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Recent products & presentations
 • Bulletin 301: Oppose the war! Demand and create accountability for lawmakers who fund and promote more war in Ukraine, May 16, 2022
 • Grave dangers loom in Ukraine war votes and escalations; opportunities open for journalists and citizens; We urge news media to widen debate, pose questions, create accountability, press release, May 16, 2022
 • NNSA budget request for Los Alamos warhead "pit" project adds five proposed plutonium buildings, fresh rad waste cost overruns, adding $329 million to LANL pit costs, press release, May 9, 2022
 • Warhead plutonium modernization spending, actual & proposed by site, May 6, 2022
 • Bulletin 300: NNSA: early pit production a "hedge," not strictly necessary; is there a "pit gap?", May 3, 2022
 • Bulletin 299: Emergency call to action: stop Biden's proposed $33 billion war escalation, Apr 28, 2022
 • Bulletin 298: Talk on pits & renewed U.S. nuclear weapons production Tuesday evening 4/26/22; antiwar billboard; what you can do, Apr 25, 2022
 • Bulletin 297: LANL pit production is incapable of meaningfully contributing to production requirements, Apr 11, 2022
 • Pit production worksheet, references omitted, Apr 11, 2022
 • Lawsuit seeks agency plans to accelerate production of nuclear warhead cores; Largest program in agency history is effectively secret -- and in trouble, Apr 6, 2022
 • Bulletin 296: The troubled logistics of LANL pit production: how will LANL staff and contractors get to work?, Mar 26, 2022
 • How Will LANL Staff and Contractors Get to Work?, Mar 11, 2022
 • Bulletin 295: "The core debate," Mar 23, 2022
 • Bulletin 294: Please consider forwarding this fine statement from UNAC re Ukraine, Mar 23, 2022
 • In Search of Legitimacy: Peace Grant Making of U.S. Philanthropic Foundations, 1988-1996, Sada Aksartova, Mar 2003 (old, but of renewed importance)
 • Biden nuclear agency plan continues all current and proposed warhead and bombs; 6 warhead programs to run simultaneously, press release, Mar 17, 2022
 • Los Alamos warhead "pit" production preparations begin dangerous 24/7 work in struggle to meet deadlines; STRATCOM: "unlimited money" would not be enough to meet 2030 deadline, Mar 10, 2022
 • Bulletin 293: Ukraine conflict: If you want a ceasefire (as we do), stop firing, Mar 5, 2022
 • Bulletin 292: Statement on the Ukraine conflict and war with Russia, Mar 1, 2022
 • The Ukraine Conflict: What's Behind It? Why Is It Important? Sep 26, 2015 presentation, reposted Feb 25, 2022
 • DOE Inspector General: $128 Million Contract to Upgrade Los Alamos Power Plant with Private Financing May Be Illegal, Feb 15, 2022
 • Nuclear Warhead Agency Admits Los Alamos Likely to Miss Interim Warhead Core Deadlines, Review of value, cost, of Los Alamos factory needed, press release, Feb 12, 2022
 • NNSA’s Evaluation Of Triad’s Performance Last Year: More Candor Please. There Is Trouble Ahead, Mello op-ed, Los Alamos Reporter, Feb 11, 2022
 • Nuclear Agency releases 2021 contractor evaluations for LANL and other sites, press release, Feb 10, 2022
 • Bulletin 291: Don't enable a crash program for new ICBM warheads!, Jan 26, 2022
 • Can Santa Fe survive as a nuclear weapons suburb?, Mello, Santa Fe New Mexican,Jan 16, 2022
 • Organizations Call for Elimination of ‘Launch on Warning’ Land-Based Nuclear Missiles in the United States;Crash Program of Plutonium Warhead Core ("Pit") Production at Los Alamos Predicated Solely on Novel Missile Warheads, in Larger Numbers, press release, Jan 12, 2022
 • Is the Department of Energy (DOE) going to conduct a new Site Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and if so what would it mean?, press note, Jan 7, 2022
 • Assuring Destruction Forever, 2022 edition, Reaching Critical Will, WILPF, Jan 2022, (includes US chapter by LASG)

2021- LASG products & presentations
 • Bulletin 290: Please help support our work in the coming year; positions available; good news for 2022, Dec 31, 2021
 • Bulletin 289: NNSA lukewarm about plan to produce plutonium pits at LANL; new NDAA requires reporting on changing costs, risks, pit requirements, and a real waste plan, Dec 23, 2021
 • Bulletin 288: US nuclear weapons since 2020: continuity and change, Dec 7, 2021
 • US nuclear weapons since 2020: continuity & change, Dec 7, 2021
     – Update on US Nuclear Weapons Modernization for the International Disarmament Community, May 13, 2020
