A team of scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory are conducting a giant simulation of the United States and its population — people, cities, infrastructure — and blowing it up. The idea: determine how, when, and where the country is vulnerable to attacks. Link (Thanks, hoeken)
In related news — this is not a sim, unfortunately:
In the second reported major incident in recent days of mishandled hazardous materials at University of California-run Los Alamos National Laboratory, a lab employee was hospitalized for six days with “pneumonia-like symptoms” after inhaling dangerous fumes. Another employee suffered temporary shortness of breath after exposure to what an in-house investigative report at Los Alamos called “hazardous chemical vapors,” but was not seriously hurt.
Link to SF Chron story on recent Los Alamos accidents and injuries.