Wildfire Threat to Texas Nuclear Weapons Facility Highlights Intersecting Risks
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 7, 2024
Two major wildfires threatened Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico in 2000 and 2011. The biggest fear was that fires would reach radioactive waste stored in above-ground holding areas that could have presented a contamination risk to the surrounding region. Are there risks to national security?
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