Yes. We are currently developing 2 Cancer projects. One is far enough along that we hope to start it later this year. Real scheduling is indefinite because of the uncertainty of validating computer programs. Right now we have sent back the results from our beta test of AutoDock 2007 to Scripps. Once they validate our results, we can update FAAH then roll out the Dengue Fever project using AutoDock 2007. Then we will have some free resources to start rolling out more projects. We have a preferred order of release, but stubborn program bugs can cause surprise changes in our schedule.

Lawrence

The contractor is EG&G who does the Governments bidding at the Nevada test site and in the Las Vegas Area. I know what Wikipedia and the internet says on Yucca Mountain before I posted it.

I think she said they had indeed handled some hot nuclear fuel rods at Yucca Mountain at some point. I don't know if that meant it was for test purposes or real storage. He got brain cancer at age 29 and died at age 34(2002). His wife said he didn't like to talk about work all that much and had to keep some secrets of what he seen or done out there. He did frequently get tasked to drive around the "test site" where all the nuclear bombs were detonated. Google Earth shows some decent images of it.

No, from what I understand they did not have special protective equipment that would really help nor any type of personal radiation badges or meters. They might have been required to take special showers for decontamination before going home and possibly screened for radioactivity.

Carlsbad, New Mexico is also home to W.I.P.P now. Clothing and materials which have been exposed to radioactivity. Some radioactive waste also.

http://www.wipp.energy.gov/

Back in 2002 I worked with a Army National Guard guy who claimed he worked on a job site somewhere outside of Silver City, NM which involved covering a radioactive ore site with a few feet of top soil. Supposedly, they had to wear white suits and change the rubber lines and such on the bulldozers every week because the high amount of radiation would destroy them.

He said the rocks were green like a glass and some of them were a purple or mixed together as both colors. I do not know of any such type of rock/mineral existing in New Mexico like that. Torbenite? Supposedly, it was a D.O.D Superfund site where they mined Uranium Ore, processed it or both.

At the end the boss took a radiation meter and placed it on top of the soil to show the workers what a good job they did and that it was safe. They buried the bulldozers and all the equipment they used in 10 to 15 feet of soil.

There is a newer Uranium north of Gallup, NM which can be seen on Google Earth pretty good. It is kept quiet and sorta secret to the public far as I know.

I think some of that stuff is made to stay in the ground! And I don't believe it's safe with a few feet of top soil and it seems they keep the public ignorant. Nobody seems to realize how many people are dying of cancer these days or why.