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Los Alamos in the Southwestern American state of New Mexico is where the U.S. government set up its secret mission to develop nuclear weapons during World War II.

位于美国西南部新墨西哥州的洛斯阿拉莫斯是美国政府在二战期间设立秘密研制核武器任务的地方。

Eighty years later, it is the home to huge government research and development laboratories.

八十年后，它成为了庞大的政府研发实验室的所在地。

Now, Los Alamos National Laboratory is taking part in the nation’s largest nuclear weapons effort since World War II. The aim is to modernize America’s nuclear weapons. New workers there are producing an important part of nuclear weapons – plutonium/pluːˈtəʊ.ni.əm/ cores.

现在，洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室正在参与美国自二战以来最大规模的核武器项目。 目的是使美国的核武器现代化。 那里的新工人正在生产核武器的重要组成部分——钚核心。

The government has given jobs to about 3,300 workers in the last two years. The workforce is now over 17,270. Close to half of the workers live in some other part of New Mexico. The population of Los Alamos nearly doubles during the workweek.

过去两年，政府为约 3,300 名工人提供了就业机会。 目前员工人数超过 17,270 人。 近一半的工人居住在新墨西哥州的其他地区。 每周工作期间，洛斯阿拉莫斯的人口几乎翻倍。

While new technology has changed the way work is done at Los Alamos, some things remain the same. Secrecy and a sense of duty that came in the 1940s are still part of the community.

虽然新技术改变了洛斯阿拉莫斯的工作方式，但有些事情仍然保持不变。 20 世纪 40 年代出现的保密性和责任感仍然是这个社区的一部分。

James Owen is an engineer. He has spent more than 25 years working in the nuclear weapons program.

詹姆斯·欧文是一名工程师。 他在核武器项目上工作了超过 25 年。

“What we do is meaningful. This isn’t a job, it’s a 

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