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A petition filed by a Los Alamos worker has been in limbo for 10 years. At the Savannah River Site, a petition has lingered for 11 years. At Sandia National Laboratories, workers have been waiting seven years for a final decision. Continue Reading
They want Congress to suspend a move that would limit access to information about facilities and could hinder the panel’s ability to oversee worker health and safety. Continue Reading
Under a new order from the Energy Department, a nuclear safety board will have to fight for information about and access to nuclear laboratories. Continue Reading
The University of California is still there, even after mismanagement caused it to lose its contract to run the lab — twice. Continue Reading
A&M is partnering with the University of California System and a research and development organization on the effort. Continue Reading
Defense contractor Bechtel and the University of California have run the lab as partners for the last decade and amassed a record of worker health and safety violations. Continue Reading
The lab’s failure to adequately track beryllium — small amounts of which can cause lung disease and cancer — violates federal regulations put in place to prevent worker overexposure. Continue Reading
Without the bill, state and local governments could lose tens of millions of dollars if a nonprofit university takes over management of Los Alamos National Laboratory later this year. Continue Reading
An atomic device equal to what was used on Japan was tested weeks earlier in New Mexico. Continue Reading
Los Alamos laboratory’s recent mistakes in shipping plutonium were among dozens of incidents involving mislabeled or wrongly shipped materials associated with the nuclear weapons program. Continue Reading
Most were not told about it until months later, and other mishaps at the Nevada nuclear test site followed. Continue Reading
Explosions, fires and radioactive exposures are among the workplace hazards that fail to make a serious dent in private contractor profits. Continue Reading
A facility in New Mexico that handles the cores of U.S. nuclear weapons has been mostly closed since 2013 over its inability to control worker safety risks. Continue Reading
Repeated safety lapses hobble Los Alamos National Laboratory’s work on the cores of U.S. nuclear warheads. Continue Reading
While the study authors favor diluting the plutonium and storing it in an underground repository in New Mexico, this solution faces serious problems of its own. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant has been closed for a year and a half following a series of accidents. Continue Reading