Los Alamos' Historic plutonium contamination
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•Scientist says there’s legacy plutonium contamination in Los Alamos
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Plutonium is a heavy, radioactive metal at the core of the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
It emits alpha particles, neutrons, beta particles and gamma rays.
Plutonium, when ingested or in the bloodstream, most often deposits in the body for decades , continuing the damage.
The name Acid Canyon sprung from the nitric acid used to dissolve plutonium waste from 1943 to 1964 .
The U.S. Department of Energy says the site was deemed “ sufficiently free of contamination” and released to Los Alamos County in 1967 .
“I don’t know how DOE Legacy Management can call this clean in any way,” he said.
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