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Los Alamos Gets ‘Inadequate’ Safety Rating from Energy Dept. via Global Security Newswire

The Energy Department has given a key weapons lab an “inadequate” rating for its latest safety record on “nuclear criticality,” a measure of atomic stability. Los Alamos National Laboratory received the weakest nuclear criticality safety rating of all U.S. nuclear … Continue reading

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How Nevada became America’s nuclear age ground zero via CNET News

For more than forty years, the U.S. government tested nuclear weapons deep in the Nevada desert. Now, the site is reminder of what a scary world that was. CNET Road Trip 2012 investigated. MERCURY, Nev.–From the side that faced away … Continue reading

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