We’re very honored to have been nominated by the Arms Control Association in Washington, DC for “Arms Control Person(s) of the Year,” along with fellow groups with which we are working! This is for our our work on the environmental lawsuit on plutonium pit production (for new nuclear warheads) by the U.S. Department of Energy.
See our October 3, 2024 news release about the NEPA lawsuit: https://srswatch.org/major-victory-on-plutonium-pit-production-court-rules-u-s-nuclear-weapons-production-plan-violates-federal-law/
Arms Control Association news release of December 23, 2024 here: https://www.armscontrol.org/pressroom/2024-12/2024-arms-control-persons-year-nominees-announced
Be sure to vote for our nomination: https://www.armscontrol.org/acpoy/2024
“2024 Arms Control Person(s) of the Year Nominees Announced”
(Washington, D.C.)—Since 2007, the independent, nongovernmental Arms Control Association has nominated individuals and institutions that have, in the previous 12 months, advanced effective arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament solutions and raised awareness of the threats and the human impacts posed by mass casualty weapons.
“In a field that is often focused on grave threats and negative developments, our Arms Control Person(s) of the Year contest aims to highlight several positive initiatives—some at the grassroots level, some on the international scale—designed to advance disarmament, nuclear security, and international peace, security, the protection of civilians in war, and/or the rule of law,” noted Daryl G. Kimball, executive director.
“These nominees and their outstanding efforts during the past year illustrate how many different people can, in a variety of creative and sometimes courageous ways, contribute to a safer world for the generations of today and tomorrow,” he added.
This year’s nominees are listed below and a link to the online ballot is available at ArmsControl.org/ACPOY.
Voting will take place between Dec. 13, 2024, and Jan. 13, 2025. Follow the discussion on social media using the hashtag #ACPOY2024.
A full list of previous winners is available at ArmsControl.org/ACPOY/previous.
The 2024 nominee…..include SRS Watch:
Savannah River Site Watch, Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment, the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition, Nuclear Watch New Mexico, and The South Carolina Environmental Law Project for filing a National Environmental Policy Act lawsuit challenging the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) plan to produce 80 plutonium cores for nuclear weapons per year. A U.S. district court ruled that NNSA violated the law by not properly considering alternatives.
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Concerning the federal lawsuit, we are now in negotiation with the Department of Justice/DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration and aim to come to a settlement in early January. On December 13, the court extended our negotiating deadline to Jan. 17, 2025. See request for timeline extension here: 224 Dec 12 2024