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Nuclear Security & Safety Alerts
Allegations Against NRC Chairman Should be Viewed in Context
December 14, 2011
Expert Agrees: Over 300 Metric Tons of Highly Enriched Uranium is Surplus to U.S. Needs
September 21, 2010
U.S. Should Commit to Several Actions that Would Advance Nuclear Material Security Here at Home
April 12, 2010
POGO Requests White House Intervention For Los Alamos
February 11, 2010
GAO Affirms POGO Recommendation On Federal Nuclear Guard Force: Effectiveness Of Protective Forces Would Be Improved
January 29, 2010
DOE Gives Nuclear Labs One Heck of a Long Winter Vacation
January 7, 2010
Los Alamos National Laboratory Researchers Accidentally Blow up Building with a Cannon
December 23, 2009
IG Found Former NRC Commissioner Merrifield Violated Ethics Laws
October 29, 2009
POGO Opposes White House Nomination of Industry Cheerleader for Nuclear Regulatory Commission
October 15, 2009
Timeline of Former Commissioner Jeffrey Merrifield’s NRC Employment and Post-Employment
September 3, 2009
POGO Says NRC FOIA Response Littered With Holes
July 13, 2009
POGO Nominates NIF Award for Excellence in Chutzpah: Cautions Secretary Chu on Merits of the Program Award
May 11, 2009
DOE: Broken System for Protecting Nuclear Material Could Compromise Los Alamos Operations
February 26, 2009
DOE "Frustrated" by "Significant Weaknesses" in Los Alamos' Handling of Recent Missing Computers
February 11, 2009
POGO's Message to NRC: Security Culture Change Starts at the Top
February 4, 2009
NRC Stalemates on Security Improvements Highlight Need for Obama to Appoint New Commissioners
January 29, 2009
LANL Blackberry is Vacationing in a Sensitive Foreign Country
January 29, 2009
POGO Urges Commissioners to Listen to Staff Experts this time, not Industry Lobbyists, and Strengthen the DBT
January 14, 2009
Today's Department Of Energy Confirmation Hearing Provided No Clues On Where Vast Majority Of DOE Is Headed
January 13, 2009
With Small Fine, NRC Doesn't Rise To Hold EXELON Accountable
January 6, 2009
NRC Inspector General Releases Investigative Report in Response to POGO’s Letter on Peach Bottom Incident
September 8, 2008
In the Midst of Nuclear Weapons Site Security Test Failures, DOE Adopts New Test and Security Requirements
August 8, 2008
Not Another Dime
July 8, 2008
NRC Feeling Heat on Fire Safety
July 3, 2008
Cutting the W88 - The Right Target
June 25, 2008
Livermore Mock Terrorists Exercise Ends in Debacle: TIME Magazine Reports Massive Security Failures
May 13, 2008
POGO Salutes NRC For Implementing New Work Rules; Security Guards No Longer to Work Excessive Hours
April 2, 2008
POGO Salutes NNSA Nuclear Stockpile Consolidation Plan Urges Faster Action on Livermore National Lab
December 19, 2007
Whistleblower Demands NRC Commission Conducts Investigation of Security Violations and Its Campaign of Retaliation
December 10, 2007
POGO Asks DOE to Issue Stop Work Order For Los Alamos Facility: CMRR of Dubious Value and Questionable Construction
December 3, 2007
POGO's Statement on NRC Investigation into Security Failures at Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant
October 10, 2007
GAO Report: NRC Capitulates to Industry on Nuclear Security
October 3, 2007
Security Warnings Ignored at Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant; March 2007 Letter Warned of Sleeping Guards
September 28, 2007
Who Is Watching? NRC Investigative Team Announces Site Visit At Pennsylvania Nuclear Plant
September 21, 2007
POGO Cites Failing Grade for Los Alamos Oversight and Accountability in Letter to DOE Secretary
September 6, 2007
Another Security Breach at Los Alamos
August 6, 2007
Nuke Weapons Site Deploys Grenade Launcher
July 19, 2007
"New" LANL Management Can't Get a Grip
March 22, 2007
POGO Urges NRC to Approve New Protections for Power Plant Security Officers; Long-overdue Rules Acknowledge the Role of Worker Fatigue
March 12, 2007
Project On Government Oversight Calls Resignation of NNSA Administrator Linton Brooks a Good Move
January 4, 2007
British Embassy Has Questions about Latest LANL Security Breach; Internal Emails from DOE Show the U.K. Following Up on News Reports
November 1, 2006
Los Alamos Classified Info Found in Drug Raid
