Los Alamos National Laboratory Fined Nearly $1 Million By New Mexic

Los Alamos National Laboratory Fined Nearly $1 Million By New Mexico.

The AP (11/24) reports that the New Mexico Environment Department announced Monday it "has fined Los Alamos National Laboratory nearly $1 million for failing to monitor nearby groundwater and surface water for pollution." The state's Environment Secretary Ron Curry says that "reliable monitoring is needed to determine whether hazardous pollution from the lab's radioactive waste dump is reaching groundwater or the Rio Grande." But, according to the state department, "the lab and the Department of Energy refuse to monitor radionuclides, like plutonium." However, LANL spokesman Fred deSousa said that "the lab is monitoring groundwater and radionuclides as requested by the state," noting that "23 monitoring wells were installed in the past year and seven more are planned."

 

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