News release, June 4, 2019 – SRS Watch, Nuclear Watch New Mexico, Tri-Valley CAREs
On behalf of three public interest organizations – Nuclear Watch New Mexico, Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment and Savannah River Site Watch – attorneys for the law firm of Meyer Glitzenstein & Eubanks and the Natural Resources Defense Council recently sent a 16-page letter to Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). The detailed letter warns the nuclear agency to not proceed with aggressive plans to expand plutonium pit production without first meeting its legal requirements for timely public review and comment under the National Environmental Policy Act.
The three nuclear watchdog groups met with members of Congress and key committees to discuss the pit production issue at the national Alliance for Nuclear Accountability DC Days in mid-May. Nearly 70 activists from a dozen states hosting nuclear weapons sites held more than 90 meetings with members of Congress and executive branch offices during the 3-day event.