Despite relatively favorable conditions and some progress, a massive wildfire continued to burn Sunday night in northern New Mexico -- threatening national forests, archaeological sites and structures while causing air quality problems around the state.
The Los Alamos National Laboratory, closed because of a wildfire, has lifted a state of emergency but did not indicate when it would reopen.
The wildfire roaring through New Mexico near Los Alamos is not over, but much of the danger has been shifted from that community.
Wildfires raging in New Mexico raise concerns about nuclear safety. CNN's Holly Firfer reports.
The Las Conchas fire in New Mexico swelled to 92,735 acres burned Thursday, and strong winds threatened to be firefighters' greatest challenge moving in to the fifth day battling the flames.
Meteorologist Reynolds Wolf describes how officials are protecting radioactive material from a wildfire in New Mexico.
Against the backdrop of a fire-tinted evening sky, Los Alamos, New Mexico, Fire Chief Doug Tucker told reporters that Wednesday was make-it-or-break-it and he was pleased with the progress firefighters made against a stubborn, destructive raging blaze.
Doug Tucker, Chief of the Los Alamos fire department, talks about fighting a fire near a nuclear production center.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman says a small fire is burning near Arizona's Los Alamos Laboratory but the lab is not yet in danger.
Susan River is surrounded by fire.
"We can't be friends." That's what Abby tells Owen the first time they meet. She's perched on a climbing frame in a snow-covered playground in Los Alamos, New Mexico, outside the cheap apartment block where Owen lives with his mom. He mutters something about not wanting to be friends, but it's obvious he could use one, even a strange, stinky pre-pubescent girl who walks around barefoot in the snow at dusk.
A former Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear scientist and his wife were indicted Friday on charges of trying to provide nuclear secrets to Venezuela, but U.S. officials stressed the Venezuelan government knew nothing about the plans.
Fortune: Nukes in my backyardupdated: Thu Mar 11 2010 10:31:00
Long left for dead, the U.S. nuclear power industry appears poised for a comeback.
The nation's three nuclear weapons laboratories have had almost 60 serious accidents or near misses in the past seven years, according to a report released Wednesday by the Government Accountability Office.
When are wildfires a good thing? Maybe more often than you think.
Congress plans to look into how senstive bomb information could have been sent via unsecured e-mail
The head of the U.S. nuclear security agency has been forced to resign over management and security issues, Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman said Thursday.
Federal officials are examining security measures at a nuclear weapons laboratory after three computer memory sticks from the lab were found at a suspected methamphetamine lab, officials say.
The FBI is investigating whether information on a computer disk found in a drug raid of a New Mexico residence contains classified information from Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
A Los Alamos National Laboratory whistle-blower who was set to testify before Congress was severely beaten in an attempt to silence him, his wife and lawyer said.
For most, Venice conjures images of romance and timeless -- almost lazy -- elegance.
An investigation of security violations is under way at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, including the latest reports of employees sending classified information over a non-secure e-mail system, a lab spokesman said Monday.
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