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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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Revered nuclear safety advocate Dan Hirsch dies (Camarillo Acorn)
“Hirsch, former director of the Program on Environmental and Nuclear Policy at UC Santa Cruz devoted more than four decades to holding government agencies and corporations accountable for toxic and...
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Saying goodbye to Dan Hirsch (Melissa Bumstead in the Simi Valley Acorn)
“Dan was a force of nature. He never compromised when it came to protecting our health and our children’s future. Even when it cost him time, energy and peace, he...
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Dan Hirsch Has Passed Away
With deep sadness but also with heartfelt gratitude for a life well lived, the Committee to Bridge the Gap announces the death of its founder, Daniel O. Hirsch, on July 19th 2025 at his home in Ben Lomond, California.
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U.S. Nuclear Energy Plans Could Proliferate Weapons (Scientific American)
“Most Americans probably don’t realize that nuclear reactors originally were invented not for electricity or research but to produce a new substance, plutonium, for nuclear weapons such as the one...
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Legal brief alleges longterm toxicity at Santa Susana field lab (The Acorn)
“A coalition of environmental and public health groups has filed a new legal brief in their ongoing lawsuit against Boeing Co. and the State of California, alleging that a 2022...
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Action needed to address Diablo Canyon safety risks posed by Trump Administration deregulation of NRC (Mothers for Peace, Friends of the Earth letter to Gov. Newsom, State leaders)
Mothers for Peace and Friends of the Earth have sent a letter to California Governor Newsom and other top California government officials, pointing out that President Trump’s recent actions profoundly...
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Jaimi Dowdell Interview About Reuters Report on ATSDR Shielding Polluters
Jaimi Dowdell was recently interviewed on Frank von Hippel’s Science History Podcast, discussing last year’s Reuters report on the U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, the largely captured federal toxics...
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Trump’s $4 Trillion Plan to Raise Your Energy Bills (Rolling Stone)
“The Trump administration released three executive orders on nuclear energy on the Friday afternoon before the Memorial Day weekend — a time often used to dump bad news. And these...
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SSFL needs full cleanup (Simi Valley Acorn)
“New arrivals to Simi Valley might be surprised to learn about the history of the SSFL test site and the critical need for a complete cleanup.” Two letters on SSFL...
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NASA razes rocket engine test stands
“Towering more than 200 feet tall, the Coca Test Stands at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory once shook the hills of eastern Ventura County with the roar of rocket engines...
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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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Small nuclear reactors are no fix for California’s energy needs (LA Times)
“On Monday, the Natural Resources Committee of the California Assembly will consider a bill to repeal a longstanding moratorium on nuclear plants in the state, which was meant to be...
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Government seeks changes in field lab cleanup strategy (Simi Valley Acorn)
“Not all community members agree with the energy department’s new strategy. Haakon Williams, deputy director of the watchdog Committee to Bridge the Gap, criticized the DOE and accused the agency...
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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