Petition updateProtect Vulnerable NM Communities: Halt Radioactive Tritium Release from LANLVictory -- for now

Tewa Women United
Apr 5, 2020
Together, a growing community effort and global pandemic have stopped the proposed venting of radioactive tritium stored at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), for now. On Wednesday, April 1st, the Department of Energy (DOE) notified the New Mexico Environment Department by email that it will postpone its plans to vent the four containers of radioactive tritium,.
Our profound thanks to all of you who responded to this Action Alert, signed this petition (more than 3,100), and contacted Congressional representatives. Your voices have made a difference.
While we are greatly relieved that the plans for this release have been postponed, please know the fight is not over. We will keep you posted about how we can work together to stop these radioactive releases completely, ensure that a public process is in place, that there is government to government consultation with Pueblos, and no increase in future LANL production.
Special thanks to our friends at Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety who have done so much groundwork on this fight. Please read their article on this victory here: http://nuclearactive.org/lanl-postpones-tritium-releases-due-to-global-pandemic/
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