CCNS
Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety


CCNS News Archive Index 2004


The following is a listing of the CCNS News Update going back to January 7, 2003.


December 29, 2004

Rocky Flats to Open for Recreational Use


December 22, 2004

NRC Blocks Public Access to LES Documents


December 15, 2004

DOD Reduces Environmental Responsibilities


December 8, 2004

DOE Inspector General Questions Reliability of Los Alamos Neutron Science Center


December 1, 2004

Richardson Withholds Support for LES


November 24, 2004

NMED to Hear Comments on Sandia's Mixed Waste Landfill


November 17, 2004

Dixon Community Members Host Forum on Emergency Preparedness


November 10, 2004

EPA Grants Comment Period on Surface Water Requirements at LANL


November 3, 2004

Illegal Waste Shipped from Hanford to WIPP


October 27, 2004

Governor Bill Richardson Requests that Operations Cease at LANL's TA-18


October 20, 2004

Navy Closes Project ELF


October 13, 2004

Congress Approves DOE Waste Classification Rules


October 6, 2004

NMED Funding Shortfall Compels Air Monitoring Cuts


September 29, 2004

Santa Fe City Council Opposes Continued Operations at LANL's TA-18


September 22, 2004

EPA Denies Public Participation in Negotiating Surface Water Monitoring Requirements at LANL


September 15, 2004

Academy Award Winning Filmmaker Visits New Mexico to Help Stop LES


September 8, 2004

LANL Prepares to Reopen


September 1, 2004

NMED Fines DOE $2.4 Million for Improper Shipments to WIPP


August 25, 2004

DOE Inspector General Finds Five Weapons Sites Unprepared for Emergencies


August 18, 2004

Independent Scientist Finds LANL Contaminants Moving Towards the Rio Grande


August 11, 2004

Groups Ask LANL to Explain Plutonium Inventory Discrepancy


August 4, 2004

Groups Nationwide Call on 2004 Presidential Candidates to Address U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex


July 28, 2004

CDC Extends Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment Project for Five Years


July 21, 2004

EPA to Discuss Upcoming WIPP Recertification


July 14, 2004

LANL Director Nanos Addresses Security Breaches at LANL


July 7, 2004

General Accounting Office Says Funds for Cleanup of Uranium Enrichment Facilities Insufficient


June 30, 2004

NNSA Fines LANL for Critical Safety Violations


June 23, 2004

NRC Holds Conference to Discuss License for Uranium Enrichment Facility


June 16, 2004

House Drastically Cuts Funding for Yucca Mountain


June 9, 2004

House of Representatives Cuts 2005 Nuclear Weapons Budget


June 2, 2004

Amendment Prohibiting High-Level Waste Reclassification Fails in the Senate


May 26, 2004

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Questions Safety of LANL's TA-18


May 19, 2004

Over 150 Community Groups Ask Congress to Cut High-Level Waste Budget Provisions


May 12, 2004

United Nations Meets to Discuss Non-Proliferation Treaty


May 5, 2004

NRC Legal Team Requests that NMED Concerns about Uranium Enrichment Facility Be Dismissed


April 28, 2004

DOE Threatens to Cut Funding for Independent WIPP Oversight Group


April 21, 2004

New Documentary Chronicles New Mexico's Nuclear History


April 14, 2004

LANL Addresses Recent Findings of Groundwater Contamination


April 7, 2004

EPA Moves to Allow Remote-Handled Waste at WIPP


March 31, 2004

CDC to Continue Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment Project


March 24, 2004

Director Pete Nanos Gives 2004 State of LANL Address


March 17, 2004

CDC's Document Retrieval Project at LANL Receives Additional Support


March 10, 2004

NRC Hears Comments on Environmental Impact Statement for Uranium Enrichment Facility


March 3, 2004

National Academy of Sciences Meets to Discuss Criteria for LANL Management Contract


February 25, 2004

DOE Withdraws Plan to Allow Nuclear Facilities to Self-Regulate Safety Standards


February 18, 2004

Governor Richardson Wavers on LES Endorsement


February 11, 2004

NNSA Proposes Limited Access to LANL Property


February 4, 2004

NNSA Repeals Finding of No Significant Impact for Bioweapons Lab at LANL


January 28, 2004

NNSA Delays Modern Pit Facility Indefinitely


January 21, 2004

NNSA Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement for CMR Building Replacement


January 14, 2004

Four People Hospitalized Following Uranium Leak in Illinois


January 7, 2004

DOE and LANL Present their Risk-Based Cleanup Plan



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