Exchange Monitor, Oct. 17, 2025 Wayne Barber While sad to see what is designed as a five-person panel of experts fall to a lone member, the departing acting chair of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) feels cautiously optimistic about its future during a time of government cutbacks. During an interview Thursday with Exchange Monitor, DNFSB Acting … [Read more...] about Departing DNFSB acting head cautiously optimistic on watchdog’s future
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A few minutes ago, Kyrgyzstan signed and Ghana ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)! We now have an absolute majority of countries on board the treaty, recognising that their power together can push the nuclear armed states to end the nuclear threat for good. This would not have been possible without the ongoing and dedicated efforts of our … [Read more...] about We have great news!
Ignores Public Input, Alternatives Statement by Dr. Dylan Spaulding, Union of Concerned Scientists
Published Sep 9, 2025 https://www.ucs.org/about/news/rushed-tritium-venting-ignores-public-input Yesterday, the New Mexico Environment Department approved Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the National Nuclear Security Administration to release gas from tritium waste containers stored in New Mexico. The choice to vent tritium from waste containers into the … [Read more...] about Ignores Public Input, Alternatives Statement by Dr. Dylan Spaulding, Union of Concerned Scientists
Aging US ICBM Could Be Extended Until 2050, Air Force Tells GAO
By Tony Capaccio / September 10, 2025 09:47AM ET / Bloomberg Government Air Force officials have told congressional auditors it’s feasible to extend, until 2050, Boeing Co.’s aging Minuteman III nuclear missiles that have been the ground-based leg of the US-nuclear triad arsenal for more than half a century. The extension would add 11 years to the planned … [Read more...] about Aging US ICBM Could Be Extended Until 2050, Air Force Tells GAO