Fact Sheets
- Los Alamos Overview - 09/08 (html) (pdf)
- Advanced Nuclear Energy - 08/08 (html) (pdf)
- Complex Transformation: Los Alamos Laboratory Preferred Alternative by NNSA - 12/07 (html) (pdf)
- Energy Security - 04/08 (html) (pdf)
- Geologic Sequestration 08/08 (html) (pdf)
- Isotope Science and Production (pdf)
- Renewable Energy Innovations - 04/08 (html) (pdf)
- Roadrunner - 06/08 (html) (pdf)
- Science-Based Prediction for Energy Security - 04/08 (html) (pdf)
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One of the largest-ever computer models explores "turbulent flames" as they occur in early stages of a supernova
Contact: Kevin N. Roark, 505-665-9202, knroark@lanl.gov, photos available upon request
LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, November 16, 2009—Scientists use the Roadrunner supercomputer to model the seemingly random motion of fluid flows, a fundamental process in physics called turbulence, that could help explain how stars being to explode into supernovae. Read more
New Funding Will Stimulate Alternative Energy Research: Los Alamos to play key role in four geothermal projects funded by ARRA
Contact: James Rickman, 505-665-9203, jamesr@lanl.gov
LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, November 16, 2009—Initiatives to provide geothermal heating or power at the Pueblo of Jemez and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology campus are receiving Los Alamos National Laboratory assistance, thanks to recent American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) funding. Read more
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People
11,437 total employees
Los Alamos National Security, LLC 9,452
SOC (Guard Force) 510
Other contractors 437
Students 1,038
Place
Located 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New
Mexico, on 36 square miles of DOE-owned property.
More than 2,000 individual facilities, including 47 technical areas with 8 million square feet under roof.
Replacement value of $5.9 billion
Budget FY 2008: Approx. $2 billion
55% Weapons Programs
8% Nonproliferation programs
7% Safeguards and Security
8% Environmental Management
3% DOE Office of Science
3% Energy and other programs
15% Work for Others
Workforce Demographics
43% of employees live in Los Alamos, the remainder commute from Santa Fe,
Española, Taos, and Albuquerque.
Average Age: 45
67% male, 33% female
43% minorities
72% university degrees
31% hold undergraduate degrees
19% hold graduate degrees
22% have earned a Ph.D.
Major Awards
113 R&D100 awards since 1978
28 E.O. Lawrence Awards
The Seaborg Medal
The Edward Teller Medal