u.s. nuclear policy

Preventing nuclear war is a local issue

August 11, 2025

Letter to the editor by Dot Sulock of Western North Carolina PSR in the Mountain Xpress.

Activists protest outside California national lab to mark 80th anniversary of atomic bombing of Japan

August 6, 2025

Associate Press news clip covering a “die-in” protest at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory co-sponsored by San Francisco Bay PSR.

80 Years Since the First Nuclear Test: Earth Forever Changed

July 16, 2025

On July 16, 1945, in the New Mexico desert, the United States detonated the world’s first nuclear weapon. The Trinity nuclear test marked the beginning of the atomic age and a legacy of radiation exposure that continues to harm human lives and the environment nearly a century later.

KC’s nuclear bomb parts plant is ramping up significantly.

July 9, 2025

Op-ed by PSR Board Member Ann Suellentrop, MSRN, in the The Kansas City Star [subscription required].

Why Congress and the people should stop Trump from attacking Iran

June 19, 2025

Op-ed by Ira Helfand, MD, PSR Past President, in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Public Comment Training: Preventing Plutonium Pit Production

June 18, 2025

Join this Union of Concerned Scientists training webinar to take action to stop new bomb cores for new nuclear weapons..

Protests in Kansas City Demanding a Halt to Nuclear Weapons Production and the U.S. Arms Race 

May 22, 2025

On May 19, 2025 six resisters to nuclear weapons production in Kansas City crossed the purple property line at the National Security Campus. This was to protest the plant’s doubling in size to accommodate the new U.S. arms race.

KKFI asks: ‘Why are you protesting nukes?’

May 18, 2025

Article from PeaceWorks Kansas City quoting Ann Suellentrop, MSRN, PSR Board Member.

Tell Congress to Support a Safer Future and Back H. Res. 317 to End the Threat of Nuclear Weapons

May 8, 2025

Let your member of Congress know you support H. Res. 317 and a future free from the threat of nuclear weapons. Urge them to co-sponsor this vital resolution today.

The True Cost of Nuclear Weapons: Updated Community Cost Calculator

April 24, 2025

On April 15th, Dr. Bob Dodge released the Community Cost Calculator, a tool that exposes just how much of your hard-earned money goes toward maintaining and expanding the U.S. nuclear arsenal.