NNSA Considers Stuffing More Plutonium Into New Facility
Despite the fact that no one has come up with a good reason to increase plutonium pit production for the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile, officials want to study the possibility...
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QUESTIONS FOR DOE FY 2015 BUDGET
ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY A national network of organizations working to address issues of nuclear weapons production and waste cleanup Ashish Sinha: (301) 910-9405 [email protected] Bob Schaeffer: (239) 395-6773 [email protected]...
Excellence Unfulfilled at the LANL’s Plutonium Facility
A Los Alamos National Laboratory fact sheet touts the Lab as a plutonium “center of excellence”. However, the Laboratory Director paused operations in the Plutonium Facility on June 27, 2013....
Lab lacks ability to estimate emergency response as it also underestimates risk
The Health Safety and Security Office (HSS) of Safety and Emergency Management Evaluations performed this independent review to evaluate emergency response capabilities at the Lab and how the Lab maintained them in a state of readiness in case of a severe natural phenomena event. The review showed that LANL would have trouble responding quickly with the appropriate emergency response in the case of a serious natural event. As one of the conclusions states – “LANL does not have an adequate means for determining quickly whether an event occurring at the CMR facility, a criticality event at TA-55 PF-4 facility, or a severe natural phenomena event at either facility involves a significant quantity of HAZMAT and requires implementation of corresponding onsite protective actions or issuance of appropriate offsite protective action recommendations.”
LANL loses track of nuclear materials
LANL loses track of nuclear materials Plutonium operations placed in standby mode In an April 20, 2012 report, the Safety Board charged with oversight of defense nuclear facilities reported...
Weight Restrictions for Weapons Workers?
Question: What is the tripping-man impact scenario for a nuclear weapons production technician? Answer: A 280 lb production technician traveling 2 .5 miles per hour. We are all familiar with...
Revised Estimates for Safer Gloveboxes Hurt Budget
On the heels of a GAO report made public Monday, which stated that accounting procedures used by various branches of the U.S. nuclear weapons complex are preventing NNSA from pinpointing...
Operations at Plutonium Facility stood down due to fire suppression system
In the latest of a string of fire system deficiencies on Wednesday September 30th, LANL management declared the fire suppression system inoperable in PF-4 at TA-55. Facility activities were placed...
Los Alamos – Plutonium Center of Negligence
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) reveals public safety vulnerability and seismic issues at TA-55 (The Lab’s plutonium Technical Area).