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Close-up view of several large, white marble columns with fluted shafts and wide bases, likely part of a classical government or institutional building such as a dol district office.
Weirdly wonderful: Artifacts from atomic age

Knox News posted this article January 21st. Click here for original article. OAK RIDGE ” Radium-powered golf balls. Fishing lures that glow in the dark. Atomic potions that add pep…

Close-up view of several large, white marble columns with fluted shafts and wide bases, likely part of a classical government or institutional building such as a dol district office.
Federal panel faults Idaho lab for mishap

Reuters posted this article January 18th. Click here for original article. (Reuters) - The radiation exposure of 16 workers at a nuclear research lab in Idaho stemmed from a failure…

Close-up view of several large, white marble columns with fluted shafts and wide bases, likely part of a classical government or institutional building such as a dol district office.
Possible uranium production by 2013

CIBOLA COUNTY - Sometimes good, sometimes bad. That is what best describes the possibility of the area's resumption of uranium production. Today, things are looking good. The price per pound…

Close-up view of several large, white marble columns with fluted shafts and wide bases, likely part of a classical government or institutional building such as a dol district office.
Senate approves Day of Remembrance for Downwinders

Political News posted this update on November 19, 2011. Nov 19, 2011 - Senate Approves Risch-Crapo Resolution Recognizing Downwinders Establishes National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Radiation Washington, DC…

Close-up view of several large, white marble columns with fluted shafts and wide bases, likely part of a classical government or institutional building such as a dol district office.
Biggest Nuclear Bomb Dismantled in Pantex

News article from the AP as republished by the Guardian here. The United States' last B53 nuclear bomb has been dismantled at the Pantex Plant just outside Amarillo. The…