NM environment officials issue nearly $16 million fines to Los Alamos National Lab over legacy waste

By: Danielle Prokop

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: February 13, 2026

Words: 597

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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New Mexico environment officials this week unveiled close to $16 million in fines, along with other enforcement actions intended, they said, to hold the U.S. Department of Energy accountable for failing to clean up legacy nuclear waste at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

A broad category of hazardous waste from activities dating from the 1940s to the 1990s is scattered across the canyons around lab property and poses threats to New Mexicans and a neighboring Pueblo’s …

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