Action Alert: Help Protect the DNFSB
- Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
- 2 hours ago
- 2 min read
Action Alert from our friends at Nuclear Watch New Mexico: URGENT ACTION NEEDED to Help Protect the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board!Congress must act to keep the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) from losing its quorum on October 18. We need YOUR help to get them to take action in the pending Continuing Resolution to keep the government running! The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is an independent agency within the executive branch of the Federal Government. (https://www.dnfsb.gov/) The DNFSB is chartered with the responsibility to provide recommendations and advice to the Secretary of Energy regarding public health and safety issues at Department of Energy (DOE) defense nuclear facilities, including with respect to the health and safety of employees and contractors and the nearby communities. Congress established the Board in 1988 in response to longtime, ongoing concerns about the level of health and safety protection that the DOE was providing the public and workers at defense nuclear facilities. We would not know about the many DOE nuclear safety problems without the Safety Board. There are five positions on the Board for experts in the field of nuclear safety with demonstrated competence and knowledge relevant to its independent investigative and oversight functions. However, since early 2025, the Board has been reduced to just two members, Mr. Thomas A. Summers (a Republican nominee whose term ends on October 18, 2025), and Dr. Patricia L. Lee. The Board currently has a temporary one-year statutory quorum. Since there is no indication that Mr. Summers might be allowed to extend his term, the Board may be down to one person after October, and will then lack a quorum. Without its quorum, the DNFSB can not carry out its mission effectively. Congress must take action to protect nuclear safety by preserving DNFSB’s quorum! Click the link below to take action now to urge our Senators to protect the DNFSB!
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