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This week's news: U.S. Senate May Vote on New START Treaty - Safety Problems at LANL The U.S. Senate may soon vote on ratification of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which seeks to reduce the number of nuclear weapons held by the U.S. and Russia. Internationally, the vision of a nuclear weapons free world would improve safety. However, there are questions about how safety is being managed at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), the only Department of Energy (DOE) site manufacturing plutonium triggers for nuclear weapons. In light of the upcoming START vote, this and succeeding Updates will provide background about the proposal for a new $4 billion plus Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Project - Nuclear Facility (CMRR) and its role in a possible trade that makes ratification of the treaty conditional on funding the proposed building and other projects. In the meantime, the Inspector General of the Department of Energy (DOE) released its internal audit of nuclear safety at LANL. www.ig.energy.gov/documents/IG-0837.pdf The audit found that LANL "has had a long history of concerns related to nuclear safety management" and that it "continues to have problems in fully implementing a number of critical nuclear safety management measures." MORE To see the News Update Archive click here. Download the audio version of the weekly CCNS News Update! Click here for details. only search nuclearactive.org CCNS - Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety 107 Cienega Santa Fe, NM 87501 Voice (505) 986-1973 Fax (505) 986-0997 ccns@nuclearactive.org ©2000 CCNS Graphics by morganth@well.com Site maintenance by CCNS You are visitor number since February 16, 2002. Counter provided courtesy of WebCounter.