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Trinity Site Open House Set For October

841 Views   White Sands Missile Range will open Trinity Site to the public after a brief pause in activities due to COVID-19 on Oct. 2. Trinity Site is where the world’s first atomic bomb was tested at 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain War Time July 16, 1945.

Time Running Out for Former Uranium Miners

725 Views   A federal law that provides partial compensation for miners, millers and truck drivers who worked in the nation’s uranium mining industry during the Cold War is coming to an end in July 2022.

Atomic anniversary brings US nuclear official to New Mexico

871 Views   ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The 2030 deadline set by the U.S. government to resume and ramp up production of the plutonium cores used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal is nothing short of challenging, but the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration said Wednesday she’s confident her agency

Virus forecast model from US defense team draws attention

637 Views   SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A team of national defense scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory with an award-winning track record for modeling human contagions has developed its own forecast for the spread of the coronavirus.

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