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Only a matter of time before something major happens at LANL

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By scooby
Only a matter of time before something major happens at LANL under the present leadership


Among issues raised Wednesday was a poor evaluations from the Department of Energy, which reported to the board in February that Los Alamos was the only national laboratory to receive a failing grade for its nuclear criticality safety program, a program designed to prevent a nuclear accident and radiological release during work related to nuclear weapons development.

Then in April, during Earth Day cleanup activities, a fire broke out on the ground floor of PF-4. Workers opened an unlabeled container they believed held powered graphite but in fact contained lanthanum nickel. The materials started to warm, then self-combusted, causing a small fire. One worker suffered second-degree burns.

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/los-alamos-lab-officials-learning-curve-with-more-plutonium/article_ef41f518-3cbd-56fd-bd9d-8d0e3e22b7da.html

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Anonymous said…
Man, I want some lanthanum nickels.
6/10/2017 1:44 AM
Anonymous said…
Unlabeled containers? We were not even allowed to do that in grade school, and this is a national lab with OSHA standards. is this article even accurate?
6/14/2017 9:27 PM
Anonymous said…
Unlabeled containers? We were not even allowed to do that in grade school, and this is a national lab with OSHA standards. is this article even accurate?

No the artical is not accurate it is MSM afterall however there is still a problem with the facility and it relates to the manegement.
6/20/2017 11:16 AM
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