Los Alamos National Lab
Description and Current Mission The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), located in north-central New Mexico, was founded during World War II as a secret laboratory for the Manhattan Project. This...
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Los Alamos Cleanup Lawsuit
2019 March 12, 2019 Lawsuit Advances Against Los Alamos National Laboratory Management Potential Penalties Over $272,000,000
Los Alamos National Lab Cleanup
NukeWatch advocates for comprehensive cleanup at LANL over the Lab's proposed "cap and cover" approach to the more than 200,000 cubic yards of toxic and radioactive waste permanently buried in...
UC retains management of Los Alamos nuclear laboratory with new contract
The University of California will continue to manage the Los Alamos National Laboratory alongside two new partners.
New Contractors Selected For Expanded Nuclear Weapons Production at Los Alamos
Santa Fe, NM – Today the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced its choice for the new management and operating contract for the Los Alamos National Laboratory...
Los Alamos Cleanup
Over the last decade funding for the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL’s) nuclear weapons programs has increased by 20%. However, funding for needed cleanup has remained flat at one-tenth of...
NNSA: Plutonium Pit Production at Both Los Alamos and Savannah River Site
“To achieve DoD’s 80 pits per year requirement by 2030, NNSA’s recommended alternative repurposes the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina to produce...
NNSA Proposal to Raise Plutonium Limit Ten-Fold in Los Alamos’ Rad Lab Is First Step in Expanded Plutonium Pit Production: Environmental Assessment Is Premature and Deceptive By Omission
"NNSA should begin a nation-wide review of plutonium pit production, why it's needed, and what it will cost the American taxpayer in financial, safety and environmental risks. These are all things that the public should know."
Major LANL Cleanup Subcontractor Implicated in Fraud; Entire Los Alamos Cleanup Should Be Re-evaluated
On December 17, 2017, the Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a separate $1.4 billion contract for cleanup at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos,...
Major LANL Cleanup Subcontractor Implicated in Fraud – Entire Los Alamos Cleanup Should Be Re-evaluated
Santa Fe, NM On December 17, 2017, the Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a separate $1.4 billion contract for cleanup at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to Newport News...
Los Alamos Hires New Contractor – Starts Cleanup On the Cheap
Santa Fe, NM Today the Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of the new Los Alamos National Laboratory legacy cleanup contract to Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos, LLC. The...
Chromium Groundwater Contamination at Los Alamos Lab Far Greater Than Previously Expected; LANL’s Treatment Plan Must Be Drastically Changed
The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has detected far more hexavalent chromium (Cr) contamination than previously estimated in the “sole source” regional groundwater aquifer that serves Los Alamos, Santa Fe...
Chromium Groundwater Contamination at Los Alamos Lab Far Greater Than Previously Expected; LANL’s Treatment Plan Must Be Drastically Changed
Santa Fe, NM. The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has detected far more hexavalent chromium (Cr) contamination than previously estimated in the “sole source” regional groundwater aquifer that serves Los...
Annual Sackcloth and Ashes Hiroshima Day Peace Vigil at Los Alamos, NM
Annual Sackcloth and Ashes Hiroshima Day Peace Vigil at Los Alamos, NM Saturday, August 5th, 2017, people will gather at 2:00 p.m. at Ashley Pond Park in Los Alamos, NM...
Los Alamos Nuclear Weapons Activities Reaches 70% Of Annual Budget
Make no doubt about it, Los Alamos National Laboratory is a nuclear weapons research, development, and production facility. In this year’s FY18 Congressional Budget Request: 70% of the Lab’s budget...
Some Background on Plutonium Pit Production at the Los Alamos Lab
Some Background on Plutonium Pit Production at the Los Alamos Lab The Washington Post has published the first in a series of articles on nuclear safety lapses in plutonium pit...
Nuclear safety lapses in plutonium pit production at the Los Alamos Lab
The Washington Post has published the first in a series of articles on nuclear safety lapses in plutonium pit production at the Los Alamos Lab. Plutonium pits are the fissile...
Some Background on Plutonium Pit Production at the Los Alamos Lab
Santa Fe, NM The Washington Post has published the first in a series of articles on nuclear safety lapses in plutonium pit production at the Los Alamos Lab. Plutonium pits...
NNSA Releases Los Alamos Lab Performance Evaluation Report Nuclear Criticality Safety Issues Still Not Fully Resolved
Santa Fe, NM The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has publicly released its fiscal year 2016 Performance Evaluation Report (PER) for Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS), the for-profit contractor...
Energy Dept Misrepresents Cost and Scope of Los Alamos Cleanup
New Mexican Politicians Should Not Be Misled Energy Dept Misrepresents Cost and Scope of Los Alamos Cleanup Santa Fe, NM – The Department of Energy (DOE) has released a 2016...
New Mexican Politicians Should Not Be Misled- Energy Dept. Misrepresents Cost and Scope of Los Alamos Cleanup
Santa Fe, NM “…The DOE report is far from honest. It intentionally omits any mention of approximately 150,000 cubic meters of poorly characterized radioactive and toxic wastes just at Area...
New Mexican Politicians Should Not Be Misled- Energy Dept. Misrepresents Cost and Scope of Los Alamos Cleanup
Santa Fe, NM The Department of Energy (DOE) has released a 2016 Lifecycle Cost Estimate Summary of proposed future cleanup at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). At the beginning...
NM Environment Dept Finalizes Consent Order on Los Alamos Lab Cleanup Surrenders Enforcement to Nuclear Weaponeers
NM Environment Dept Finalizes Consent Order on Los Alamos Lab Cleanup Surrenders Enforcement to Nuclear Weaponeers Santa Fe, NM – In a classic move to avoid publicity, the New...
NM Environment Dept. Finalizes Consent Order on Los Alamos Lab Cleanup; Surrenders Enforcement to Nuclear Weaponeers
Santa Fe, NM The new Consent Order is a giveaway to the Department of Energy and the Lab, surrendering the strong enforceability of the old Consent Order. The new Order...
Sign the Petition – No Loopholes, No Excuses – Full Cleanup at Los Alamos!
Dear Friends, Thanks to those who made it to the meeting last night! NukeWatch has a new petition – The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) has issued a proposed...