Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety (CCNS) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that was founded in 1988 because of concerns about nuclear waste transportation from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), the nation's oldest nuclear weapons production facility, to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), the nation's first permanent nuclear weapons waste repository. CCNS has since evolved into a nationally important organization known for research, litigation, public education and community outreach and organizing on a range of nuclear safety issues. CCNS is a 501 (c)(3) organization.