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Laboratory Disputes Citizens' Lawsuit
February 7 — Los Alamos National Laboratory officials today expressed surprise to a lawsuit alleging noncompliance with the federal Clean Water Act filed today by citizens groups against Los Alamos National Security LLC and the U.S. Department of Energy.

Local company gets Laboratory environmental remediation contract
June 27 — Accelerated Remediation Company, a local small business with offices in Los Alamos, received a contract from Los Alamos National Laboratory to begin remediation of an historic waste site known as Material Disposal Area B.

Laboratory installing 'sentinel well'
May 3 — The Laboratory has taken the next step toward protecting Los Alamos drinking water from byproducts of a chromium-based corrosion inhibitor that was discharged into the environment more than three decades ago.

Laboratory works on Romanian environmental site
July 18 — Researchers from the National Nuclear Security Administration's Los Alamos National Laboratory are collaborating with scientists from the Romanian Institute of Nuclear Research to assist the Romanian government in establishing an effective shallow-land disposal site for the disposition of low- and intermediate-level radioactive wastes. The proposed disposal site is located near the town of Cernavoda along the Danube River, in southeastern Romania.

Stopping killers dead in their tracks
March 16 — Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a method for neutralizing some of the world's most deadly killers -- chemical and biological warfare agents--using a newly developed Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet.