Organizers of the demonstration said the California Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Toxic Substances Control, the regulatory agency overseeing
Dan spent a half hour on Santa Fe-based radio station KTRC talking with host Richard Eeds about radioactive waste at
Dan Hirsch radio interview on KTRC Santa Fe Read Post »
Los Alamos National Laboratory has identified 45 barrels of radioactive waste so potentially explosive — due to being mixed with
Report: Some Los Alamos nuclear waste too hazardous to move (Santa Fe New Mexican) Read Post »
On July 22, a comment letter signed by thirteen environmental and public interest groups was sent to the National Academies’
Supporters of a complete cleanup of the site responded warily. Critics say that NASA already agreed under the terms of
NASA will dismantle two test sites at toxic Santa Susana Field Lab area (LA Daily News) Read Post »
LA Times Today featured a segment on SSFL, including an interview with Melissa Bumstead and clips from the forthcoming SSFL
LA Times Today: Santa Susana nuclear meltdown Read Post »
“The ongoing contamination at Santa Susana, and the voices of the mothers fighting for their children’s safety, are a reminder
The dark legacy of a nuclear meltdown, and what it means for climate change (LA Times) Read Post »
\”The state and Boeing have quietly begun mediating the long-planned cleanup of the former Santa Susana Field Laboratory site near
UCLA’s Oral History Program has just released its oral history of Dan Hirsch and Bridge the Gap. in a series
UCLA Releases Oral History of Dan Hirsch & CBG Read Post »
CBG, working closely with NRDC, PEER, NIRS, and PSR helped lead opposition to an extraordinary plan by NRC to allow
On September 7, 2020, Michael Rose, a dear friend and key Bridge the Gap figure for 45 years, died of complications from a bone marrow transplant for leukemia. He uncovered some of the most important nuclear hazards in the country, which contributed to their elimination. Michael was the best researcher and investigative journalist we have ever met, and a gentle and caring soul, and he will be missed more than words can express.
Dr. Sheldon Plotkin, a mainstay of CBG and an unflagging force for science in the public interest, died April 11, 2020, at age 93. He played key roles in the shutdown of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory and the fight to clean it up. He served as an expert witness in the UCLA, Diablo Canyon, and San Onofre nuclear reactor cases. He was central to the establishment and operation of CBG’s longtime partner organization, the Southern California Federation of Scientists.
Three San Francisco supervisors and a group of environmental activists are calling for a city public health official to be
Drones have been inexplicably appearing over nuclear power plants in the United States, raising security questions. Read the article here.
Dozens More Mystery Drone Incursions Over U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Revealed Read Post »
NASA\’s Final SEIS selected a cleanup alternative that would violate the 2010 legally binding AOC and would leave approximately 72% of
CBG and NRDC Comments on NASA’s Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Read Post »
Click here to view the presentation made by CBG and community members.
CBG and NRDC comments on the Trump Administration’s proposal to designate the heavily contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory as a
Read Our 50th Anniversary Newsletter Here Read the Chronicle of CBG’s Half Century of Working to Protect a World at
In what some have described as a cynical attempt by a U.S. government agency to avoid a long-promised cleanup of
NASA wants nuclear-contaminated Santa Susana site to be made a historic landmark Read Post »
