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  • Is Hanford back in the bomb business?

    The Department of Energy is considering using Hanford's research nuclear reactor to produce tritium for nuclear weapons.

    by Elizabeth Manning, Mar 03, 1997

  • Hot Property: A former nuclear bomb factory gets caught in suburban turf wars

    Rocky Flats, a former nuclear bomb factory, is caught between Denver's rapidly growing suburbs, which covet the open space, and conservationists who want the cleaned-up area to become a national wildlife refuge.

    by Catherine Lutz, Jan 15, 2001

  • Lifting the veil of secrecy

    Len Ackland's book, "Making a Real Killing: Rocky Flats and the Nuclear West," gives a comprehensive and often scary history of the Rocky Flats nuclear bomb factory near Denver, Colo.

    by Paul Larmer, Jan 15, 2001

  • Billboards blast bomb industries

    The Los Alamos Study Group, a nonprofit focused on nuclear disarmament, has put up five billboards on I-25 in New Mexico that criticize the state's dependence on the nuclear weapons industry.

    by John Rosapepe, Apr 23, 2001

  • 'Alternative to Madness'

    John Brooner and Sandi Rizzo's film, "Alternative to Madness," documents the annual spring anti-nuclear gathering on the Nevada Test Site of the Western Shoshone and Shundahai Network.

    by Crystal Mustric, Jun 18, 2001

  • Washington citizens fight to save aging Hanford reactor

    In Hanford, Wash., a local group, the Citizens for Medical Isotopes, wants to convert the Fast Flux Test Facility into a private facility producing medical isotopes.

    by Joshua Zaffos, Nov 11, 2002

  • Public foots DOE bill

    Contractors cost DOE millions to defend from class action suits.

    by Staff, Feb 21, 1994

  • Same old DOE?

    GAO reports say DOE has yet to investigate corrupt practices.

    by Staff, Jun 13, 1994

  • For sale: low mileage bomb factory

    Department of Energy sells bomb components to an Idaho used-car and scrap dealer.

    by Staff, Oct 17, 1994

  • He felt the earth move when scientists nuked western Colorado

    A protester describes the underground explosion of an atomic bomb in western Colorado in 1969.

    by Chester Mcqueary, Dec 12, 1994
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