 • How New Mexico Could Become A Climate Leader, Greg Mello, Los Alamos Reporter, Nov 24, 2021
 • Bulletin 287: Nov 5 demonstration and workshops; NM greenhouse gas emissions have risen by about half under the current administration; legislative testimony on plutonium pit production, Nov 22, 2021
 • Unprecedented weapons production mission at LANL threatens regional decline, loss of autonomy: what can this committee do?, Greg Mello, slides, Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee, Nov 12, 2021
     – Video of Greg Mello's testimony
     – LASG followup letter to RHMC Chair Sen Steinborn, Nov 13, 2021
 • Reclaim resources, build resilient communities -- not plutonium bombs, LASG demonstration, plenary workshops, & dialogue, Fri, Nov 5, 2021
 • Join the Los Alamos Study Group on Friday, Nov. 5th, east side of State Capitol, 12:00 to 5:00 pm for a demonstration, plenary workshops, and dialogue; Reclaim resources, build resilient communities -- not plutonium bombs, press release, Nov 2, 2021
 • Bulletin 286: Demonstration and workshops Nov. 5 in Santa Fe; LANL estimates $18 billion in pit costs this decade, ≥$80 million/pit, Oct 28, 2021
 • Will energy monopolies & the nuclear cartel control NM's future?, LASG full-page ad, Santa Fe New Mexican, Sun, Oct 24, 2021
 • Will energy monopolies & the nuclear cartel control NM's future?, LASG double-page ad, Santa Fe Reporter, Oct 20, 2021
 • LANL pit production: fifth failure in progress, LASG presentation, Sep 30, 2021
     – video of presentation on our YouTube channel
 • How deep a ‘pit’ will Biden dig at LANL?, Mello, Los Alamos Reporter, Sep 29, 2021
 • How deep a ‘pit’ will Biden dig at LANL?, Mello, Albuquerque Journal, Sep 26, 2021
 • Plutonium warhead factory under construction near Santa Fe. LASG double-page ad, Santa Fe Reporter, Sep 29, 2021
 • Bulletin 285: NNSA: LANL pits critical for new warhead; full page ads; why LANL can't make enough pits; join us in Santa Fe Sep 30, Sep 22, 2021
 • Plutonium warhead factory under construction near Santa Fe, LASG double-page ad, Santa Fe Reporter, Sep 22, 2021
 • Plutonium warhead factory under construction near Santa Fe, LASG full-page ad, Albuquerque Journal, Sun, Sep 19, 2021
 • Bulletin 284: How deep a ‘pit’ will the new administration dig at Los Alamos before stopping?, Sep 17, 2021
 • Column: How deep a ‘pit’ will the new administration dig at Los Alamos before stopping?, Greg Mello, Aiken Standard, Sep 16, 2021
 • Full-page ad rejected by the Santa Fe New Mexican, Sep 19, 2021
 • Build strong communities, not plutonium bombs, EDDM postcard campaign, Sep 15, 2021
 • Q-station on Central Ave in ABQ, photo by LASG, (see our Jul 28 letter on Q-station), Aug 26, 2021
 • What will NNSA's plutonium pit production cost?, Aug 24, 2021, (with accompanying spreadsheet below)
     – Plutonium expenses based on FY22 Congressional Budget Request final, Aug 24, 2021
 • Build strong communities, not plutonium bombs, LASG door hanger campaign, Aug 2021
     – Door hanger campaign cover letter, Aug 26, 2021
 • NNSA proposes new plutonium processing facility at LANL, Aug 11, 2021
 • Background briefing for new volunteers, Jul 29, 2021
 • Aerial Photos of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and surrounding areas Apr and Jun 2021
 • Bulletin 283 followup: Working links to photos; outreach orientation Thursday pm in Santa Fe, Jul 25, 2021
 • Bulletin 283: Interesting new aerial photos of LANL Jul 23, 2021
 • Bulletin 282: New billboard: "One bomb core: $50 million -- or 1,000 teachers. Choose." Jul 21, 2021
 • Bulletin 281: LANL pit production: fifth failure in progress, Jul 16, 2021
 • LANL Pit Production: Fifth Failure In Progress, Los Alamos Reporter, Jul 15, 2021
 • Los Alamos lab: Plutonium is good for you, Mello, Santa Fe New Mexican, Jul 15, 2021
 • Letter to some congressional staff re: ongoing failure of pit plans at LANL, Jul 8, 2021
 • Faking it: the Biden administration's foreign & nuclear weapons policies. What Can Be Done?, presentation, Jul 1, 2021
 • NNSA approves plutonium warhead core ("pit") factory in South Carolina, press backgrounder, Jun 29, 2021
 • Administration budget for warhead cores ("pits") jumps again, as Biden team struggles with Trump's rushed "double-factory" plan, press release, Jun 1, 2021
