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March 27 – Public Comment Training: Hold Los Alamos National Laboratory Accountable for Expansion Risks
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has increasingly become a nuclear weapons production site. In January, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) released its draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS), which...
Share Your Experiences at Los Alamos National Laboratory
The New York Times would like to hear from you about workplace protocols and safety measures at LANL. By Alicia Inez Guzmán | Alicia Inez Guzmán is reporting on the...
LANL Site-Wide EIS Hearings in Santa Fe and Los Alamos Filled with Loud Protest and Vehement Dissent: Nuclear Weapons are IMMORAL
In this Site-Wide EIS we’re given three options: Expanded nuclear weapons programs (hypocritically called the no action alternative), then we’re presented with yet more expanded nuclear weapons programs, and the...
NukeWatch Los Alamos Lab Site-Wide EIS Workshop – February 6, 2025
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Los Alamos’ plutonium pit production of 30 annually for Sentinel may have to wait beyond 2026
As the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration awaits its marching orders from the President Donald Trump (R) administration, the Los Alamos National Laboratory is now saying it will...
Plutonium Found in Los Alamos at Levels Comparable to Chernobyl Spark Public Outrage
Extreme contamination in Acid Canyon raises concerns over public safety and environmental health. By Tibi Puiu, ZME Science | September 20, 2024 zmescience.com A new study has revealed alarming levels of...
THE GUARDIAN: Plutonium levels near US atomic site in Los Alamos similar to Chornobyl, study finds
Much of the land near the atomic bomb’s birthplace was converted to recreational areas, but toxic waste remains By Tom Perkins, The Guardian | August 26, 2024 theguardian.com Water samples from...
Research: Plutonium Levels at Los Alamos Rival Chernobyl’s
Hikers use the New Mexico recreation area without being aware of contamination By Bob Cronin, Newser Staff, NEWSER | August 26, 2024 newser.com Los Alamos Researcher Warns of Plutonium in Rec...
Scientist says there’s legacy plutonium contamination in Los Alamos
‘Extreme plutonium contamination scenario’ identified in research from , soil, water and plant samples taken in Acid Canyon arroyos BY DANIELLE PROKOP, SOURCE NM | August 16, 2024 sourcenm.com Los Alamos,...
Scientist describe levels of plutonium near Los Alamos ‘alarmingly high’
By: Chandler Farnsworth, KRQE | August 15, 2024 krqe.com LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) – New findings from a study aimed at researching how much plutonium is in the ground and water near Los...
Watchdog group reports ‘extreme contamination’ of plutonium at Los Alamos open space
The legacy of environmental waste is “hiding in plain sight” at a popular open space in the heart of Los Alamos that became a dumping ground during the Manhattan Project,...
Watchdogs want US to address extreme plutonium contamination in Los Alamos’ Acid Canyon
“This is an unrestricted area. I’ve never seen anything quite like it in the United States,” the professor told reporters. “It’s just an extreme example of very high concentrations of...
A nuclear legacy in Los Alamos
After three cleanups, independent analysis shows 80-year-old plutonium persists in Acid Canyon and beyond By Alicia Inez Guzmán, Searchlight New Mexico | August 15, 2024 searchlightnm.org The world’s oldest documented plutonium...
High Detections of Plutonium in Los Alamos Neighborhood – As We Enter a New Nuclear Arms Race the Last One is Still Not Cleaned Up
In April Nuclear Watch New Mexico released a map of plutonium contamination based on Lab data. Today, Dr. Michael Ketterer, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Arizona University, is...
High Detections of Plutonium in Los Alamos Neighborhood – As We Enter a New Nuclear Arms Race the Last One is Still Not Cleaned Up
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, August 15, 2024 Dr. Michael Ketterer – 928.853.7188 | Email Jay Coghlan – 505.989.7342 | Email Santa Fe, NM – In April Nuclear Watch New Mexico released...
Media and Public Advisory – Results from Recent Sampling for Plutonium Contamination Around the Los Alamos National Lab
What: Dr. Michael Ketterer, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Arizona University, will release results from his recent sampling for plutonium contamination around the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Following his...
NNSA Town Hall July 22nd – Hruby: “We have to limit the growth of Los Alamos Laboratory…”
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) Los Alamos Field Office held a Town Hall event hosted by the DOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and...
Recent Project: Plutonium Sampling at the Los Alamos National Lab
NukeWatch has recently published a project on plutonium sampling at Los Alamos National Laboratory showing plutonium migration and contamination into the groundwater at and around the lab. See more: Click...
The long path of plutonium: A new map charts contamination at thousands of sites, miles from Los Alamos National Laboratory
Plutonium hotspots appear along tribal lands, hiking trails, city streets and the Rio Grande River, a watchdog group finds “Nuclear Watch’s driving question, according to Scott Kovac, its operations and...
Briefing on Plutonium Migration at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
Who: Nuclear Watch New Mexico and chemist Dr. Michael Ketterer, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Northern Arizona University What: Nuclear Watch has mapped plutonium migration based on sampling data from Intellus,...
Los Alamos National Lab Cleanup-duplicate-DRAFT
https://nukewatch.org/interactive-map-plutonium-contamination-and-migration-around-lanl/
Los Alamos decontaminating nuclear waste. Could it save space at repository near Carlsbad?
“A report from Nuclear Watch New Mexico posited pit production would generate 57,550 cubic meters of the waste over 50 years, more than half of WIPP’s projected future capacity. This assertion...