Nuclear Watch New Mexico

What Nuclear Watch New Mexico does

Nuclear Watch New Mexico is a Santa Fe–based nonprofit founded in 1999 that conducts research, public education, and advocacy on nuclear safety, environmental cleanup, weapons policy, and disarmament. The organization is led by Executive Director Jay Coghlan with a small staff of 1–10 supplemented by volunteers, and operates as a regional watchdog focused on the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the broader U.S. nuclear weapons complex, with active engagement in New Mexico and increasingly in South Carolina and California through coalition partnerships.

Its core deliverables are informational and legal rather than technological. The organization publishes fact sheets on plutonium pit production, LANL groundwater contamination, Area C cleanup, and New Mexico's nuclear colony status; produces interactive web-based maps of plutonium contamination and nuclear facilities; submits formal NEPA comments and FOIA requests; files and litigates lawsuits against the Department of Energy and NNSA; and distributes radio interviews, presentations, and budget analyses via its website (nukewatch.org), email list, social media, and public events. Notable outcomes include a January 2025 settlement that enjoined NNSA from plutonium pit production processing at the Savannah River Site pending completion of a programmatic environmental impact statement within 30 months, and a July 2025 FOIA lawsuit seeking the NNSA Special Study on plutonium pit production leadership and management.

Revenue is derived from grants and donations rather than product or service sales. Ploughshares Fund is the only institutional funder explicitly named, with additional support from individual donors via the website and mailing list. The organization does not sell products or services and does not operate a commercial pricing model, consistent with its nonprofit advocacy mission.

Name

Nuclear Watch New Mexico

Legal name

Nuclear Watch New Mexico

Website

https://nukewatch.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Nuclear Watch New Mexico is a Santa Fe–based nonprofit founded in 1999 that conducts research, public education, and advocacy on nuclear weapons safety, environmental cleanup, and disarmament, primarily serving New Mexico communities and the broader U.S. nuclear weapons complex through fact sheets, litigation, and coalition partnerships.

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Product category

Public Interest Advocacy

NAICS

Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (924)

SIC

Hazardous Waste Management (4955)

akta.pro primary industry

Regulatory compliance, licensing & stakeholder engagement for disposal (permits, public consultation, communications) (EUAKAGAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental & Radiological Permitting (EIA, Effluent/Discharge Authorizations) (EUAKAEAE), Inspection, Audit & Compliance Management (Regulator/Third-Party Oversight) (EUAKAEAD)

Keywords

• Nuclear weapons policy
• Environmental safety advocacy
• Nuclear disarmament
• Nuclear facility monitoring
• Public interest advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Fe

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Nuclear Watch New Mexico is a nonprofit advocacy organization that conducts research, public education, and citizen-action campaigns on nuclear safety, environmental cleanup, weapons policy, and disarmament. Its core outputs are free informational resources, including fact sheets, interactive contamination maps, formal NEPA comments, press releases, radio interviews, and slide presentations distributed through its website and partner networks. The organization also pursues litigation as a co-plaintiff to compel environmental review and government accountability at U.S. nuclear weapons facilities.

