New Mexico Goes Head-to-Head with a Nuclear Juggernaut. Laura Paskus.
by Paskus, Laura; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 302Environment. Publisher: High Country News, 2003ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Actions and defenses | Cleanup of radioactive waste sites | Drinking water -- Contamination | Hazardous substances -- Health aspects | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Workers' compensationDDC classification: 050 Summary: "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."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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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."
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