Issues
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President Trump’s radical attack on radiation safety (The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists)
Over the summer, CBG staffers Haakon Williams and Cam Kuta put the finishing touches on an article they’d been writing with Dan, for hopeful publication in the Bulletin of Atomic...
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Implications of Weakening Radiation Protection Standards – Dan Hirsch Presentation to NRC
On July 16, 2025, Dan Hirsch, President of Committee to Bridge the Gap, gave a presentation to the NRC about the devastating consequences that would result from abandoning the linear...
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CBG Comments on the Proposed Diablo Canyon Wastewater Discharge Permit
The Committee to Bridge the Gap writes to urge the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (hereafter “Water Board”) to reject the NPDES Permit and Section 401 Certification now...
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$1B S.F. shipyard lawsuit may end with just $1,200 payout for each resident (San Francisco Chronicle)
“In regard to the plutonium-239 issue, Navy officials described the concerning sample as an ‘outlier’ at a heated community meeting last week, and said that it measured as a dose...
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CBG Comments on Boeing’s Soil Corrective Measures Study & DTSC’s Statement of Basis
Unless major action is taken now to intervene, Boeing’s Draft Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Limited Corrective Measures Study Report, Surficial Media Operable Unit (CMS) and DTSC’s Draft Statement of...
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CBG Comments on NASA’s Phase 1 Groundwater CMS & DTSC’s Statement of Basis
Beginning decades ago, the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) site was used to develop civilian rockets, plus military missiles for delivering nuclear warheads that could end our world. Grossly irresponsible...
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CBG Response to DTSC’s SSFL MLE Proposal
Click here to read our comments opposing DTSC’s Multiple Lines of Evidence Proposal for the Santa Susana Field Lab
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CBG-NRDC Joint Comments on DOE’s Proposed SSFL SEIS
Click here to read the CBG-NRDC joint comments on the Department of Energy’s proposed Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for SSFL
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CBG Statement on the Navy’s Airborne Plutonium-239 Detection at Hunters Point
Earlier this month, the Navy confirmed a detection of airborne plutonium-239, the same isotope used in nuclear weapons, at its Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco. The finding came...
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Frustrated residents hold mock ‘funeral’ for SSFL (The Acorn)
“Carrying candles and dressed in black, Simi Valley residents gathered at the Rancho Santa Susana Community Center on Oct. 7 to mourn what they called ‘the death of a full...
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Plans for nuclear waste storage facility scrapped (San Diego Union-Tribune)
“Holtec International confirmed the decision last week, following strong opposition from state lawmakers, including New Mexico’s governor. … “I’m glad that Holtec heard our strenuous objections and decided that fighting...
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Toxic site cleanup agreements laid to rest at funeral demonstration (Daily Sundial)
“Protesters gathered at the Rancho Santa Susana Community Center in Simi Valley on Oct. 7 in protest of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) cleanup agreements not being honored. Attendees...
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Residents stage a ‘funeral’ claiming Boeing killed cleanup at Santa Susana Field Lab (LA Daily News)
“Community members staged a “funeral” in front of a Boeing building in Van Nuys this week, claiming the company killed the cleanup of the toxic and radioactive site at the...
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Protesters stage mock funeral for SSFL cleanup (Ojai Valley News)
“On the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 7, residents of Simi Valley and West Hills, angry over the chemical and radioactive contamination at the Santa Susana Field Lab (SSFL) rocket and...
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Holtec walks away from nuclear waste project in New Mexico (Reuters)
“Private nuclear power company Holtec said this week it is walking away from a project to store nuclear waste in New Mexico, despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June...