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The mystery of a Truchas woman who died with extraordinary amounts of plutonium in her body

Buried secrets, plutonium poisoned bodies

Why did a Truchas woman die with extraordinary amounts of plutonium in her body — and why was she illegally autopsied? For this reporter, the answers hit close to home. Searchlight, by Alicia Inez Guzmán, December 20, 2023 The first reference to her comes, of all places, on an airplane. It’s the end of April and…

Glove box fire closed part of Los Alamos National Laboratory plutonium facility in November

There was no evidence of anyone being contaminated or breathing in any radioactive toxins in the Nov. 6 incident, the safety board said.

Glove box fire closed part of LANL plutonium facility in November

There was no evidence of anyone being contaminated or breathing in any radioactive toxins in the Nov. 6 incident, the safety board said.

Environmental Groups Cut Programs as Funding Shifts to Climate Change

The Natural Resources Defense Council is eliminating its longstanding program promoting nuclear safety and cleanup as donors focus on the climate crisis.

LANL reports glove box breach, tritium drift weeks apart

This is the second glove box breach in as many months, and among a half-dozen that the safety board has reported this year.

State, feds will seek independent expert over chromium plume threatening San Ildefonso Pueblo

U.S. Energy Department treatment of the decades-old toxic plume, caused by Los Alamos National Laboratory Research, was halted in March over state regulator's claims the work was making the substance

Amid billions spent in upgrades, federal report foresees replacing LANL plutonium facility

The Congressional Strategic Posture Commission has released a 160-page report that pushes for the U.S. to boost its nuclear capabilities, and buried in a footnote is a statement of how

Amid current upgrades, commission foresees replacing LANL plutonium facility

Billions of dollars are being spent to refurbish the lab's current facility, known as PF-4, so that it can produce the plutonium cores required to upgrade the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

US Nearing New Underground Nuclear Test System That Doesn't Cause Explosions

Scientists tasked with ensuring the safety, reliability and effectiveness of the US nuclear arsenal say they are close to completing a facility that will help them test that.