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WATCH: 'Armageddon' Nuke Plan Eyed For Saving Earth From Asteroid

Posted 03.12.2012

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By: Mike Wall Published: 03/12/2012 11:33 AM EDT on SPACE.com A well-placed nuclear explosion could actually save humanity from a big asteroid h...

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Radioactive Waste To Be Removed From Los Alamos Lab

AP | JERI CLAUSING | Posted 03.07.2012

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POJOAQUE, N.M. (AP) — State environmental officials have reached an agreement with Los Alamos National Laboratory to expedite the cleanup of thousan...

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Nuclear Turkeys

Joe Cirincione | Posted 01.20.2012

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Joe Cirincione

Washington is planning to spend over $700 billion on nuclear weapons and related programs over the next ten years. Some programs are necessary, some ...

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Los Alamos Under Renewed Environmental Scrutiny

AP | By JERI CLAUSING | Posted 12.01.2011

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LOS ALAMOS, N.M. -- Pickup trucks believed present at the world's first nuclear bomb test, coke and whiskey bottles, a calendar and a toothbrush are j...

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New Mexico Monument Rises From Ashes Of Historic Wildfire

AP | By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Posted 09.28.2011

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THE BOTTOM OF FRIJOLES CANYON, N.M. -- Tourist season is peaking in northern New Mexico but there are no visitors at the heart of much-loved Bandelier...

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New Mexico Fire Tag

Shan Wells | Posted 09.07.2011

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Shan Wells

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Fukushima Spews, Los Alamos Burns, Vermont Rages and We've Almost Lost Nebraska

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 09.04.2011

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Harvey Wasserman

The stream of reactor disasters spewing from this dying industry is certain to escalate. The toll rises with each leak at Fukushima, every flame at Los Alamos, each legal brief at Vermont Yankee, every foot of Nebraska floodwater.

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New Mexico Fire Witness: We Cried When We Saw What Mother Nature Was Doing

AP | P. SOLOMON BANDA and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Posted 08.31.2011

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LOS ALAMOS, N.M. -- The threat of wildfire reaching the Los Alamos nuclear lab and the town that surrounds it eased after crews made progress under cl...

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'Flying Lab' Dispatched To Detect Radiological Smoke In Los Alamos

AP | SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Posted 08.29.2011

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Federal environment officials have dispatched a special twin-engine plane capable of detecting chemical and radiological mat...

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Wildfire Advances On Famed Nuclear Lab

AP | By P. SOLOMON BANDA and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Posted 08.28.2011

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LOS ALAMOS, N.M. -- A wildfire burning near the desert birthplace of the atomic bomb advanced on the Los Alamos laboratory and thousands of outdoor dr...

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New Mexico Fires Now Cover 93 Square Miles

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.28.2011

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Firefighters have been working relentlessly near Los Alamos, New Mexico to put out spot fires burning ahead of a massive wildfire Tuesday. The AP r...

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Thousands Evacuated As Firefighters Continue To Battle Blaze

AP | SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 08.28.2011

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LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — Fire managers say it's a "make or break day" Tuesday for ensuring flames from a wildfire don't race into a northern New Mexic...

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New Nuclear Project Distracts From Existing Safety (Read: Seismic) Issues

Russ Wellen | Posted 06.18.2011

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Russ Wellen

In a cruel joke at a time of supposed disarmament, the CMRR promises to be the most expensive construction project in the history of Los Alamos.

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How to Stop Iran's Nuclear Threat

Alireza Jafarzadeh | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alireza Jafarzadeh

The Iranian opposition movement does not ask for money or arms, much less troops. But it does demand that, at this critical juncture, it not be shut out of the Iran policy debate.

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How Iodine May Help Protect You From Radiation Damage

Anne Dunev | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anne Dunev

How much radiation a person can handle without developing cancer is very individual. Having sufficient iodine can help protect your body against many types of radiation.

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The Front Line of Disarmament: Blocking a Nuclear Facility Six Times the Cost of the Manhattan Project

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Russ Wellen

Odds are, with the Cold War consigned to history, you couldn't have imagined that a nuclear weapons facility of such immensity was still on the table.

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U.S. Couple Charged With Trying To Pass Nuclear Secrets To Venezuela

AP | SUE MAJOR HOLMES | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A scientist and his wife who both once worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory were arrested Friday after an FBI sting oper...

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New Mexico's (Atomic) Ground Zero

James M. Clash | Posted 05.25.2011

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James M. Clash

Trinity was the culmination of the Manhattan Project where, during World War II, some of the best scientific minds toiled to perfect a device they called "the gadget." With the force of 20,000 tons of TNT, the gadget broke windows 90 miles away

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Let Me In Opens the Door To Chilling Entertainment

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jackie K. Cooper

Let Me In is a new film that smashes the concepts of what vampire movies are supposed to be and have become.

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Nuclear Option For Plugging Oil Well Gains Support, But U.S. Not On Board

New York Times | William J. Broad | Posted 05.25.2011

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The chatter began weeks ago as armchair engineers brainstormed for ways to stop the torrent of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico: What about nuking...

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Are Obama's Disarmament Initiatives Just a Cover for the Nuclear-Industrial Complex?

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Russ Wellen

Many of us hoped for more from the Nuclear Posture Review. Still, as with the new START treaty, it may not be transformational, but it is transitional.

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Keeping Fear Alive

Robert Koehler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Koehler

Does any force seem more impervious to the collective will than that which drives the nuclear weapons industry?

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The Futility of Trying to Debate Our Way to Disarmament

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Russ Wellen

When all the arguments are assembled, it becomes apparent how difficult it is to argue for disarmament without sounding like you're soft on national security.

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67 Computers Missing From Nuclear Weapons Lab

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory in New Mexico is missing 69 computers, including at least a dozen that were stolen last y...

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A State of Disenchantment

Javier Sierra | Posted 05.25.2011

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Javier Sierra

Because of its extraordinary number of sun hours per year and its predominant winds, New Mexico could be turned into an El Dorado of clean, alternative, renewable energy.

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