Product overview

Nuclear Watch New Mexico is a non-profit nuclear watchdog organization that operates as a single unified advocacy platform offering informational resources for public education and citizen action on nuclear weapons facilities. The organization's portfolio consists of multiple resource types including fact sheets on nuclear issues, interactive maps of nuclear contamination and facilities, press releases, formal NEPA comments, lawsuit documents, budget/ economic data, radio interviews, and presentations—all serving the mission of promoting safety, environmental protection, and nuclear disarmament.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully sued NNSA to compel completion of a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for expanded plutonium pit production, resulting in a settlement agreement in January 2025 that enjoins NNSA from processing nuclear material at Savannah River Site until the PEIS is completed within 30 months.
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Savannah River Site WatchcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 January 2025Co-plaintiff with Nuclear Watch New Mexico in a landmark NEPA lawsuit against NNSA, resulting in a settlement requiring a programmatic environmental impact statement for plutonium pit production. Both organizations are regional nuclear watchdog groups.
• Tri-Valley CAREscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 January 2025Co-plaintiff in the NEPA lawsuit against NNSA over plutonium pit production. Tri-Valley CAREs is based in Livermore, California and focuses on Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
• Gullah/Geechee Sea Island CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 January 2025Co-plaintiff representing communities near the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Represents the interests of descendants of enslaved Africans on the lower Atlantic coast who face potential impacts from expanded nuclear production.
• South Carolina Environmental Law Project (SCELP)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 16 January 2025Legal counsel representing the coalition of nonprofits in the NEPA lawsuit against NNSA. SCELP notified DOE/NNSA of its obligations under NEPA and demanded release of critical documents.
• Stop Forever WIPP CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA coalition that Nuclear Watch New Mexico actively participates in, opposing the expansion of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico. The coalition advocates for enforcing legal limits on WIPP, stopping shipments of hazardous waste, and prioritizing cleanup of legacy waste from LANL.
• Archdiocese of Santa FeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNuclear Watch New Mexico co-organizes events with the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, including the annual Trinity Test Commemoration, to promote interfaith remembrance and nuclear disarmament advocacy.
• Tularosa Basin Downwinders ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-speaker at Trinity Test Commemoration events. Represents communities in New Mexico affected by radiation exposure from nuclear testing. Works with Nuclear Watch on advocacy for downwinder compensation and awareness.
• Back from the Brink New Mexico HubminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNuclear Watch New Mexico participates as a hub member of the Back from the Brink initiative, a nationwide campaign to promote local resolutions calling for nuclear disarmament leadership.
• Interfaith Power and Light New MexicominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of Trinity Test Commemoration events, bringing together faith-based perspectives on nuclear disarmament and environmental stewardship.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Union of Concerned Scientists: Large science-based advocacy organization with an active nuclear weapons and security program. Comparable in engaging federal nuclear policy but operates at substantially greater scale and broader scientific remit.
• Natural Resources Defense Council: Major environmental advocacy organization with significant nuclear program work, including NEPA litigation. Overlaps with Nuclear Watch on environmental compliance advocacy but covers a far broader environmental agenda.
• Friends of the Earth: International environmental advocacy network with nuclear-related campaigns. Comparable advocacy posture on nuclear safety and disarmament but with much larger organizational scale and broader environmental portfolio.

Direct peers

• Nuclear Age Peace Foundation: Non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to nuclear disarmament and abolition. Closely aligned with Nuclear Watch's disarmament mission, though operates more globally and through educational rather than litigation-heavy methods.
• Stop Forever WIPP Coalition: Coalition in which Nuclear Watch New Mexico is an active participant, focused on opposing expansion of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Operates with the same regional advocacy model and shared social media presence.
• Savannah River Site Watch: Regional nuclear watchdog organization focused on the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Direct co-plaintiff with Nuclear Watch New Mexico in the January 2025 NEPA settlement against NNSA over plutonium pit production; operates with similar mission, methods, and scale.
• Nuclear Information and Resource Service: Information and advocacy organization focused on nuclear power, waste, and weapons issues. Similar information-resource model (fact sheets, maps, public education) to Nuclear Watch's products and services.
• Beyond Nuclear: National anti-nuclear advocacy organization focused on nuclear power, weapons, and waste. Cited in Nuclear Watch's materials regarding Holtec/WCS transportation routes; similar grassroots advocacy approach with broader geographic scope.
• Tri-Valley CAREs: Community organization based in Livermore, California, focused on Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and nuclear weapons issues. Co-plaintiff with Nuclear Watch New Mexico in the same NEPA lawsuit; nearly identical advocacy model and organizational scale.
• Alliance for Nuclear Accountability: Coalition of regional nuclear watchdog organizations across the U.S. nuclear weapons complex. Nuclear Watch New Mexico operates as one of its member groups; provides coalition infrastructure highly comparable to the subject's networking model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/StopForeverWIPP
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UClofjc-x5YwtXHqg5hUh0AA
• Facebookfacebook.com/StopfvrWIPP
• Instagraminstagram.com/stopfvrwipp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nuclear-watch-new-mexico

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Profiles2 records

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