Regulator warns of long, costly cleanup at Los Alamos lab

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – It could take another decade and more than $4 billion to clean up the hazardous waste remaining at one of the nation’s premier nuclear weapons laboratories.
That warning came Wednesday from New Mexico Environment Secretary Ryan Flynn as he met with state lawmakers in Santa Fe.
He outlined changes to a proposed consent order with the U.S. Energy Department that will guide future cleanup at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The state Environment Department is rev