Tag Archives: Los Alamos National Laboratories

How Do You Find Plutonium? Go To Nuclear Inspector School via NPR

Posted on 2015/10/20 by kojimaaiko

No names. No pictures. No direct conversation. And don’t touch the plutonium. Those were the ground rules before NPR was allowed a rare opportunity to see nuclear inspectors learning their craft. The inspectors came from the International Atomic Energy Agency, … Continue reading →

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Two Nuclear Weapons Labs Accidentally Spilled Bomb Secrets for Years via Center for Public Integrity

Posted on 2015/06/06 by norma field

he Obama administration levied fines totaling nearly $1 million this week against two of the nation’s nuclear weapons laboratories, mostly for failing to keep track of classified materials and for repeatedly disclosing information related to nuclear weapons design in public … Continue reading →

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In U.S. Cleanup Efforts, Accident at Nuclear Site Points to Cost of Lapses via The New York Times

Posted on 2014/11/02 by norma field

Earlier this year, a violent chemical reaction at a New Mexico facility that stores waste from the making of plutonium bombs broke open a storage drum and sprayed the waste into the air, leading to the closure of the repository. … Continue reading →

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