NM Congressionals Want Virtual Meeting About Proposed Los Alamos Tritium Venting

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The National Nuclear Security Administration should hold a COVID-19-safe virtual meeting to brief New Mexico residents about a planned venting of tritium from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, members of the state’s congressional delegation said Tuesday in a letter to the lab’s local fed. “[W]e strongly urge you to hold an open public information meeting for the local communities and Pueblos in Northern New Mexico before moving forward with any venting of the flanged tritium waste containers,” New Mexico’s U.S. Senators and the congressman whose district includes the lab wrote in a letter to Michael Weis, manager of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Los Alamos Field Office. Sens. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) both signed the letter, as did Rep. Ben Ray-Lujan (D-N.M.), who is running for the Senate seat Udall is vacating.