Action Alert! Santa Fe County Protective Resolution about LANL Chromium Plume, Safety and Security Issues, and Plans to Expand Plutonium Pit Production

Hearing:  Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 2 pm

Santa Fe County Commission Chambers at 102 Grant Avenue, Santa Fe

Given the recent Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board reports,[1] and articles by the Santa Fe New Mexican[2] and Center for Public Integrity[3] about the chromium and perchlorate plume below LANL; the safety and security issues; and plans to expand plutonium pit production; the proposed Resolution requests:

• the New Mexico Environment Department strengthen the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Cleanup Consent Order to require additional characterization of legacy nuclear waste;
• the Department of Energy to
  • request increased cleanup funding from Congress;
  • significantly increase safety training; and
  • suspend any planned expanded plutonium pit production until safety issues are resolved.

https://www.santafecountynm.gov/documents/agendas/packet_materials/BCC11-14-2017part16.pdf

If you cannot attend, please contact your Commissioner and their Liaison at

(505) 986-6200 and urge them to support the Resolution: 

Commission Chair and District 1 Commissioner Henry Roybal – hproybal@santafecountynm.gov

Constituent Services Liaison – Orlando Romero – oromero@santafecountynm.gov
505-986-6328

Commission Vice-Chair and District 2 Commissioner Anna Hansen – ahansen@santafecountynm.gov

Constituent Services Liaison – Maria Rotunda – mrotunda@santafecountynm.gov
(505) 986-6263

District 3 Commissioner Robert A. Anaya – ranaya@santafecountynm.gov

Constituent Services Liaison – Christopher M. Barela – cmbarela@santafecountynm.gov – 505.986.6377

District 4 Commissioner Anna T. Hamilton – athamilton@santafecountynm.gov

Constituent Services Liaison – Tina Salazar – tsalazar@santafecountynm.gov
505.986.6319

District 5 Commissioner Ed Moreno – edmoreno@santafecountynm.gov

Constituent Services Liaison – Julia Valdez – javaldez@santafecountynm.gov
505.986.6202

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[1] Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board reports: https://www.dnfsb.gov/documents/reports

[2] Santa Fe New Mexican articles:  http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/full-extent-of-chromium-plume-remains-unknown/article_b176fcaf-f891-599e-aa05-a5aeeb1b67de.html

news/wait-for-los-alamos-chromium-plume-cleanup-not-uncommon/article_60562fda-ab20-5789-b3da-dd2cdca13109.html

[3] Center for Public Integrity Nuclear Negligence series at https://apps.publicintegrity.org/nuclear-negligence/ https://www.publicintegrity.org/2017/10/19/21217/gop-chair-nuclear-safety-agency-secretly-urges-trump-abolish-it

https://www.publicintegrity.org/2017/11/09/21261/energy-undersecretary-wants-nuclear-safety-reports-hidden-public