Fire on the Mountain
New Mexico
Fire on the Mountain’s campaign goal: move the radioactive waste at LANL to safer storage at WIPP before the next wildfire threatens it and us. Persuade the governor to use New Mexico’s legal tools to force DOE to move it as promised.
*This image is an artist's conception of a wildfire near the actual waste storage tents at LANL.
Welcome to Fire on the Mountain!
Our website is new and will be expanding to keep you informed about this situation. The danger is yours, so you should have the information that allows you to take action to protect your health, property, and our land. The federal government must finish the original mission of disposing of nuclear weapons’ waste from the lab, as it promised.
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Fire on the Mountain Videos
On Earth Day this past April Cindy Weehler gave a presentation on the problem of nuclear weapons waste stored on the mountainside at LANL, how plutonium affects the community, and the solution to the problem.
How to Use DOE’s Community Forums So They Don’t Use Us
“Thank you” to everyone who participated in the WIPP Community Forum on April 30 .
DOE is famous for not sharing what it’s planning. NGOs fought for community forums so people would have a way to confront DOE publicly and we ask you to use them. They are your tools for knowing what DOE has planned for you. The next community forum will be on July 30 .​
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The Risk
New Mexicans are at risk from nuclear waste that sits in the forest at Los Alamos National Labs (LANL). This highly radioactive waste is in canvas tents in a wildfire zone. It should be moved to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), which the federal government has already agreed to do. WIPP is the appropriate place to store radioactive waste because it’s not vulnerable to natural disasters.
