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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
President Trump’s Labor Department has let nearly all of an advisory board member’s terms expire — and so far hasn’t nominated new ones. 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
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
Modernizing U.S. nuclear warheads and cleaning up the wastes will cost more than $520 billion, audit agency says. Continue Reading
The Sandia Corporation has agreed to reimburse the Energy Department after allegedly spending federal funds on lobbying instead of national security. Continue Reading
A multi-billion-dollar Los Alamos contractor tells investigators it needs more money to meet basic safety expectations. Continue Reading
President Barack Obama has pledged that the United States would produce no new nuclear warheads and that life extension programs of existing weapons would not provide “new military capabilities.” Continue Reading
It is time for political leaders of all parties here in New Mexico to understand that economic development must be driven by the private sector. Continue Reading