Paskus, Laura,
New Mexico Goes Head-to-Head with a Nuclear Juggernaut. Laura Paskus. - High Country News, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 302, Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: New Mexico Goes Head-to-Head with a Nuclear Juggernaut, Nov. 24, 2003; pp. 7-12.
"As Los Alamos National Laboratory embarks on a new era of weapons development, critics drag its unfinished business out into the light." (HIGH COUNTRY NEWS) This article discusses the plans of Los Alamos "to expand both its nuclear and non-nuclear programs," noting that "the state of New Mexico and many of the state's activist groups are pressuring the lab to clean up its old messes--the Cold War-era 'legacy' waste piled across the mesa, dumped into canyons and trickling into the groundwater--and to think twice before pursuing any new projects."
1522-3205;
Actions and defenses
Cleanup of radioactive waste sites
Drinking water--Contamination
Hazardous substances--Health aspects
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Workers' compensation
AC1.S5
050
New Mexico Goes Head-to-Head with a Nuclear Juggernaut. Laura Paskus. - High Country News, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 302, Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: New Mexico Goes Head-to-Head with a Nuclear Juggernaut, Nov. 24, 2003; pp. 7-12.
"As Los Alamos National Laboratory embarks on a new era of weapons development, critics drag its unfinished business out into the light." (HIGH COUNTRY NEWS) This article discusses the plans of Los Alamos "to expand both its nuclear and non-nuclear programs," noting that "the state of New Mexico and many of the state's activist groups are pressuring the lab to clean up its old messes--the Cold War-era 'legacy' waste piled across the mesa, dumped into canyons and trickling into the groundwater--and to think twice before pursuing any new projects."
1522-3205;
Actions and defenses
Cleanup of radioactive waste sites
Drinking water--Contamination
Hazardous substances--Health aspects
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Workers' compensation
AC1.S5
050