Los Alamos begins project to remove historic facility

February 6, 2025, 7:01AMRadwaste Solutions
The Ion Beam Facility, center, at Technical Area 03 at LANL. (Photo: DOE)

Work has started at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico to deactivate, decommission, and remove the Ion Beam Facility, which played a role in research and experiments that helped develop the nation’s nuclear arsenal during the 1950s and 1960s.

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