Workshop by SRS Watch & other groups – how to comment on the Programmatic EIS on plutonium pit-production at the Savannah River Site & Los Alamos – for new nuclear weapons over the next 50 years – May 22, 6-7:30 p.m. ET
Flyer (image above):
Virtual Workshop:
Nationwide programmatic environmental impact statement on the expanded production
of plutonium “pit” bomb cores
of plutonium “pit” bomb cores
Making Effective Comments at the Upcoming Public Hearings…
Why: Speak your mind at an upcoming hearing on the
government’s plan to produce up to 120 new plutonium
pits per year for nuclear weapons for the next 50 years!
government’s plan to produce up to 120 new plutonium
pits per year for nuclear weapons for the next 50 years!
When: Thursday, May 22 at 3 – 4:30 PM PST / 6 – 7:30 EST
Zoom Link: https://tinyurl.com/3tta9vey
Background: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, Nuclear Watch New Mexico, Savannah
River Site Watch and Tri-Valley CAREs successfully sued the National Nuclear Security Administration
(NNSA) over its failure to complete a required nationwide “programmatic environmental impact statement”
(PEIS) for its most costly program ever, the expanded production of plutonium “pit” bomb cores. No future
production is to maintain the safety and reliability of the existing nuclear weapons stockpile. Instead, all pit
River Site Watch and Tri-Valley CAREs successfully sued the National Nuclear Security Administration
(NNSA) over its failure to complete a required nationwide “programmatic environmental impact statement”
(PEIS) for its most costly program ever, the expanded production of plutonium “pit” bomb cores. No future
production is to maintain the safety and reliability of the existing nuclear weapons stockpile. Instead, all pit
production will be for new design nuclear weapons. (See our group news release of May 9 linked here.)
In 2026, there will be in-person meetings on the draft PEIS in Aiken, SC and around the country.
To meet its enforced legal obligation, the NNSA is holding two virtual “scoping” hearings (from which a draft PEIS will be prepared):
Tuesday, May 27, 2025: 5:00-7:30 pm EST &
Wednesday, May 28, 2025: 7:00 pm-9:30 pm EST
Wednesday, May 28, 2025: 7:00 pm-9:30 pm EST
Talking points and suggested scoping comments
• Explanation of procedural process
• Question & answers with subject matter experts
• Explanation of procedural process
• Question & answers with subject matter experts
Sponsored by:
Nuclear Watch New Mexico
Tri-Valley CAREs
Savannah River Site Watch, Columbia, SC – https://srswatch.org/
Union of Concerned Scientists