October 25, 2006
Los Alamos Classified Info Found in Drug Raid
October 25, 2006
POGO Report Finds Security Is a Moving Target at the Nation’s Major HEU Storage Facility
October 16, 2006
Enforcement Actions for Safety Violations at Los Alamos National Laboratory 1996-2006; Total Fines Waived: $3.4 MILLION in 10 years
September 12, 2006
Nuke Plants Not Protected Against RPGs
February 22, 2006
Controversial Nuclear Security Report Released
September 2, 2005
Los Alamos Workers Exposed to Hazardous Chemical Fumes
August 10, 2005
Radioactive Package Shipped Fedex to Pennsylvania
August 8, 2005
Sandia Employee Sells Robotic Dog on eBay iPods, Computers, Robotic Dog Charged to Federal Government
July 28, 2005
Congress Moves to Consolidate Nuclear Weapons Materials; Report: Cutting Sites in Half Could Save $3 Billion
May 19, 2005
Sandia Fails to Protect Public from Nuclear Release
February 25, 2005
POGO: Hold New Manager at Los Alamos Accountable Draft Request for Proposal Issued to Manage Los Alamos National Laboratory
December 1, 2004
Wackenhut Guards Almost Shot During Nuclear Security Test
October 23, 2004
Proposal to Secure Los Alamos Quashed
August 13, 2004
Man Who Holds Purse Strings Declares: "..glory years for the nuclear weapons complex are over"
August 11, 2004
Thumbs Up to Secretary Abraham's Decision to Halt Classified Removable Media Operations in Nuclear Weapons Complex
July 23, 2004
Only Half-truths from Los Alamos - POGO Recommends Termination of University of California's Los Alamos Contract
July 14, 2004
Classified Computer Media Missing at Los Alamos
May 20, 2004
POGO Testimony: Nukes Need Consolidation
April 26, 2004
Security Still Lax at Nuclear Power Plants: POGO
March 10, 2004
Computer Disks with Classified Information Missing at Los Alamos
December 9, 2003
Los Alamos Myths and Facts
September 12, 2003
Near $1 Million Settlement Received by Los Alamos Whistleblower Compensation for Retaliatory Firing by University of California
August 21, 2003
New GAO Report on Nuclear Weapons Complex Security
June 23, 2003
Los Alamos Admits Losing Plutonium
June 20, 2003
Head of Nuclear Weapons Complex Government and Lab Employees: "It's all a misunderstanding"
June 19, 2003
Los Alamos Contract Open for Bids
April 30, 2003
POGO Calls for Immediate Competition of Los Alamos Contract - New Documents Show Safety Violations Sugar-Coated
April 29, 2003
Good Governments Groups Hail Tentative Approval of State of the Art Nuclear Safety Whistleblower Protection
April 2, 2003
Security Guards Asleep at Sandia Poisonous Culture at Nuclear Labs puts National Security at Risk
March 25, 2003
Fire Sale at Nevada Test Site
March 20, 2003
Reporter Sneaks into Los Alamos Nuclear Weapons Lab Undetected
February 25, 2003
Whistleblower Groups Challenge DOE Officials' Optimism That Employees Who Raise Concerns Will Be Protected
February 5, 2003
DOE Broadens Scandal Inquiry to Livermore Lab
January 17, 2003
Energy Secretary Abraham "Deeply Troubled" Over Missing Classified Hard Drive at Los Alamos Lab
January 17, 2003
Removal of Top Security Officials at Los Alamos
January 8, 2003
Leaked Document: More Evidence Surfaces
December 23, 2002
Whistleblower from Indian Point Nuclear Plant: Security is Lax
December 9, 2002
Whistleblowers at Los Alamos Fired in Retaliation
November 22, 2002
Leaked Document: Mishandling Lost and Stolen Computers at Los Alamos
November 19, 2002
Security Guards Comment on POGO's Report
September 30, 2002
Leaked Documents: DOE to Move Nuclear Weapons Material
August 11, 2002
Los Alamos Nuclear Weapons Facility TA-18 To Close: One of Most Vulnerable to Terrorist Attack
July 2, 2002
POGO ran this ad
February 10, 2002
POGO to DOE's General John Gordon: You Are Being Misled
January 24, 2002
POGO Urges Department of Energy to Restore Access to Web Sites
January 14, 2002
POGO Fact Sheet: Background on Security Failures
January 1, 2002
POGO Denounces Defense Authorization Conference Committee Dropping DOE Labs from the BRAC Process
December 12, 2001
Nuclear Security Budget Slashed
November 16, 2001
Nuclear Weapons Complex Vulnerable To Terrorist Attack
October 15, 2001
POGO Alert: "Who the Hell is Regulating Who?" The NRC's Abdication of Responsibility
September 1, 1996
