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purejuiceThe city of Los Alamos (pop. 11, 909, though estimates have the lab employing 12,000) has been evacuated.
That odd color is not caused by your computer. It is the quality of smoke-filled light.
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Officials assure us the fissionable materials are well secured as a skeleton staff of security guards patrols the smoke-filled and deserted parameters. And as we know, the spokesmodels for nuclear sites always are first with the accurate information about nuclear threat to the neighborhood.
From today's Macondo Manana [TILDE!!!!]:
Wildfire Rages Along LANL Boundaries
Nuclear Materials, Explosives Secured
By John Fleck
Journal Staff Writer
Los Alamos National Laboratory went into a defensive crouch Monday as the second major wildfire in little more than a decade raged along its wooded boundaries.
The lab’s nuclear materials and explosives were secured in defensive bunkers, according to spokesman Steve Sandoval, as the sprawling lab stood deserted under a smoky sky with only security guards and a handful of other emergency personnel patrolling its perimeter and protecting sensitive facilities.
At one point Monday afternoon, fire crossed the lab’s southern boundary, adjacent to Bandelier National Monument. The spot fire burned in a largely open area, but was quickly extinguished, Sandoval said. It was the only case of the fire, which is burning on the lab’s southern and western boundaries, actually crossing onto lab property, Sandoval said. No lab structures have been damaged.
With the town of Los Alamos itself evacuated, the lab will remain closed today for the second day, and there is no word on when it might open for business, officials said.
Spread across 36 square miles of mesa in the Jemez Mountains west of Santa Fe, Los Alamos is one of the nation’s primary nuclear weapon design and manufacturing centers, employing nearly 12,000 people.
The areas closest to the fire lines are relatively remote, with few buildings, largely used for outdoor testing and related activities. The lab’s main building areas were several miles from the fires Monday.
The Santa Fe group Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety expressed concern Monday about the risk to the lab’s waste storage and disposal area, known as Area G, where thousands of drums of radioactive waste are in temporary aboveground storage.
Sandoval said Monday evening the fire was more than three miles from Area G. “As to ... risks to Area G, we don’t want to speculate because that is largely dependent on fire conditions and fire behavior,” Sandoval said. “At this moment, the fire poses no threat to Area G.”
You'll be relieved to know that Gobernadora Suzi Quesodecrema has said she cannot ban the sale of fireworks for your enjoyment on Big Bang day. Happy fourth.
That odd color is not caused by your computer. It is the quality of smoke-filled light.
http://www.abqjournal.com/cgi-bin/alexwilsonslideshow.pl?table_name=2011losconchas#http://www.abqjournal.com/pix/2011losconchas/12298apl062711o.jpg
Officials assure us the fissionable materials are well secured as a skeleton staff of security guards patrols the smoke-filled and deserted parameters. And as we know, the spokesmodels for nuclear sites always are first with the accurate information about nuclear threat to the neighborhood.
From today's Macondo Manana [TILDE!!!!]:
Wildfire Rages Along LANL Boundaries
Nuclear Materials, Explosives Secured
By John Fleck
Journal Staff Writer
Los Alamos National Laboratory went into a defensive crouch Monday as the second major wildfire in little more than a decade raged along its wooded boundaries.
The lab’s nuclear materials and explosives were secured in defensive bunkers, according to spokesman Steve Sandoval, as the sprawling lab stood deserted under a smoky sky with only security guards and a handful of other emergency personnel patrolling its perimeter and protecting sensitive facilities.
At one point Monday afternoon, fire crossed the lab’s southern boundary, adjacent to Bandelier National Monument. The spot fire burned in a largely open area, but was quickly extinguished, Sandoval said. It was the only case of the fire, which is burning on the lab’s southern and western boundaries, actually crossing onto lab property, Sandoval said. No lab structures have been damaged.
With the town of Los Alamos itself evacuated, the lab will remain closed today for the second day, and there is no word on when it might open for business, officials said.
Spread across 36 square miles of mesa in the Jemez Mountains west of Santa Fe, Los Alamos is one of the nation’s primary nuclear weapon design and manufacturing centers, employing nearly 12,000 people.
The areas closest to the fire lines are relatively remote, with few buildings, largely used for outdoor testing and related activities. The lab’s main building areas were several miles from the fires Monday.
The Santa Fe group Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety expressed concern Monday about the risk to the lab’s waste storage and disposal area, known as Area G, where thousands of drums of radioactive waste are in temporary aboveground storage.
Sandoval said Monday evening the fire was more than three miles from Area G. “As to ... risks to Area G, we don’t want to speculate because that is largely dependent on fire conditions and fire behavior,” Sandoval said. “At this moment, the fire poses no threat to Area G.”
You'll be relieved to know that Gobernadora Suzi Quesodecrema has said she cannot ban the sale of fireworks for your enjoyment on Big Bang day. Happy fourth.
