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The Associated Press released an article by Deborah Baker yesterday titled Plutonium pit plan for N.M. lab faces opposition. The production of plutonium pits at Los Alamos is the subject, and there is of course opposition to the expansion of the program.

Citizens groups monitoring the environment in the area prompt the statement “Of concern thus far are exceptionally high levels of strontium, cesium and plutonium at a site high in the Sangre de Cristo mountains above the valley, at the top of the watershed.”

And the government’s comment in response is “The lab says that’s to be expected, because global fallout brought to earth by rain and snow gets concentrated at such high elevations _ in this case, 11,415 feet. The Environment Department suggests it could also represent either routine or accidental releases from Los Alamos over decades.”

I think that may be where the concern arises, but I don’t know enough about the subject to make a judgement.  It’s an interesting article you may want to read.

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