by Snake River Alliance | Dec 17, 2014 | Nuclear
On December 1 the Idaho Statesman reprinted an article from the LA Times headlined “New Nuclear Weapons Needed, Many Experts Say.” The central lament of these “experts” is that the US arsenal is obsolete. It is not. The US nuclear arsenal, which is the largest...
by Snake River Alliance | Dec 2, 2014 | Clean Energy Program, Nuclear
Join the Snake River Alliance in creating strong citizen opposition to counter the new push for increased nuclear weapons production and testing. The spending for nuclear weapons is grotesque and must not be expanded! Idaho is already burdened with contaminated land...
by Snake River Alliance | Sep 27, 2013 | Alliance Publications, Nuclear
The United States should not spend one more dime on new nuclear weapons. But the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the semi-autonomous, mostly secret, nuclear weapons arm of DOE, has blown billions of dollars on cost overruns alone. That’s right. The...
by Snake River Alliance | Apr 13, 2012 | Nuclear
Let’s Get a New START! In a handful of days, Idaho Senator James Risch can play a key role in ratifying the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty—New START—between Russia and the US to verifiably cut their nuclear arsenals. We will all be more secure if he does. And you...
by Snake River Alliance | Apr 2, 2012 | Nuclear
NRC postpones weapons nuke waste meeting UPI August 30, 2006 By Ben Lando U.S. nuclear regulators have postponed a Thursday meeting with the U.S. Energy Department in an ongoing dispute over the disposal of nuclear weapons waste. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission...
