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March 11, 2008 * Los Alamos - plutonium project - Chemical and Metallurgy Research Replacement October 25, 2006 *
Los Alamos docs turn up in meth lab bust
A search of a suspected meth lab turned up classified documents from Los Alamos National Laboratory, where, among other things, nuclear weapons research is ... *
Los Alamos nuke documents thought found in drug raid
A drug raid on a Los Alamos scientist's home in New Mexico turned up what appeared to be classified documents taken from the nuclear weapons lab, the ... *
U.S. nuclear documents seized at N.M. home
The FBI is investigating how classified documents from the Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory in New Mexico turned up in the home of a subcontractor. ... *
Drug raid yields Los Alamos documents
... Los Alamos has a history of high-profile security problems in the past decade, with the most notable the case of nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee. ... *
That Los Alamos Drug Raid
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Los Alamos secrets are found in drug factory
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Feds probe LANL security breach
* [2006-03-31] Feds slash LANL environmental management funds * [2006-03-24] Watchdog group sues LANL for `right to know' * [2006-03-18] LANL Udall aims to save health records * [2006-03-15] LANL fire preparation in high gear * [2006-03-10] NNSA: LANL compensation plan equivalent * [2006-03-10] LANL blasts excess explosives: Mesa-top detonation rocks area homes * [2006-03-09] LANL pit production role to grow * [2006-03-03] Geologist says LANL needs to upgrade wells faulty April 16, 2005 * CDC says it's 'committed' to learning nuclear effects Kathy Harben, a spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, responded to comments by Dr. Joseph L. Lyon, reported in Thursday's Deseret Morning News. After the CDC pulled funding for an extensive fallout-health effects study he and colleagues have been pursuing, Dr. Lyon wondered if someone was trying to cover up fallout harm. The study, which has cost about $8 million so far, has examined about one-third of the 4,000 subjects, seeking evidence of thyroid abnormalities. A subsection of the study also was planned to check for possible deaths from reasons other than thyroid disease that could be tied to fallout. According to Lyon, it was the only study in this country actually examining individuals who were exposed to radiation, looking for health effects. The main group in the study attended Washington County schools in 1965, and when Lyon and colleagues checked them years after fallout from the Nevada Test Site had ended, they found thyroid tumors at 3.4 times the expected rate. The follow-up study was launched because thyroid disease can materialize years after exposure to radiation. Some of the 4,000 make up a control group of Arizona residents. Lyon commented after reading a letter from CDC director Dr. Julie Louise Gerberding, whose points were covered in the article Thursday. Ms. Harben read the article and said Gerberding had made a good analysis of the CDC's reasoning. "That is a very good summary for the basis for the CDC's decision not to continue funding," she said. "Besides that, the CDC remains committed to evaluating the exposure and possible effects related to past radiation released from nuclear weapons production facilities," she said. "We continue to study the health effects of these types of environmental radiation exposures through the Hanford (Washington) thyroid disease study, the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project, the Savannah River (Georgia and South Carolina) Dose Reconstruction Project, the Los Alamos (New Mexico) Dose Reconstruction Project and the Idaho National Laboratories (Idaho) Dose Reconstruction Project." Harben added, "We do expect that findings from these studies will provide valuable information on the health effects of past radiation exposures." January 24, 2004 Los Alamos - new biolab needs second enviro assessment, due to design changes A new biological research facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory was built differently than originally planned. The research will involve anthrax and other pathogens that could be used as biological weapons. It is scheduled to begin operating this summer. Yesterday, the National Nuclear Security Administration withdrew the environmental assessment, and announced that a new one would be performed. The first assessment was completed in 2002, and was based on the original design. A local anti-nuclear group, Nuclear Watch, had filed a lawsuit contending that the initial assessment was grossly inadequate. Upon learning of NNSA's decision, Nuclear Watch's director, Jay Coghlan, told AP that "They have finally realized that we mean business." [Ref: Associated Press, "Energy Department will redo enviro analysis of Los Alamos biodefense lab", January 24, 2004 2:52 pm ET] |