Raging wildfires only 1 mile from nuclear lab at Los Alamos force evacuation — “Officials insist that radioactive material is secure”

Raging wildfires in New Mexico forced the evacuation of the famed nuclear lab at Los Alamos Monday, though officials insist that radioactive material is secure.

Fires have burned as close as one mile from the government lab – threatening buildings, power lines and gas lines, officials said. [...]

[L]ab spokesman Jeff Berger [said] “Protected areas include all hazardous and radioactive facilities [..."]

About 100 non-essential personnel were cleared from the area around the lab, where the first atomic bomb was built. [...]

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