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LANL
Reneges on
Active
Confinement
Ventilation
Systems at
PF-4
Los Alamos
National
Laboratory
(LANL)
continues to
neglect its
obligations to
safely operate
its nuclear
weapons
facilities in
a manner
required by
laws, orders,
guidance and
common sense.
A recent
report from
the Defense
Nuclear
Facilities
Safety Board
(DNFSB or the
Board) details
the threats
from the
release of
plutonium
contaminated
air during a
seismic event
from the LANL
Plutonium
Facility, or
PF-4. For
over 20 years,
the Board has
recommended
that LANL
establish
active
confinement
ventilation
systems for
PF-4, and LANL
agreed. https://www.dnfsb.gov/content/review-los-alamos-plutonium-facility-documented-safety-analysis
Active
confinement
ventilation
systems
require
negative air
pressure in
rooms and
buildings
where
plutonium is
stored,
handled and
processed. In
the event of
seismic
activity, or
other possible
catastrophic
events, the
negative air
pressure would
keep the
contamination
inside where
it could be
held and
filtered
before being
released.
The converse,
which is
called passive
confinement
systems, would
do nothing.
No filtration
would occur.
Contaminated
air would move
out of the
building and
into the air
we breathe.
Depending on
the wind
direction,
radioactive
plutonium
particles
would be
deposited in
neighborhoods,
on hiking
trails,
fields, school
grounds, and
in the Rio
Grande.
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1. Friday, November 14th from noon to 1
pm –
Join the
nuclear
disarmament
community at
the
intersection
of East
Alameda and
Sandoval in
Santa Fe for
the weekly
peaceful
protest in
support of the
Treaty on the
Prohibition of
Nuclear
Weapons. Join
with Veterans
for Peace,
CCNS, Nuclear
Watch NM,
Loretto
Community, New
Mexico Peace
Fest, Pax
Christi and
others. Bring
your flags,
signs and
banners.
2.
Watch A House
of Dynamite on
Netflix.
Read Joe
Cirincione’s
article A
House of
Dynamite
Explodes the
Missile
Defense Myth:
It is no
wonder the
interceptors
fail in the
film. This is
an accurate
portrayal of
what is likely
to happen in a
crisis in New
Republic
(October 15,
2025).
Cirincione is
a national
security
analyst and
author in
Washington,
D.C.
3.
Thursday,
November 13th
and Friday,
November 14th
–
International
Uranium Film
Festival at
the Navajo
National
Museum in
Window Rock,
Arizona. The
IUFF showcases
an array of
compelling
films and
explores the
detrimental
impacts of the
uranium fuel
chain on
communities
around the
world.
Organizers
believe the
films are a
necessary part
of the ongoing
resistance to
nuclear,
specifically
for public
health and
harm reduction
efforts. For
more
information,
visit: https://uraniumfilmfestival.org/
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