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Los Alamos is located in northern New Mexico between the Rio Grande and the eastern rim of the Valles Caldera on the Pajarito Plateau, approximately 35 mi (56 km) to the northwest of Santa Fe. The elevation at the post office is 7,320 feet (2,230 m) and total land area is 11.14 square miles (28.9 km 2 ).
Cecil Kelley criticality accident. A criticality accident occurred on December 30, 1958, at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico, in the United States. It is one of 60 known criticality events that have occurred globally outside the controlled conditions of a nuclear reactor or test, though it was the third such event ...
December 21, 1965 [4] Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the American southwest. Best known for its central role in helping develop the ...
Today, Los Alamos is home to approximately 13,000 citizens per a Niche report, but the Manhattan Project's legacy lives on.Though the Los Alamos National Laboratory remains a research and ...
William Meadows. . . ( m. 1965; div. 1972) . Children. 3. Karen Gay Silkwood (February 19, 1946 – November 13, 1974) was an American chemical technician and labor union activist known for reporting concerns about corporate practices related to health and safety in a nuclear facility. She worked at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site ...
Mar. 5—A Santa Fe man who died in a recent three-vehicle crash outside of Los Alamos has been identified by police as Philip Leonard, 44. Los Alamos police released Leonard's identity Monday ...
The Cerro Grande Fire [1] was a prescribed forest fire in Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America, that occurred in May of 2000. The fire started as a controlled burn, and became uncontrolled owing to high winds and drought conditions. Over 400 families in the town of Los Alamos, New Mexico, lost their homes in the resulting 43,000 ...
State Register of Cultural Properties (SRCP); extends into Sandoval County. 2. Bandelier National Monument. Bandelier National Monument. More images. October 15, 1966. ( #66000042) 12 miles (19 km) south of Los Alamos on State Road 4. 35°46′32″N 106°19′06″W.