Contamination incidents, work outages and declining infrastructure have plagued the site, but the lab remains the linchpin in an effort to modernize the nation’s nuclear weapons.
Alicia Inez Guzmán
Alicia Inez Guzmán reports for Searchlight New Mexico, focusing on nuclear issues and the impacts of the nuclear industry. Raised in the northern New Mexican village of Truchas, Alicia has written about histories of place, identity and land use in New Mexico. The former senior editor of New Mexico Magazine, she holds a Ph.D. in Visual and Cultural Studies from the University of Rochester in New York.
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La carrera armamentística nuclear pone a prueba el laboratorio de Los Álamos
El laboratorio donde Oppenheimer desarrolló la bomba atómica es el eje del esfuerzo de EE. UU. por modernizar sus armas nucleares. Pero el centro ha enfrentado incidentes de contaminación, interrupciones de obras e infraestructuras obsoletas.
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Contamination threatens the last source of clean groundwater in west New Mexico
The toxic legacy of Cold War uranium mining and milling has shattered lives, destroyed homes and created a pollution problem for an entire region.
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New Mexico wildfire sparks anger at Forest Service
An enormous blaze dredged up longstanding resentments toward federal officials