Action You Can Take NOW to Stop Nuclear Weapons Testing

In response to the president’s call to resume testing of nuclear weapons, contact  your two United States Senators to support Senate Resolution 323 that urges the United States to lead a global effort to halt and reverse the nuclear arms race.  https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/sres323/BILLS-119sres323is.pdf

Introduced on July 16, 2025 – 80 years since the first atomic bomb test at the Trinity Test Site – Senate Resolution 323 calls for the leadership of the United States to prevent testing of nuclear weapons again. To learn more about the Resolution and its sponsors – https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/323

It recognizes that in less than 100 days, the 2010 Treaty between the United States and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, or the New START Treaty, is set to expire on February 5, 2026.  The Resolution recognizes that fact and states in part:

Resolved, That the Senate calls on the President to

actively pursue a world free of nuclear weapons as a national security imperative; and

lead a global effort to halt and reverse a global nuclear arms race and prevent nuclear war by—

engaging in good faith negotiations with—

the other 8 nuclear armed countries to—

halt any further buildup of nuclear arsenals; and

aggressively pursue a verifiable and irreversible agreement or agreements to verifiably reduce and eliminate their nuclear arsenals according to negotiated timetables;

the Russian Federation to pursue and conclude new nuclear arms control and disarmament arrangements with the Russian Federation to prevent a buildup of nuclear forces beyond current levels; and

the People’s Republic of China on mutual nuclear risk reduction and arms control measures;

leading the effort to have all nuclear-armed countries renounce the option of using nuclear weapons first;

implementing effective checks and balances on the sole authority of the President, as Commander-in-Chief, to order the use of United States nuclear weapons;

ending the Cold War-era ‘‘hair-trigger alert’’ posture, which increases the risk of catastrophic miscalculation in a crisis;

ending plans to produce and deploy new nuclear warheads and delivery systems, which would reduce the burden on taxpayers in the United States;

maintaining the de facto global moratorium on nuclear explosive testing;

protecting communities and workers affected by nuclear weapons by –

fully remediating the deadly legacy of environmental contamination from past and current nuclear weapons testing, development, production, storage, and maintenance activities;

providing health monitoring, compensation, and medical care to those who have and will be harmed by nuclear weapons research, testing, and production, including through an expanded program under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note); and

actively planning a just economic transition for the civilian and military workforce involved in the development, testing, production, management, and dismantlement of nuclear weapons and for the communities that are economically dependent on nuclear weapons laboratories, production facilities, and military bases.

1. Friday, October 31^st from noon to 1 pm – Join the nuclear disarmament community at the intersection of East Alameda and Sandoval in Santa Fe for the weekly peaceful protest in support of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Join with Veterans for Peace, CCNS, Nuclear Watch NM, Loretto Community, New Mexico Peace Fest, Pax Christi and others. Bring your flags, signs and banners.

2. Watch A House of Dynamite on Netflix. Read Joe Cirincione’s article A House of Dynamite Explodes the Missile Defense Myth: It is no wonder the interceptors fail in the film. This is an accurate portrayal of what is likely to happen in a crisis in New Republic (October 15, 2025). Cirincione is a national security analyst and author in Washington, D.C.

3. New 11-Week ONLINE Course from Monday, November 3, 2025 to Monday, February 2, 2026 about Nuclear Weapons & Radiation – Health Risks & Advocacy Training by Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) and Generational Radiation Impact Project (GRIP) to prepare you to testify in the hearings next spring about the proposed plutonium pit production for new nuclear weapons.  We need a massive turnout by people to oppose this escalation of a new nuclear arms race. PSR and GRIP are looking to enlist a new generation of health professionals and activists who are equipped to step forward with the medical / health voice on social decisions like whether to make new nuclear weapons… whether to resume testing…

For more information, and to register on or before Friday, October 31st with sliding scale and scholarship option at

https://psr.org/radiation-and-nuclear-weapons-health-risks-and-advocacy-training/

4. Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 9 am MT – Open Seminar with the authors of “What is ‘Restorative Justice’ after the Church Rock Uranium Spill?” The article was recently published in the Journal of Disaster Studies (JDS). Event hosted by JDS and University of California EcoGovLab. https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article/971161

 The article’s authors are: Teracita Keyanna (Red Water Pond Community Association, Navajo Nation) | Thomas De Pree & Cheryl Jim (Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute) | Chris Shuey  & Kirena E. Y. Tsosie (Southwest Research and Information Center) | Mallery Quetawki (University of New Mexico). Zoom registration at https://uci.zoom.us/meeting/register/C6-uxA-bTXmKuN6E_stf8w#/registration

5. Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 10:30 am MT – Experts React: Netflix’s ‘A House of Dynamite,’ hosted by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Hear from the experts about the film, the questions it raises and how the film can spark more conversation about arms control and deterrence. Registration at https://pages.thebulletin.org/ahod

6. Subject to rescheduling due to federal government shutdown – Thursday, November 6 from 4 to 6 pm – HYBRID WIPP Community Forum at Southwest New Mexico College, Room 103, Main Building, 1500 University Drive, Carlsbad, NM, hosted by U.S. Department of Energy’s Carlsbad Field Office and Salado Isolation Mining Contractors (SIMCO). There will be a short update about the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) with a question and answer period to follow.  Bring your questions about getting the Waste Off the Hill.  To register:  https://wipp.energy.gov/wipp_news_20251001.asp   

7. Subject to rescheduling due to federal government shutdown – Wednesday, November 12 from 3 to 5 pm – LANL Public Training Session for the Electronic Public Reading Room and IntellusNM public environmental data portal on MS Teams. IntellusNM is the data portal that provides continuous public access to the environmental data collect on and around LANL.  It is jointly managed by the New Mexico Environment Department DOE Oversight Bureau (NMED-OB) and LANL contractors, N3B and Triad.  For more information:  envoutreach@lanl.gov or call 505-551-4514.

8. Thursday, November 13^th and Friday, November 14^th – International Uranium Film Festival at the Navajo National Museum in Window Rock, Arizona. The IUFF showcases an array of compelling films and explores the detrimental impacts of the uranium fuel chain on communities around the world. Organizers believe the films are a necessary part of the ongoing resistance to nuclear, specifically for public health and harm reduction efforts. For more information, visit: https://uraniumfilmfestival.org/