By Cathy Cook
Albuquerque Journal
November 19, 2024
An Española-based nonprofit is criticizing Los Alamos National Laboratory over its plans for disposing of radioactive gas.
Tewa Women United released two scientific technical reports Tuesday that assess LANL’s proposal to release tritium near White Rock. …
by Hannah Grover
New Mexico Political Report
November 19, 2024
An indigenous advocacy group says Los Alamos National Laboratory’s plan to vent a radioactive form of hydrogen known as tritium into the air could put nearby residents, particularly children, at risk.
Tewa Women United has released two independent scientific reports backing those claims.
TWU is partnering with groups like the New Mexico Environmental Law Center in opposition of the tritium venting plan. …
NEW REPORT REVEALS LANL TRITIUM VENTING COULD HAVE TRIPLE THE RADIATION EXPOSURE TO INFANTS COMPARED TO ADULTS
Native-Led Nonprofit Tewa Women United Commissioned Two Reports
to Study Impacts. Finding: LANL Omitted Dose Calculations to
Infants & Children in Their Compliance Application
ESPANOLA, NM — The Native-led nonprofit organization Tewa Women United (TWU), based in Española, New Mexico, has released two independent scientific technical reports assessing the implications and adherence to regulations concerning Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) proposal to release tritium into the open atmosphere from four Flanged Tritium Waste Containers (FTWCs) located in Area G (TA-54), near White Rock, New Mexico.
by Alaina Mencinger
Santa Fe New Mexican
October 12, 2024
Nearly four decades after a uranium mine on Navajo land closed up shop, a site was proposed for permanent storage of its waste left behind.
A portion of the municipal Red Rock Landfill in Thoreau was identified for a “geotechnically engineered facility.”
The location was ideal to store the low-level radioactive waste, which includes dry dirt and rocks contaminated with uranium, as well as mining equipment, said Eric Jantz, legal director of the New Mexico Environmental Law Center. While the “hottest stuff” — the most radioactive debris — had already been removed from the mine site, there were remaining concerns about the health effects to nearby residents from long-term exposure to uranium-contaminated waste, as well as other heavy metals like cadmium and mercury. …
by Jessica Carranza Pino
El Defensor Chieftain
October 10, 2024
On September 23 Augustin Plains Ranch, LLC appealed the Final Order Granting New Mexico State Engineer’s Motion for Summary Judgment. The judgment upheld the denial of the application to pump 54,000 acre-feet of water a year from the San Agustin Plains basin.
The appeal will go to the New Mexico Court of Appeals. …