U.S. Underestimates Peril if Los Alamos Were to Leak Plutonium, Study Says

U.S. Underestimates Peril if Los Alamos Were to Leak Plutonium, Study Says

The post U.S. Underestimates Peril if Los Alamos Were to Leak Plutonium, Study Says appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico. The Energy Department has underestimated the potential deadly consequences should plutonium escape the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, which produces bomb cores for America’s nuclear weapons, a study published today by independent scientists found. The chances of a leak are considered minuscule. But one is p…

Study: U.S. underestimates peril if Los Alamos were to leak plutonium

An accident at LANL could lead to more fatalities than previously estimated by the federal government, according to new research.