Nuclear policy

New Mexico officials say they’re still at an ‘impasse’ with feds over spreading chromium plume

Los Alamos National Laboratory and federal Energy Department have not complied with February lawsuit demands, state says

August 18, 2026

New Mexico

New Mexico environment officials mandate more legacy nuclear waste at WIPP

The new permit puts the focus back on cleanup

April 24, 2026

LANL expecting boon from Congressional spending bill; still faces workforce housing crunch

LANL expects to hire 800 to 1,000 new employees next year

July 31, 2025

Lawmakers, N.M. downwinders commemorate 80th anniversary of Trinity test

This year’s events come as New Mexicans become eligible for federal compensation

July 17, 2025

Associated Press New Mexico

Supreme Court clears the way for temporary nuclear waste storage in Texas and New Mexico

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday restarted plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas…

June 18, 2025

State environment department adds terms for Los Alamos National Lab radioactive gas release

Issue concerns containers containing tritium that require pressure release by 2028

June 11, 2025

New Mexico delegation, radiation victims renew call for compensation

June 10, 2025 marks one year since federal Radiation Exposure Compensation Act expired

June 10, 2025

Supreme Court wrestles with nation’s frustrating search for nuclear waste storage

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with whether to restart plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at…

March 5, 2025

DOGE is trying to close a field office that directly manages a nuclear waste site

Waste is transported into disposal rooms underground at WIPP. Courtesy WIPP/DOE.cca The world has only one working deep geologic repository…

March 4, 2025

Public rails against plutonium pit production during LANL meeting

The meeting was focused on a draft site-wide environmental impact statement for lab operations

February 13, 2025

RECA legislation reintroduced in the U.S. Senate

Bill would provide compensation for New Mexico downwinders, uranium workers

January 27, 2025

Supreme Court steps into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New Mexico

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to step into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste…

October 4, 2024

Elemental questions

After Searchlight New Mexico and other news outlets published a researcher’s findings of 80-year-old plutonium contamination in Los Alamos’ Acid…

September 19, 2024

‘We were expendable’: Downwinders from world’s 1st atomic test are on a mission to tell their story

The documentary ‘First We Bombed New Mexico’ is racking up awards from film festivals

August 26, 2024

Nuclear Watch New Mexico calls for comprehensive plutonium cleanup at LANL

Data indicates plutonium contamination has migrated through the subsurface and into important water sources

April 26, 2024

The ‘clock is ticking’ on RECA

Downwinders call on public to pressure House speaker

March 27, 2024

RECA expansion cut from latest defense bill compromise

The fund for people exposed to radiation is set to expire in summer next year

December 7, 2023

How a Louisiana appeals ruling could impact nuclear waste storage in New Mexico

Appeals court vacates Texas spent-fuel storage license that may have ripple effects, nuclear watchdogs say

September 4, 2023

Deliverance for downwinders: As the clock winds down on federal compensation, one woman’s mission ramps up

New Mexicans harmed by the world’s first nuclear bomb test will finally win assistance if Tina Cordova has her way.

July 5, 2023