on the Ukraine conflict and war with Russia, Mar 1, 2022
• The Ukraine Conflict: What's Behind It? Why Is It Important? Sep 26, 2015 presentation, reposted Feb 25, 2022
• DOE Inspector General: $128 Million Contract to Upgrade Los Alamos Power Plant with Private Financing May Be Illegal, Feb 15, 2022
• NNSA’s Evaluation Of Triad’s Performance Last Year: More Candor Please. There Is Trouble Ahead, Mello op-ed, Los Alamos Reporter, Feb 11, 2022
• Bulletin 291: Don't enable a crash program for new ICBM warheads!, Jan 26, 2022
• Can Santa Fe survive as a nuclear weapons suburb?, Mello, Santa Fe New Mexican,Jan 16, 2022
• Assuring Destruction Forever, 2022 edition, Reaching Critical Will, WILPF, Jan 2022, (includes US chapter by LASG)
Press Releases
• NNSA announces extension of terms for Los Alamos National Laboratory management and operating contract -- Study Group comments, press release, Dec 6, 2022
• Do New Mexico news outlets care about LANL's plan to re-open nuclear waste disposal on-site? Or to produce still more warhead components?, press reminder, Dec 2, 2022
• Los Alamos lab "agenda:" novel nuclear weapons and new ways to use them, hypersonic nuclear weapons, new nuclear waste disposal facility, additional production missions, biosecurity "leadership," "proactive" counterintelligence, press release, Nov 23, 2022
• Biden Administration releases aggressive nuclear strategy envisioning "first use" of nuclear weapons in wars like Ukraine, press release, Oct 27, 2022
• Citizens call for halt in plutonium pit production at Los Alamos and elsewhere; press conference in Capitol Rotunda tomorrow (Tuesday Aug. 30), 10:30 am MDT, press release, Aug 29, 2022
• NNSA to conduct fake "environmental impact statement" process to justify decisions, big future expansion, at Los Alamos, press release, Aug 18, 2022
• Grave dangers loom in Ukraine war votes and escalations; opportunities open for journalists and citizens; We urge news media to widen debate, pose questions, create accountability, press release, May 16, 2022
• NNSA budget request for Los Alamos warhead "pit" project adds five proposed plutonium buildings, fresh rad waste cost overruns, adding $329 million to LANL pit costs, press release, May 9, 2022
• Biden nuclear agency plan continues all current and proposed warhead and bombs; 6 warhead programs to run simultaneously, press release, Mar 17, 2022
• Los Alamos warhead "pit" production preparations begin dangerous 24/7 work in struggle to meet deadlines; STRATCOM: "unlimited money" would not be enough to meet 2030 deadline, press release, Mar 10, 2022
• Nuclear Warhead Agency Admits Los Alamos Likely to Miss Interim Warhead Core Deadlines, Review of value, cost, of Los Alamos factory needed, press release, Feb 12, 2022
• Nuclear Agency releases 2021 contractor evaluations for LANL and other sites, press release, Feb 10, 2022
• Organizations Call for Elimination of ‘Launch on Warning’ Land-Based Nuclear Missiles in the United States;Crash Program of Plutonium Warhead Core ("Pit") Production at Los Alamos Predicated Solely on Novel Missile Warheads, in Larger Numbers, press release, Jan 12, 2022
• Is the Department of Energy (DOE) going to conduct a new Site Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and if so what would it mean?, press note, Jan 7, 2022
News Media
• Who decides priorities for New Mexico?, Nancy King, Santa Fe New Mexican, Dec 18, 2022
• LANL would aid in diluting plutonium in controversial disposal plan, Santa Fe New Mexican, with Greg Mello comments, Dec 17, 2022
• Military spending bill would give LANL record budget, with Greg Mello comments, Santa Fe New Mexican, Dec 16, 2022
• LANL operating contract to be extended 5 years, with Greg Mello comments, Santa Fe New Mexican, Dec 6, 2022
• Federal audit calls out managers, contractor at Nevada National Security Site, The Nevada Independent, Dec 4, 2022
- U1A Complex Enhancements Project, DOE-OIG-23-09, Nov 2022
• Watchdog agency grills LANL, nuclear officials on lab safety, Santa Fe New Mexican, Nov 16, 2022
