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The Line: Companies Bid For LANL Contract

1995 aerial TA-3 south to north

May 18, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Energy is considering bids to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Some of the top contenders don’t have a good record of managing safety at the lab. Can New Mexicans trust that the new management team will overcome past challenges? Gene Grant and the Line opinion panel…

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How The Radium Girls Influenced Worker Safety In The Manhattan Project

Radium Girls

June 9, 2017 – The book “Radium Girls: The Dark Story Of America’s Shining Women” tells the story of the women employed to paint watches and clocks with radium-based paint, starting in World War I. At the time radium was considered a miracle element that many touted would improve health. These women became the first…

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