An accident at the lab that produces America's nuclear bomb cores could lead to more fatalities than previously estimated by the federal government, according to new research.
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The post US Underestimates Danger of Plutonium Leak at Los Alamos, Study Says appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico. The Department of Energy has underestimated the potentially deadly consequences of a plutonium leak at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, where the cores for US nuclear weapons are manufactured, according to a study published today by independent scientists. The chances of a leak are considered minimal. But it is pos…