Tag Archives: LANL

The Push for Nukes in Space via Counterpunch

Posted on 2021/10/28 by nfield

BY KARL GROSSMANFacebookTwitterRedditEmail The co-chairs of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics of the U.S. House of Representatives Science, Space & Technology Committee were cheerleaders for the use of nuclear power in space at a hearing at which they presided over … Continue reading →

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Los Alamos National Laboratory site resumes shipping nuclear waste via Santa Fe New Mexican

Posted on 2019/04/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Safety problems for the past five years prevented Los Alamos National Laboratory from using an important building built to temporarily store and load drums of radioactive waste. But officials on Friday said the structure, known as the Radioassay and Nondestructive … Continue reading →

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Panel to discuss radiation hazards during New Mexico hearing via KRQE News 13

Posted on 2016/03/22 by norma field

SANTA FE (AP) – Independent regulators are visiting New Mexico to discuss the hazards of storing radioactive waste as Los Alamos National Laboratory while the federal government’s only underground nuclear waste dump remains closed. The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board … Continue reading →

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Peace Activists Descend on Los Alamos, but Residents Remain Indifferent via The New York Times

Posted on 2015/08/17 by norma field

[…] “All roads lead to Los Alamos,” Father Dear said. “This is the place that taught us that we can destroy one another, destroy the world, and it’s really important for us to understand how our history feeds our violence.” … Continue reading →

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Kitty Litter Shuts Down Sole US Nuclear Weapons Waste Facility via William Boardman

Posted on 2015/04/07 by norma field

ow it’s official: using the wrong kitty litter can cause a severe and expensive nuclear accident at the nation’s unique underground radioactive waste containment facility, shutting it down indefinitely. What’s NOT official yet is why the Los Alamos National Laboratory … Continue reading →

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Santa Clara activist works to find balance among disparate cultures via Santa Fe New Mexican

Posted on 2015/02/01 by norma field

Marian Naranjo remembers too well the day her passions for truth-telling and conflict resolution were born. Naranjo was a third-grader in a school in Tooele, Utah. Men from Santa Clara Pueblo, including her father, worked for long periods at the … Continue reading →

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State levies $54M in fines over nuke repository mishaps via the Santa Fe New Mexican

Posted on 2014/12/07 by norma field

In a sharp rebuke of the U.S. Department of Energy, the state of New Mexico on Saturday levied $54 million in penalties against the federal agency and private contractors for a series of mistakes and violations that led to a … Continue reading →

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Dawn of Nuclear Arms, Declassified via The New York Times

Posted on 2014/11/17 by norma field

[…] Waves of declassified photographs and movies from the nation’s push to make Little Boy and Fat Man — the world’s first atom bombs — are exciting not only to Mr. Coster-Mullen but a generation less familiar with the nation’s … Continue reading →

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Breaking Bad: A Nuclear Waste Disaster via DC Bureau

Posted on 2014/06/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Carlsbad, New Mexico — A vast salt mine under the New Mexico desert was the Department of Energy’s last nuclear waste storage solution. On Valentines night, one of the now suspect 500 waste drums from DOE’s Los Alamos National Laboratory … Continue reading →

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