New Mexico reconsidering 2016 waste agreement with LANL
The state of New Mexico is reconsidering its 2016 pact with the U.S. Department of Energy on how to regulate the cleanup of decades-old hazardous waste at Los Alamos National...
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State report: LANL lost track of 250 barrels of nuke waste
The contractor that’s been in charge of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s operations for the past year lost track of 250 barrels of waste, while the company heading the legacy cleanup...
Flammable hazard stalls LANL’s plutonium operations, waste shipments
Concerns that a calcium residue might be flammable prompted officials at Los Alamos National Laboratory to curtail plutonium operations and suspend waste shipments in early November, according to a federal...
Hazardous Waste Permit Renewal Begins for LANL
“If DOE and LANL continue to treat the public with disdain, it is going to be a long and difficult permitting process. All in all, this first meeting was disappointing...
LANL Proposes Satellite “Campus” in Santa Fe
Santa Fe, NM – Today, the Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper reported: “Santa Fe city leaders asked for developers’ ideas on what to do with the city-owned midtown campus…The National...
LANL Proposes Satellite “Campus” in Santa Fe as Part of Expanded Production of Plutonium Nuclear Weapons Triggers
Santa Fe, NM – Today, the Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper reported: “Santa Fe city leaders asked for developers’ ideas on what to do with the city-owned midtown campus…The National...
PODCAST: Living On The Edge November 14, 2019 – LANL & Plutonium
Scott Kovac of Nuclear Watch New Mexico and Jon Lipsky, the FBI agent who led the 1989 raid investigating environmental crimes that shut down the Rocky Flats Nuclear Bomb Plant...
Why should anyone trust LANL on nuclear safety?
JAY COGHLAN | abqjournal.com Ask the downwinders of nuclear weapons tests at the Marshal Islands and the Nevada Test Site whether the government should be trusted. Why should LANL be...
An evolving nuclear agenda spurs plutonium pit production at LANL
A ‘dirty, dirty process’ BY: KENDRA CHAMBERLAINE | nmpoliticalreport.com Los Alamos has a starring role in a shift to U.S. nuclear policy that’s two presidential terms in the making. Nuclear...
LANL Busted For Losing Control of Controlled Substances
In a recent report, the Department Of Energy’s Office of Inspector General (IG) found issues with the way Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) keeps track of controlled substances such as...
NukeWatch Director Jay Coghlan on The Richard Eeds Show: LANL’s Cleanup Progress
https://santafe.com/podcasts/jay-coghlan-of-nuclear-watch-new-mexico-on-lanls-clean-up-progress
9 LANL waste containers denied shipment to WIPP
Barrels filled with transuranic waste fail inspection, remain at lab’s Plutonium Facility BY TRIS DEROMA | lamonitor.com DNSFB reports: https://www.dnfsb.gov/sites/default/files/document/18696/Los%20Alamos%20Week%20Ending%20July%2026%202019.pdf Nine containers full of transuranic waste are stuck at the...
NMED won’t move LANL Oversight Bureau office from Los Alamos
“New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) Secretary James Kenney and other members of the department’s staff held a public meeting July 8 to address fears that NMED would move the Los...
Kick-Off For Public Participation In LANL Legacy Waste Cleanup Draws Large Crowd At Fuller Lodge
BY MAIRE O’NEILL | losalamosreporter.com The message was clear at Wednesday evening’s Environmental Management Cleanup Forum at Fuller Lodge hosted by the Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Los Alamos (EM-LA) Field...
LANL cleanup costs continue piling up
By Rebecca Moss | rmoss@sfnewmexican.com Jun 22, 2019 Updated Jun 22, 2019 The U.S. Department of Energy in 2016 drafted a list of 17 projects at Los Alamos National Laboratory...
Billion-dollar LANL building has plumbing problem
BY MARK OSWALD / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Saturday, June 1st, 2019 at 12:05am Copyright © 2019 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – A building at Los Alamos National Laboratory with a price...
Billion-dollar LANL building has plumbing problem
JUNE 1, 2019 | BY MARK OSWALD | abqjournal.com Copyright © 2019 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – A building at Los Alamos National Laboratory with a price pegged at more than...
Study questions whether LANL, DOE can meet ‘pits’ production goal
Jay Coghlan of Nuclear Watch New Mexico said the report “makes clear that DOE is blowing smoke when it says that it will produce 80 plutonium pits per year by...
Editorial: LANL leaders must make safety the lab’s top mission
Falling short of the bare minimum in the eyes of the DOE is a far cry from where the public expects or needs LANL to be. The Albuquerque Journal Editorial...
Editorial: LANL leaders must make safety the lab’s top mission
“Falling short of the bare minimum in the eyes of the DOE is a far cry from where the public expects or needs LANL to be.” BY ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL EDITORIAL...
LANL Regional Coalition Faces More Opposition
The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities (RCLC) is facing scrutiny from several directions lately. The Department of Energy (DOE) Inspector General is conducting an investigation. Two members of the Santa...
LANL Continues to Have Serious Nuclear Safety Management Issues
A new report illustrates why planned expanded plutonium pit production for new nuclear weapons at the Los Alamos Lab has a high probability of failure.
Report: LANL Nuclear Safety Falls Short
This article illustrates why planned expanded plutonium pit production for new nuclear weapons at the Los Alamos Lab has a high probability of failure. BY MARK OSWALD | abqjournal.com SANTA...
Feds stand by splitting ‘pit’ production between LANL, S.C.
“NNSA’s plans for expanded plutonium pit production is a house of cards waiting to fall down. First, we have an agency with a long track record of cost overruns and...
LANL’s New Director Discusses Changing Culture
BY REBECCA MOSS | santafenewmexican.com Three months into his tenure as the 12th director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Thomas Mason acknowledged that fixing the lab’s problems is going to take time, and...