by NMELC | Nov 24, 2020 | NMELC in the News
By Kendra Chamberlain, New Mexico Political Report
Thursday night, a group of Indigenous community leaders gave presentations about the legacy of uranium mining in the state that still threatens the health and environment of their communities, decades after the last mines ceased operations.
by NMELC | Nov 19, 2020 | News
BY MAIRE O’NEILL
maire@losalamosreporter.com
More than 100 people tuned in to a virtual community engagement meeting hosted by the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) Thursday evening where the proposed venting of four flanged tritium waste containers at Los Alamos National Laboratory, contain at Middle DP Road and the 2016 Consent Order were the main topics addressed.
by NMELC | Nov 19, 2020 | News, NMELC in the News
BY MAIRE O’NEILL maire@losalamosreporter.com More than 100 people tuned in to a virtual community engagement meeting hosted by the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) Thursday evening where the proposed venting of four flanged tritium waste containers at Los...
by NMELC | Nov 6, 2020 | NMELC in the News
Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. It emits beta radiation, which can be very dangerous if inhaled. Like other forms of ionizing radiation, tritium can cause cancer, genetic mutations and birth defects, and assorted other adverse health effects. So it is...
by NMELC | Oct 28, 2020 | NMELC in the News
Area residents expressed concerns this week about the potential health hazards of releasing radioactive vapors into the atmosphere from four barrels of tritium-laced waste stored at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Most who spoke during a virtual forum Tuesday hosted...
by NMELC | Aug 28, 2020 | News, Press Releases
Santa Fe, NM – Today the New Mexico Environmental Law Center and Nuclear Watch New Mexico notified the Environmental Protection Agency that its rubber stamping of plans by the Department of Energy and the Los Alamos National Laboratory to vent up to 114,000 curies of...