Snake River Alliance

06/04/2026

So wonderful to work with our allies in DC this week, advocating against nuclear weapons and nuclear waste. Thank you to the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability!

The Alliance for Nuclear Accountability’s 38th year of our annual DC Days is in full swing! We’re so glad to be here and have more than thirty local, regional, and national organizations concerned about the consequences of US nuclear weapons and waste policies. Alliance for Nuclear Accountability groups focus on:
- Stopping new nuclear weapons design, engineering, production, and testing.
- Addressing challenges from cleanup and waste management, processing, storage, and
disposal.
- Stopping the creation of new nuclear waste.
ANA’s collaboration of grassroots groups has worked for 39 years at local, regional, state, and national levels to address health and safety issues at Department of Energy (DOE) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) sites for workers, the public, and the environment.

05/19/2026

Thanks to the International Humanitarian Law and Youth Initiative, ICAN partners, for creating an Arabic language video about nuclear weapons!

☢️While the TPNW has been hugely successful, this video emphasizes the continuing threat of nuclear weapons to civilians, the environment, and future generations.
🕊️The video also highlights the role of education in building awareness and promoting a culture of peace and disarmament.

05/18/2026

✊Thanks to Lynda Williams (Nuclear Free Hawaii) for the heads up and info to comment!

ℹWhy Your Comment Matters — and How It Works

The NRC nuclear reactor licensing process normally has two separate parts — a safety review and an environmental review governed by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

⚠Both are required by law and the public — which includes individuals, community groups, environmental organizations, and indigenous nations — gets to comment on both. Those comments create the legal record necessary to challenge agency decisions in court. Without them there is no basis for a legal challenge.

⏰NRC comment periods are typically 30 days or less — barely enough time for most people to learn a rule exists, let alone analyze it.

🤓But you do not have to be an expert to submit a comment.

You can reference the technical arguments of others in your submission, which incorporates those arguments into the administrative record under your name and strengthens the legal foundation for any future court challenge.

Per Lynda, you can also copy and paste any part of the article below directly into your comment. 👇
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/22/a-guide-to-commenting-on-rules-removing-public-oversight-of-nuclear-reactor-safety/

🔗Comments by 10pm tonight and be sure to reference Docket ID NRC-2026-0760 at https://www.regulations.gov/document/NRC-2026-0760-0001

05/14/2026

13 organizations, including Snake River Alliance, warn Trump his fast-tracking and rubber-stamping new reactors would violate the Atomic Energy Act. Check out the NIRS press release!
Thank you, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, for organizing comments!

A coalition of 13 organizations is warning that the Trump administration’s push to fast-track nuclear development violates the Atomic Energy Act and undermines independent safety oversight.

The executive orders would weaken radiation protections, accelerate reactor approvals, and prioritize industry expansion over public health and environmental safety.

As NIRS Executive Director Timothy Judson stated:
“There is no ‘fixing’ or ‘reviving’ nuclear energy.”

We need independent regulation, real public protections, and investment in renewable energy—not dangerous nuclear deregulation.

👉🏾 Read more: https://www.nirs.org/press/13-organizations-trump-nuclear-plan-violates-atomic-energy-act/

05/14/2026

✊People have been giving oral comments all over the country, the vast majority opposing more nuclear weapons.

⏰Tonight is our LAST CHANCE to SPEAK OUT online against spending ungodly amounts of money for new plutonium pits. NNSA will hear us tonight... Join online, by phone, or in-person if you're in Santa Fe!

🔗Visit pitpeis.com for more information on Pu Pits and the meetings

👇 At 5:30 pm MT this evening, call or join online👇

🖥Join Online URL: https://bit.ly/PitPEIS14May
Meeting ID: 278 752 885 654 34
Passcode: W9Bt96vN

🤙Join by Phone: 719-283-1404
Phone conference ID: 311 183 140 #

🖊Can't join? You can send your comments in! Written comments are due July 16th at midnight.

05/07/2026

📅We'll have workshops at Pocatello City Hall June 22nd and 23rd and we're trying to schedule Idaho Falls the same week.

🔗Please come see us if you would like FREE RECA application assistance. Visit snakeriveralliance.org/events/ for the workshop schedule.

Don't pay anyone to file for you. Let us help you file and keep all your money in your family and Idaho communities!

💝 We are deeply grateful to our donors, who make these workshop possible.

If you'd like to support our workshops and RECA advocacy this Idaho Gives visit our Idaho Gives page at https://bit.ly/Snakes-Idaho or text RECA to 44-321. Your gift is tax-deductible.

05/07/2026

🙏Thanks so much for helping us make the match everybody‼
Snake River Alliance board and staff are deeply grateful your generosity 🥰

💝Idaho Gives ends tomorrow at midnight. Check out our page at https://bit.ly/Snakes-Idaho (link in bio) and consider Idaho's Nuclear Watchdog this Idaho Gives.

👋If you'd like to volunteer at one of our RECA workshops as we travel around Idaho, sign up at snakeriveralliance.org/take-action. We appreciate your help.

05/06/2026

You can file your Radiation Exposure Compensation Act claim without paying some for-profit business a penny! We can show you how for FREE.

We're partnering with Idaho Downwinders to ensure people file accurately and keep 100% of their compensation in their families and Idaho communities.

🍏Join us May 14th - 16th at the Payette Apple Blossom Festival!

🕐We'll be there Thursday & Friday from 1-8 pm and Saturday from 12-8 pm.

🍎You can find our table in Central Park.

💝If you would like to support these workshops for Idaho Gives, we would be deeply appreciative.
ℹPlease visit our Idaho Gives page (Link in bio), go to our website, or text "RECA" to 44-321 to give your tax-deductible support. Thank you!!

05/06/2026

We're working with Idaho Downwinders to ensure every eligible Idahoan submits their Radiation Exposure Compensation claim accurately and gets the full amount, keeping that money in their families and Idaho communities.

This year, your gift to the Snake River Alliance will:

♋Support the RECA Roadshow! With Idaho Downwinders, we will travel to communities all over Idaho to help people with their claims.
✈Send a delegation of Idahoans to Washington, D.C., ensuring our stories are told where decisions are made, and pushing for the expansion and extension of the RECA program. Too many people were left out.
🎨Engage young people and frontline communities to bolster our movement and prepare a new generation of nuclear abolitionists.
🌎Fuel the fight for a safe, healthy, and nuclear-free future for Idaho and our children.

💝Make your gift to Snake River Alliance this Idaho Gives! Go to bit.ly/Snakes-Idaho (Link in Bio!) or text RECA to 4-4-3-2-1.

✊Your support will deliver justice to thousands of Idahoans and bring millions of dollars to Idaho communities. Donate now and make a difference!