Los Alamos Contamination

The city of Los Alamos, New Mexico, famous for the work performed there regarding the development of nuclear weapons, had a scare regarding a soil spill. The contaminated soil was being transported from its site to a disposal facility. When the truck arrived, workers discovered a tear in the fabric in which the radioactive soils had been wrapped. The soils came from what is known as Site TA-21. Plutonium was the focus of the former production site’s work. To read more on Site TA-21, cut and paste the following URL into your browser: http://www.lanl.gov/environment/cleanup/ta21.shtml