• LANL remains key part of U.S. nuclear weapons plan, Santa Fe New Mexican, Oct 27, 2022
• LANL's pit production a year behind schedule, Santa Fe New Mexican, Oct 4, 2022
• COVID-19 created more than a year's worth of delays for pit production at Los Alamos, lab said, Exchange Monitor Publications, Morning Briefing, Sep 27, 2022
• Agency to hold public comment on Los Alamos National Lab sitewide review, Santa Fe New Mexican, (with comment by Greg Mello), Sep 12, 2022
• NNSA, Please Repair Your Broken NEPA Process Or Don’t Bother With It, Los Alamos Reporter, Greg Mello, commentary, Sep 12, 2022
• Letter from New Mexico: "Nuclear Bombs are US," Capitol Hill Citizen, Carol Miller, Sep 2022
• County Receives Special Use Permit Application For Self-Storage Facility At Mari Mac Shopping Center, Los Alamos Reporter Sep 7, 2022
• Los Alamos National Laboratory 2021 Campus Master Plan Reveals Plans For Extensive Infrastructure Transformation, Los Alamos Reporter Sep 5, 2022
• LANL's astounding growth also creates added pressure on safety, accountability, Santa Fe New Mexican, Aug 29, 2022
• Watchdog groups call review at US nuclear lab ‘sham’ process, Associated Press, Aug 19, 2022
• Federal agency to conduct sitewide review of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Santa Fe New Mexican, Aug 19, 2022
• Federal report: LANL has deficiencies in fire safety systems,Santa Fe New Mexican, Jul 26, 2022
• Faulty ventilation seal caused radioactive leak at LANL, Santa Fe New Mexican, Jul 7, 2022
• Oversight office says LANL operator safer than predecessor but still lacking, Santa Fe New Mexican, Jun 21, 2022
• Nuclear agency plans five new plutonium buildings at Los Alamos lab, Santa Fe New Mexican, May 18, 2022
• Escalation in Ukraine: The Nuclear War Danger is Real, Brian Becker & Greg Mello discuss the U.S. policy of waging proxy war on Russia, BreakThrough News, May 4, 2022
• NNSA, Pentagon ‘sorting out’ pit needs; new pits are ‘a hedge,’ NNSA administrator says, Exchange Monitor, Apr 29, 2022
• NATO, Russia and Nuclear Threats, Institute for Public Accuracy, Apr 15, 2022
• US nuclear agency sued over public records requests, Associated Press, Apr 6, 2022
– Also published in the Santa Fe New Mexican, myplainview.com, El Paso, Inc.
• The core debate: A multi-billion-dollar project to make plutonium cores... Searchlight New Mexico, Mar 23, 2022
– With Russia at war in Ukraine, US ramps up nuclear-weapons mission at Los Alamos. Is it a 'real necessity'?, USA Today, Mar 23, 2022
– Also published in the Alamogordo Daily News, Carlsbad Current Argus, Farmington Daily Times, Las Cruces Sun-News, Ruidoso News, Silver City Sun-News & The Paper - Albuquerque.
• The Huge Gap Between How Serious Nuclear War Is And How Seriously It’s Being Taken, caitlanjohnstone.com, Mar 16, 2022
• Nuclear expert speaks on the dangers of war between the US and Russia, World Socialist Web Site, Mar 15, 2022
• Indigenous pueblos, environmentalists fight back against Los Alamos intrusion onto sacred land, Liberation, Mar 10, 2022
• A Proposed Solution to the Ukraine War, linked on The Automatic Earth, Mar 8, 2022
• A Proposed Solution to the Ukraine War, Zeit-Fragen Cooperative, Current Concerns, Mar 7, 2022
• A Proposed Solution to the Ukraine War,Consortium News, Greg Mello, Mar 7, 2022
• Government Watchdog: LANL's planned steam power plant lacks promised savings, Santa Fe New Mexican, Feb 15, 2022
• LANL contractor gets good rating from feds but had safety lapses, Santa Fe New Mexican, Feb 10, 2022
• NNSA Announces New Progress On Los Alamos National Laboratory Plutonium Pit Production Production, Los Alamos Reporter, Jan 14, 2022
• Nuclear Madness + Leadership Acquiescence = Extreme Risk to All, Retake our Democracy, Jan 14, 2022
• Archbishop Wester Says Urgency Of Nuclear Disarmament Conversation Is Clear, Los Alamos Reporter, Jan 11, 2022
• Los Alamos Study Group Responds To DOE/NNSA Announcement Of Plans For LANL Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement, Los Alamos Reporter, Jan 8, 2022
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