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Los Alamos was the perfect spot for the U.S. government’s top-secret Manhattan Project. Almost overnight, the ranching enclave on a remote plateau in northern New Mexico was transformed into a makeshift home for scientists, engineers and young soldiers racing to develop the world’s first atomic bomb. The community is facing growing pains again, 80 years later, as Los Alamos National Laboratory takes part in the nation's most ambitious nuclear weapons effort since World War I...

The community is facing growing pains again, 80 years later, as Los Alamos National Laboratory takes part in the nation's most ambitious nuclear weapons effort since World War II.

The community is facing growing pains again, 80 years later, as Los Alamos National Laboratory takes part in the nation's most ambitious nuclear weapons effort since World War II.

Lab officials consider the seismic readiness an important finding as the lab gears up to make 30 warhead triggers, or pits, per year in the facility anti-nuclear critics contend isnt

Lab officials consider the seismic readiness an important finding as the lab gears up to make 30 warhead triggers per year.

LANL anticipates adding 2,000 workers as the lab moves toward its goal of making 30 plutonium warhead triggers, or pits, by 2026.

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What to know about the effort to restart America’s nuclear-weapons manufacturing program.

BY MAIRE O'NEILLmaire@losalamosreporter.com Los Alamos Study Group executive director Greg Mello and historian Peter Kuznick are hosting a hybrid community discussion at 6:30 p.m., July 22 at Fuller Lodge. The topic will be, "'The real purpose in making the bomb was to subdue the Soviets.' Now it's happening again, on a vast scale. Why?" Kuznick is…

It carries a legacy of illness, death and environmental racism for countless others. History tells of a long practice of hiring local Hispano and Pueblo communities to staff some of the most dangerous positions. History tells of a long practice of hiring local Hispano and Pueblo communities to staff some of the most dangerous positions,…