 • Scoping comments on the proposed EA for the Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade Project (EPCU) at LANL and the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF), May 21, 2021
 • Los Alamos National Lab seeks up to 100,000 sq. ft. of laboratory space somewhere within 50 miles, press release, May 6, 2021
 • Slides from public discussion, "What you can do," Apr 29, 2021
 • NNSA announces huge cost increase for mysterious LANL plutonium warhead project, press release, Apr 28, 2021
 • Third power line proposed for Los Alamos; environmental assessment process starting, press release, Apr 19, 2021
 • Letter to Santa Fe City Council re: Regional Coalition of LANL Communities (RCLC), Mar 29, 2021
 • Second billboard opposing nuclear bomb factory near Santa Fe installed, press release, Mar 15, 2021
 • LANL leases second office complex in Santa Fe as nuclear weapons growth pushes admin staff off "The Hill", press release, Mar 8, 2021
 • LANL releases 2021 "Site Sustainability Plan" for "rapidly changing and growing mission", press release, Feb 24, 2021
 • "Biophilia vs. the Capitalist Death Cult," or "St. Francis vs. Plutopia," Mello, Santa Fe New Mexican, Feb 21, 2021
 • Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program Environmental Impact Statement (SPDP-EIS) comments, Feb 18, 2021
 • Los Alamos nuclear weapons lab to open offices in Santa Fe; Shift in identity, values feared for "Royal City of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis", press release, Feb 10, 2021
 • New billboard raises awareness of multibillion-dollar plutonium bomb factory under construction near Santa Fe -- meanwhile -- Santa Fe County Commission tacitly endorses expanded LANL plutonium bomb production, press release, Feb 3, 2021
 • Bulletin 280: Human survival, and nuclear disarmament, require revolutionary change , Jan 25, 2021
 • Bulletin 279: Thank you; no Capitol demonstration 1/19/21 obviously; Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; more , Jan 17, 2021

 • "Structural Features Making NNSA an Unusual Federal Agency," memo for VP Biden, 2016

Recent news media
 • Nuclear agency plans five new plutonium buildings at Los Alamos lab, Santa Fe New Mexican, May 18, 2022
 • Escalation in Ukraine: The Nuclear War Danger is Real, Brian Becker & Greg Mello discuss the U.S. policy of waging proxy war on Russia, BreakThrough News, May 4, 2022
 • NNSA, Pentagon ‘sorting out’ pit needs; new pits are ‘a hedge,’ NNSA administrator says, Exchange Monitor, Apr 29, 2022
 • NATO, Russia and Nuclear Threats, Institute for Public Accuracy, Apr 15, 2022
 • US nuclear agency sued over public records requests, Associated Press, Apr 6, 2022
     – Also published in the Santa Fe New Mexican, myplainview.com, El Paso, Inc.
 • The core debate: A multi-billion-dollar project to make plutonium cores... Searchlight New Mexico, Mar 23, 2022
     – With Russia at war in Ukraine, US ramps up nuclear-weapons mission at Los Alamos. Is it a 'real necessity'?, USA Today, Mar 23, 2022
     – Also published in the Alamogordo Daily News, Carlsbad Current Argus, Farmington Daily Times, Las Cruces Sun-News, Ruidoso News, Silver City Sun-News & The Paper - Albuquerque.
 • The Huge Gap Between How Serious Nuclear War Is And How Seriously It’s Being Taken, caitlanjohnstone.com, Mar 16, 2022
 • Nuclear expert speaks on the dangers of war between the US and Russia, World Socialist Web Site, Mar 15, 2022
 • Indigenous pueblos, environmentalists fight back against Los Alamos intrusion onto sacred land, Liberation, Mar 10, 2022
 • A Proposed Solution to the Ukraine War, linked on The Automatic Earth, Mar 8, 2022
 • A Proposed Solution to the Ukraine War, Zeit-Fragen Cooperative, Current Concerns, Mar 7, 2022
 • A Proposed Solution to the Ukraine War,Consortium News, Greg Mello, Mar 7, 2022
 • Government Watchdog: LANL's planned steam power plant lacks promised savings, Santa Fe New Mexican, Feb 15, 2022
 • LANL contractor gets good rating from feds but had safety lapses, Santa Fe New Mexican, Feb 10, 2022
 • NNSA Announces New Progress On Los Alamos National Laboratory Plutonium Pit Production Production, Los Alamos Reporter, Jan 14, 2022
 • Nuclear Madness + Leadership Acquiescence = Extreme Risk to All, Retake our Democracy, Jan 14, 2022
 • Archbishop Wester Says Urgency Of Nuclear Disarmament Conversation Is Clear, Los Alamos Reporter, Jan 11, 2022
 • Los Alamos Study Group Responds To DOE/NNSA Announcement Of Plans For LANL Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement, Los Alamos Reporter, Jan 8, 2022

