TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SECRETLY SHIPPED RADIOACTIVE PLUTONIUM TO NEVADA DESPITE STATE'S OPPOSITION
As posted at the State of Nevada Agency for Nuclear Project's "What's News?" page:
Updated - Monday, March 11, 2019
- The Nevada Independent - Cortez Masto puts hold on all DOE nominees in a bid to fend off any more secret plutonium shipments - By Humberto Sanchez
Updated - Saturday, March 09, 2019
The Nevada Independent - Presidential candidate Inslee condemns secret shipment of plutonium during Las Vegas campaign visit - By Jackie Valley
Updated - Thursday, March 07, 2019
- Las Vegas Sun - Deceptions about secret nuclear shipment are insulting to Nevadans
- Las Vegas Review-Journal - Nevada asks federal court to block more plutonium shipments - By Gary Martin, Las Vegas Review-Journal
- The Japan Times - Nevada cites U.S. warnings in bid to block inbound 'stealth' shipments of weapons-grade plutonium - AP
Updated - Wednesday, March 06, 2019
- Reno Gazette Journal - Nevada cites US warnings in bid to block plutonium shipments - Scott Sonner, Associated Press
Updated - Tuesday, March 05, 2019
Aiken Standard - Plutonium shipped from SRS akin to 'irradiated garbage,' Nevada court filing says - By Colin Demarest
Updated - Friday, March 01, 2019
- The Nevada Independent - Perry says he was as transparent as possible about plutonium shipment, 'regrets' Sisolak not attending White House events - By Riley Snyder & Michelle Rindels
- KNPR - Nevada Governor Seeks Trump Meeting On Plutonium, Nuke Dump - By Associated Press
Updated - Thursday, February 28, 2019
- KTVN - Gov. Sisolak Wants Meeting With Pres. Trump on Plutonium, Yucca
- KOLO TV - Governor requests meeting with President about plutonium - By Staff & Governor's Office Release
- The Nevada Independent - Sisolak seeks meeting with Trump on Yucca and secret plutonium shipment - By Humberto Sanchez
- Las Vegas Sun - Governor requests meeting with Trump over secret plutonium shipment - By John Sadler
Updated - Monday, February 25, 2019
- Las Vegas Review-Journal - Sisolak skips White House briefing to protest plutonium shipment - By Debra J. Saunders, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Updated - Friday, February 22, 2019
The Nevada Independent - Sisolak not attending events with Pence, White House over secret plutonium shipment - By Riley Snyder
Updated - Thursday, February 21, 2019
GovExec.com - Energy Department Defends Secret Nuclear Shipments to Nevada - By Charles S. Clark
Updated - Sunday, February 17, 2019
The Nevada Independent - The Indy Explains: How a secret plutonium shipment exacerbated mistrust between Nevada and Department of Energy - By Daniel Rothberg
Updated - Thursday, February 14, 2019
U.S. Representative - Congresswoman Titus Statement on NNSA Briefing About Secret Plutonium Shipment
Updated - Thursday, February 07, 2019
Sunbury News - DOE secretly shipped plutonium - By Scott Sonner
The Washington Post - Nevada seeks new injunction to block plutonium shipments - By Scott Sonner, AP
Updated - Friday, February 01, 2019
- Reno Gazette Journal - Here's why the DOE's secret plutonium shipment is making Yucca Mountain foes nervous - James Dehaven, Reno Gazette Journal
- Fox News - Nevada officials knew of plutonium shipment plans, Energy Department says - By Benjamin Brown, Fox News
Updated - Thursday, January 31, 2019
- Fox News - Weapons-grade plutonium was secretly shipped from South Carolina to Nevada, Department of Energy says - By Frank Miles, Fox News
- Las Vegas Review Journal - Judge denies request by Nevada officials for injunction over plutonium shipment - By Gary Martin, Las Vegas Review-Journal
- KTVN Las Vegas - Nevada officials, experts continue reaction to secret plutonium shipment - By: Joyce Lupiani, Jordan Gartner, , Yasmeen Hassan
- KLAS - TV - DOE says Nevada officials' claims they didn't know about plutonium shipment is "inaccurate" - By: Patrick Walker
- The Nevada Independent - Judge denies Nevada request for a ban on plutonium shipments, says claims of harm are 'speculative' - By Michelle Rindels & Humberto Sanchez
- The Washington Post - Judge refuses Nevada's latest bid for plutonium shipment ban - By Scott Sonner, AP
- Washington Examiner - Nevada delegation bashes Rick Perry for secretly shipping weapons-grade plutonium into their state - By John Siciliano
- Midland Reporter-Telegram - Judge refuses Nevada's latest bid for plutonium shipment ban - Scott Sonner, Associated Press
Updated - Wednesday, January 30, 2019
- KTVN - Sisolak, Ford Respond to Secret Plutonium Shipment - By Chris Buckley
- Las Vegas Review Journal - Weapons-grade plutonium secretly sent to facility north of Las Vegas - By Gary Martin, Las Vegas Review-Journal
- The Nevada Independent - Federal government discloses it already shipped plutonium to Nevada, without state's knowledge or consent - By Michelle Rindels & Humberto Sanchez
- KTNV Las Vegas - Nevada lawmakers outraged by secret plutonium shipment - By: Joyce Lupiani & Jordan Gartner
- The Hill - Trump administration secretly shipped plutonium to Nevada - By Timothy Cama
- Newsweek - TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SECRETLY SHIPPED RADIOACTIVE PLUTONIUM TO NEVADA DESPITE STATE'S OPPOSITION - By Christina Zhao
- New York Post - Department of Energy secretly sent nuclear waste to Nevada - By Bob Fredericks
[See links to NV's lawsuit against the weapons-grade Pu shipments, here.
The sprawling Nevada National Security Site (formerly known as the Nevada Test Site, where full-scale nuclear weapons test explosions had been conducted from 1951 to 1992 -- and still are, in terms of sub-critical blasts involving Pu and conventional explosives) abuts Yucca Mountain, Nevada, on Western Shoshone Indian Nation land.]
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