Nuclear policy

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

Downwinder Paul Pino heads through the SALA Event Center toward the screening of "First We Bombed New Mexico" during the…

August 24, 2024

AP New Mexico

New Mexico seeks tougher provisions for U.S. nuclear dump

A worker drives a cart through a tunnel inside the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant No. 2, 150-feet below the surface…

December 21, 2022

Regional News

First-of-its-kind US nuclear waste dump marks 20 years

Twenty years and more than 12,380 shipments later, tons of Cold War-era waste from decades of bomb-making and nuclear research…

March 23, 2019

Regional News

US to shut down Idaho nuclear waste processing project

Nuclear waste is stored in underground containers in 2015 at the Idaho National Laboratory near Idaho Falls, Idaho. Federal officials…

December 9, 2018

Local News

Author Craig Childs to discuss Apocalyptic Planet

reading book an ‘optimistic’ look at apocalypse

February 4, 2017

Local News

Great Decisions’ discussion series starts Jan. 31

du1-i-syn The discussions are open to the public and will be 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. every other Tuesday beginning…

January 26, 2017

Nation & World

Diplomats: Iran to get natural uranium batch

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif answers questions from lawmakers in a session of parliament in Tehran, Iran, as he…

January 9, 2017

Nation & World

High-level meeting urges nuke test ban treaty ratification

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization inspectors collect data during an inspection exercise at the former Semipalatinsk nuclear testing range in…

June 13, 2016

Nation & World

As sanctions are lifted, Iranian foes fear the worst

The deal, clinched last summer after intense negotiations, forced Iran to dismantle most of its nuclear program, a step that…

January 16, 2016

Business

In northern N.M., Los Alamos faces an uncertain future

Possible change in nuke lab contract could affect taxes, jobs and economic security

December 29, 2015

Regional News

Energy chief: U.S is able to monitor Iran’s nukes

Moniz The deal negotiated by the U.S. and other world powers relied heavily on the Energy Department’s knowledge, Secretary Ernest…

August 31, 2015