Tag Archives: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

LANL cleanup faces $100M cut via Santa Fe New Mexican

By Scott Wyland […] The agency’s preliminary “budget in brief” shows a proposed 46 percent reduction in funding for the lab’s environmental managemenet, which handles cleanup of legacy waste generated before 1999, including during the Manhattan Project and Cold War. … Continue reading

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New report details scope of LANL cleanup: 20 years, $4B via Santa Fe/New Mexican

A new draft report detailing the federal government’s plans to clean up decades-old hazardous waste from nuclear weapons production during the World War II-era Manhattan Project and the Cold War says Los Alamos National Laboratory and neighboring areas won’t be … Continue reading

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Settlement over WIPP and LANL violations finalized via Albuquerque Journal

[…] Projects include: $34 million to improve roads in southeastern New Mexico. $12 million to improve roads around Los Alamos, especially those used to transport nuclear waste to WIPP. $20 million to repair water infrastructure in Los Alamos, including upgrading … Continue reading

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LANL nuclear safety panned in U.S. report via Albuquerque Journal

SANTA FE – A new government report gives poor marks to Los Alamos National Laboratory on its state of nuclear safety, saying the lab continues to have problems “fully implementing a number of critical nuclear safety management requirements.” Until the … Continue reading

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New theory: WIPP leak linked to glove in waste drum via The New Mexican

LOS ALAMOS — A glove used to process nuclear waste at Los Alamos National Laboratory and metallic residue from that process have grabbed the attention of investigators probing the cause of a radiation leak at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, … Continue reading

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Nuclear Radiation Releases Continue in New Mexico via Reader Supported News

By William Boardman Something happened in February, something is STILL going on nvironmental radiation releases spiked again in mid-June around the surface site of the only underground storage facility for nuclear weapons waste in the U.S., near Carlsbad, New Mexico. … Continue reading

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New Information Provided About Possible Contributor to the WIPP Radiological Event via Department of Energy

The Department of Energy issued the following statement today regarding new information generated during the May 15 entry into WIPP: Since the February 14 radiological release, the Department and its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant have been working deliberately to safely … Continue reading

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The US nuclear weapons complex needs a new role via The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

By Kennette Benedict The US nuclear weapons complex is in disarray, disrepair, and perhaps dissolution. In 2000, Washington created the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to better manage the facilities that make up the complex, which include the national laboratories … Continue reading

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Council measure urges lab to clean up nuke dump via Santa Fe New Mexican

The Santa Fe City Council passed a resolution Wednesday urging Los Alamos National Laboratory to clean up a nuclear waste dump. The resolution asks LANL to look at alternatives to a plan that allegedly leaves nuclear waste buried at the … Continue reading

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