Shortfalls Seen in Los Alamos Nuke Operations
Investigators at the U.S. Energy Department in a new report noted a number of possible shortcomings in nuclear weapons quality checks at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, but no significant issues were detected at the New Mexico site, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported last week (see GSN, July 13; Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel, July 13).The department's inspector general last year said the laboratory's administration "had not focused sufficient attention" on complying with rules to ensure the enforcement of quality standards by the National Nuclear Security Administration and entities it hires. The semiautonomous departmental agency oversees the nation's nuclear weapons laboratories, which are managed by other organizations (see GSN, Aug. 16, 2010).
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