2021 - media
 • New Mexico tribes concerned about plan to power nuclear lab, Associated Press, Dec 29, 2021
 • Some LANL plutonium stored in vulnerable containers, Santa Fe New Mexican, Dec 22, 2021
 • Bill with cleanup funds for LANL, Cannon and Holloman bases heads to president, Santa Fe New Mexican, Dec 16, 2021
 • Mason: LANL gearing up to produce nuclear triggers, Santa Fe New Mexican, Dec 2, 2021
 • LANL's improperly stored nuclear safes raise larger concerns, Santa Fe New Mexican, Nov 1, 2021
 • Unforeseen disruptions to Los Alamos pit production would jeopardize new warhead, warns NNSA boss, Aiken Standard, Sep 18, 2021
     – Letter from NNSA Administrator Jill Hruby to Congresswoman Liz Cheney, Aug 25, 2021
 • MOX failed. But plutonium pit production is different, argues NNSA exec, Aiken Standard, Aug 21, 2021
 • Radioactive water spill prompts investigation at Los Alamos lab, Santa Fe New Mexican, Aug 16, 2021
 • NNSA moving on new facility to dispose of plutonium - greens, Energy Daily, Aug 12, 2021
 • Los Alamos can meet its pit production milestones, officials believe. SRS can’t, Aiken Standard, Aug 5, 2021
 • Energy Department: Cap rather than clean up Los Alamos lab waste site, (with comment by Greg Mello), Santa Fe New Mexican, Jul 31, 2021
 • Earthquake shakes small Northern N.M. town, Santa Fe New Mexican, Jul 12, 2021
 • Plutonium pit production in SC might happen in 2035. The target was 2030, Aiken Standard, Jun 12, 2021
 • Billions of dollars and late? Biden’s budget highlights potential SRS pit problems, Aiken Standard, Jun 4, 2021
 • Biden proposes $1 billion for nuclear weapons work, Santa Fe New Mexican, May 28, 2021
 • LANL returns to Santa Fe just as pit production is approved, Albuquerque Journal, May 2, 2021
 • Disbelief haunts NNSA’s early approval of Los Alamos pit production project, Aiken Standard, Apr 30, 2021
 • US pushes ahead with nuclear plans despite watchdog concerns, Associated Press, Apr 29, 2021
 • SRS pit production pitch not nixed by decision to move forward at Los Alamos National Lab, Aiken Standard, Apr 28, 2021
 • Los Alamos lab power line to stretch through national forest, Santa Fe New Mexican, Apr 20, 2021
 • US lab looks to boost power supply ahead of nuclear mission, Associated Press, Apr 20, 2021
 • Public input begins for new LANL power line, Albuquerque Journal, Apr 19, 2021
 • Sparks flying from nuclear waste barrel prompt investigation, Santa Fe New Mexican, Apr 2, 2021
 • Santa Fe City Council To Consider Adopting Amended Regional Coalition Of LANL Communities JPA Today, Los Alamos Reporter, Mar 31, 2021
 • New Mexico demands more of US when addressing nuclear waste, Associated Press, Mar 14, 2021
 • Nuclear weapon facilities to expand in New Mexico, Pressenza, Mar 9, 2021
 • The long-term problem of “peaceful” plutonium, Robert Alvarez, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Mar 8, 2021
 • Can the Energy Department store 50 tons of weapons-grade plutonium for 10,000 years?, Robert Alvarez, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Mar 8, 2021
 • US nuclear lab to relocate hundreds of workers in New Mexico, Associated Press, Mar 8, 2021
 • LANL to bring 500 to work in Santa Fe, Santa Fe New Mexican, Mar 8, 2021
 • LANL signs two more leases in Santa Fe, Albuquerque Journal North, Mar 8, 2021
 • Design plans for pit production, MOX conversion submitted to Energy Department, Aiken Standard, Mar 8, 2021
 • Review of pit production, other nuke projects on new deputy defense secretary’s radar, Aiken Standard, Feb 10, 2021
 • Los Alamos National Laboratory Signs Lease On Santa Fe Office, Los Alamos Reporter, Feb 10, 2021
 • LANL signs lease for downtown Santa Fe office, Santa Fe New Mexican, Feb 10, 2021
 • Report: LANL not managing forests to prevent wildfires, Santa Fe New Mexican, Feb 9, 2021
 • US, Russia Can Seek Missile Defense INF Limits After New START Deal - Arms, UrduPoint, Feb 6, 2021
 • Citizen Groups To Celebrate Treaty On Prohibition Of Nuclear Weapons Friday In Los Alamos And Santa Fe, Los Alamos Reporter, Jan 21, 2021
 • LANL improves but still needs work, federal report says, Santa Fe New Mexican, Jan 18, 2021
 • Under Trump, the nuclear weapons industry has boomed, Center for Public Integrity, Jan 21, 2021 (update)

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