July 09, 2026

Los Alamos investigating furnace glovebox fire inside plutonium facility

By ExchangeMonitor

Officials at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico are investigating a June 15 furnace fire inside a glovebox at the laboratory’s plutonium facility after operators observed smoke and flames during recovery and purification operations.
The incident…

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