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Livermore Engineers Use Computer Simulations To Illustrate Impacts Of Bomb Blasts On Infrastructure
February 17, 2003 — Using advanced computing capabilities, engineers from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will illustrate some of the issues that arise when mitigating the effects of bomb blast on the ... > full story -
High-Density Storage Of Nuclear Waste Heightens Terrorism Risks; Study Finds Attack On Spent Fuel Could Unleash Contamination Worse Than Chernobyl
February 14, 2003 — A space-saving method for storing spent nuclear fuel has dramatically heightened the risk of a catastrophic radiation release in the event of a terrorist attack, according to a study initiated at ... > full story -
Researchers Respond To Threat, Look For Anthrax
February 13, 2003 — A team of Texas A&M University and University of Texas researchers is working on a system that will sample mail for airborne contaminants, such as anthrax spores, and ultimately provide a ... > full story -
Researchers Warn Biotech Advances Could Be Misused By Terrorists
December 23, 2002 — The same scientific advances in biotechnology, genetics, and medicine that are intended to improve life could also be used to develop biological weapons capable of causing mass destruction, according ... > full story -
Sandia-Developed Field Kit Helping Nation’s Police Departments Solve Real Crimes
November 21, 2002 — A chemical detection technique developed at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories and licensed to a Colorado Springs company has helped police departments ... > full story -
Tiny Wafer Developed By K-State Professor; Detects Neutron Signals From Hidden Nuclear Weapons, Materials
November 18, 2002 — Research by a Kansas State University professor may help fight the war on terrorism by making it easier to detect weapons of mass destruction -- in particular nuclear weapons. When fully developed ... > full story -
Sandia Research With New Reactor Could Mean Significant Savings In The Eventual Safe Transport, Storage, Disposal Of Nuclear Waste
November 7, 2002 — Recent experiments by Sandia National Laboratories researcher Gary Harms and his team are using a new Labs-built reactor to provide benchmarks showing that spent nuclear fuel — uranium that has ... > full story -
No Significant Rise In Cancer Deaths In 3-Mile Island Residents Over 20 Years, According To Study
November 1, 2002 — In a 20-year follow-up study of mortality data on residents living within a five-mile radius of Three Mile Island (TMI), researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public ... > full story -
Plutonium: Size Does Matter
October 16, 2002 — Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have found a better way to measure plutonium oxide particles in glove boxes where plutonium research is done. The new system will help improve the quality ... > full story -
Molecular Machine Could Develop Drugs For Bioweapons Victims
October 1, 2002 — Researchers at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have created the first computer model of a key part of the E-coli ribosome, a cellular structure responsible for the ... > full story
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