Los Alamos Fire: EPA Testing for Radiation

Los Alamos Fire: EPA Testing for Radiation

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The wildfire that surrounds the nuclear lab in Los Alamos, New Mexico, has grown to at least 61,000 acres amid mounting concerns about what might be in the smoke that's visible from space.

Such fear has prompted the Environmental Protection Agency to bring in air monitors, along with a special airplane that checks for radiation levels. So far officials have not been able to find anything.

"Our facilities and nuclear material are protected and safe," Laboratory Director Dr. Charles McMillan told ABC News.

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How many Nuke Plants are in peril right now? This makes two by my count... Hope nothing happens.

I have been keeping a watch out for the Ft. Calhoun Plant. And only heard of this one through Drudgereport.com; I have seen nothing about this on any media outlets in Virginia.

This is crazy... one being attacked by Fire, the other being attacked by Water; Where's Captain Planet when you need him!

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