Fire chief says Los Alamos lab is safe from wildfire

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/29/new.mexico.los.alamos/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

CNN) -- The Los Alamos National Laboratory in the New Mexico town of the same name will be spared from a fire raging in the vicinity, the Los Alamos fire chief told CNN Wednesday.

"We feel very comfortable that material is secure," Chief Doug Tucker said.

Concerns were raised that the wildfire could put at risk waste or other toxic materials stored at the lab.

But Tucker said that the waste, which is stored in drums, are kept on a blacktop with no vegetation around and are safe from fire. In case the fire was to close in, firefighters were ready to use foam to ensure that nothing would be released into the environment, he said.

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1. I hope, for once, this is the truth, although I think NO

nuclear facility is "safe" in the big scheme of things. Thanks for posting! One less we have to worry about.

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2. K&R..nt

Sid

[MineralMan]

3. That's good to hear. I assumed that such materials would

be isolated and protected from fires in the forests near the facility. Apparently I'm correct. I have no reason to mistrust this person.

[Scurrilous]

4. Good news.

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