The first of four flanged tritium waste containers awaiting removal from Los Alamos National Laboratory has been vented, the New Mexico Environment Department announced Tuesday afternoon. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Nuclear Security Administration was "slowly preparing" to depressurize the second of four flanged tritium waste ...

The fourth and final flanged tritium waste container at Los Alamos National Laboratory has been depressurized, according to a Tuesday morning post on X from the New Mexico Environment Department. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 9—After years of pushback from advocacy groups, small amounts of radioactive gas can be released into the air as early as ...

As they emptied unlabeled containers of legacy waste into a plastic bag -- including radioactive and chemically contaminated materials from Cold War-era weapons activities -- a fire ignited. The ...

GONE ARE THE DAYS when one could run even the smallest of reactions and dump the waste down the sink without a second thought. Increasing awareness of the safety and environmental hazards of dumping ...

NOTE: You must first enter all radioactivity into their proper waste containers in the Radioactive Source Use and Waste workflow instructions in the Handbook. When no more waste will be added to a ...

Four radioactive waste containers stored at Los Alamos National Laboratory have been successfully vented so they can be moved. The containers hold tritium waste, materials contaminated by a ...

All hazardous chemical waste containers must be labeled with the contents. Labels are available and instructions are listed on the back. Failure to list the contents can lead to a material becoming an ...

After years of pushback from advocacy groups, small amounts of radioactive gas can be released into the air as early as Saturday from waste containers stored at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The ...