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A view of Los Alamos National Laboratory's National Security Science Building in Los Alamos, N.M., in September 2024 (Los Alamos National Laboratory via AP) **FILE**

‘Serious stuff’: Trump seeks answers to missing, dead scientists; FBI, Pentagon investigate pattern

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

This undated file photo shows the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M. (The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

Energy Department silent on warhead pit production

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump touts strategic missile submarine power

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Charles McMillan, center, director of Los Alamos Laboratory, talks to reporters during a news conference in Los Alamos, N.M., June 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory dead after car crash in New Mexico

Associated Press

Tina Cordova, right, an activist with the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, offers a handshake to an attendee of a campaign event with House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican U.S. House candidate Yvette Herrell of New Mexico, during a demonstration in Las Cruces, N.M., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. The Consortium is asking Speaker Johnson to pass a Senate bill to expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include New Mexico Downwinders and post 1971 Uranium Miners. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

‘We were expendable’: Downwinders from world’s 1st atomic test are on a mission to tell their story

By Susan Montoya Bryan - Associated Press

Scientists and other workers rig the world's first atomic bomb to raise it up onto a 100-foot tower at the Trinity Test Site near Alamogordo, N.M. The New Mexico site where the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated is expecting thousands of visitors Saturday due to the popularity of the movie, "Oppenheimer." Trinity Site, a designated National Historic Landmark, only opens to the public twice a year. (AP Photo/File )

‘Oppenheimer’ fanfare fuels record attendance at New Mexico atomic site

Associated Press

A street sign stands on Aug. 13, 2023, along one of the main drives in Los Alamos, N.M., that references the 1945 Trinity Test. Los Alamos was the perfect spot for the U.S. government's top-secret effort to build the world's first atomic bomb. The community is facing growing pains again, 80 years later, as it works to modernize the country's nuclear arsenal. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

Birthplace of the atomic bomb braces for its biggest mission since the top-secret Manhattan Project

By Susan Montoya Bryan - Associated Press

This undated file photo shows the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M. The U.S. agency that oversees development and maintenance of the nation’s nuclear arsenal is moving ahead with plans to modernize production of key components for the weapons, but some watchdog groups and members of Congress are concerned about persistent delays and cost overruns.. (The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

In a nod to Oppenheimer’s legacy, U.S. officials vow to prioritize cleanup at nuclear lab

By Susan Montoya Bryan - Associated Press

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korean missiles in a military parade during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 2. 2023. North Korea said Thursday it's prepared to counter U.S. military moves with the "most overwhelming nuclear force" as it warned that the expansion of the United States' combined military exercises with rival South Korea is pushing tensions to an "extreme red line." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korean defector lays out South Korean rationale for seeking nukes

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

This undated file photo shows the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M. (The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

Former Los Alamos nuclear scientists aid China’s advanced weapons, private study says

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 2019, file photo, provided by Los Alamos National Laboratory, barrels of radioactive waste are loaded for transport to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) at the Radioactive Assay Nondestructive Testing (RANT) facility in Los Alamos, N.M. New Mexico is going after the federal government for failing to make progress on cleaning up contamination left behind by decades of bomb-making and nuclear research at one of the nation's premier nuclear labs. In a civil complaint filed in federal court, the state says the plan by the U.S. Energy Department lacks substantive and appropriate targets for dealing with waste at Los Alamos National Laboratory. (Nestor Trujillo/Los Alamos National Laboratory via AP, File)

New Mexico demands more of US when addressing nuclear waste

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo shows the Los Alamos National laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M. The Santa Fe County Commission has unanimously passed a resolution asking Los Alamos National Laboratory for a new environmental impact statement as it prepares to ramp up production of the plutonium cores used in the nation's nuclear arsenal. (The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

US nuclear lab to relocate hundreds of workers in New Mexico

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 2019, file photo, provided by Los Alamos National Laboratory, barrels of radioactive waste are loaded for transport to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) at the Radioactive Assay Nondestructive Testing (RANT) facility in Los Alamos, N.M. New Mexico is going after the federal government for failing to make progress on cleaning up contamination left behind by decades of bomb-making and nuclear research at one of the nation's premier nuclear labs. In a civil complaint filed in federal court, the state says the plan by the U.S. Energy Department lacks substantive and appropriate targets for dealing with waste at Los Alamos National Laboratory. (Nestor Trujillo/Los Alamos National Laboratory via AP, File)

New Mexico goes to court over slow cleanup at US nuclear lab

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file aerial view shows the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M. A top nuclear security official says the U.S. must move ahead with plans to ramp up production of key components for the nation's nuclear arsenal despite the challenges presented by the coronavirus. Federal officials have set a 2030 deadline for increased production of the plutonium cores used in nuclear weapons. The work will be split between this facility in New Mexico and South Carolina and will attract billions of federal dollars. (Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

Groups ask Biden for wider environmental review of nuke work

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file aerial view shows the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M. The lab, one of the nation's premier nuclear laboratories, isn't taking the necessary precautions to guard against wildfire. This finding by the U.S. Energy Department's inspector general comes as wildfire risks intensify across the drought-stricken West. The birthplace of the atomic bomb, Los Alamos National Laboratory already has experienced hundreds of millions of dollars in losses and damages from previous wildfires. (The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

Audit raises concerns about wildfire risks at US nuclear lab

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

County commission wants Los Alamos lab to conduct study

Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2019, file photo and provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, meets with representatives of the aircraft carrier unit and the manufacturer at a naval port in Sanya, southern China's Hainan Province. Seventy-five years after Japan's surrender in World War II, and 30 years after its economic bubble popped, the emergence of a 21st century Asian power is shaking up the status quo. As Japan did, China is butting heads with the established Western powers, which increasingly see its growing economic and military prowess as a threat. (Li Gang/Xinhua News Agency via AP, File)

‘No doubt’ China is upgrading its nuclear power to be on par with U.S., Russia

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

China expanding nuclear arms plants revealed

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Hewlett Packard Enterprise gets contract for supercomputer

Associated Press

FILE - This undated file aerial view shows the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M. Administrator Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration will visit New Mexico Thursday, July 16, 2020 as part of a nationwide tour of the federal government's nuclear security operations. (Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

Turab Lookman, Los Alamos National Lab scientist, recruited by China, sentenced

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times