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Los Alamos

[ laws al-uh-mohs, los ]

noun

  1. a town in central New Mexico: atomic research center.


Los Alamos

/ lɒs ˈæləmɒs /

noun

  1. a town in the US, in New Mexico: the first atomic bomb was developed here. Pop: 18 343 (2000 est)


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Last year, Los Alamos officials told Doyle that his article should never have been cleared for publication.

None of the others involved—Friedman and officials at Los Alamos, or their spokesmen—returned phone calls seeking comment Monday.

The BSL-3 labs were originally planned for Los Alamos in 2001 and the facility to house them was built in 2003.

Los Alamos officials did not respond to several requests for an interview with an official who could discuss the case.

For Los Alamos employees, Clark wrote, “this is an unacceptable situation.”

Landing instructions are being given at Los Alamos, and the ship will presumably land around midnight tonight.

It was only a few minutes past ten when they arrived at the air base at Los Alamos.

A betting pool was also started by scientists at Los Alamos on the possible yield of the Trinity test.

Though they seemed under the impression that we could reverse its course to Los Alamos, not the cracking plant.

At Los Alamos many of the greatest scientific minds of the day labored over the theory and actual construction of the device.

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