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HSS won't do assessment in 2010, they'll only assist
Lab has turned a corner on information-security issues
11/10/09 - NNSA wants to partner to support the Lab's mission: auditors from Health, Safety, and Security (HSS) in DOE's Office of Independent Oversight arrived in August of 2009 to review the Lab's information security and quickly determined that the Lab had made substantial improvements.
Science news: perchlorate groundwater studies, energy projects, Handbook of Modern Ion Beam Analysis—New studies, money fuel science programs
11/4/09 - Chlorine isotopic signature distinguishes natural and anthropogenic perchlorate in groundwater; New energy projects support the Lab’s Energy Security Capability; Publication of the second edition of the Handbook of Modern Ion Beam Analysis by the Materials Research Society continues to bring worldwide recognition to LANL work in ion beam analysis and ion-solid interactions.
LANL: the Plutonium Center of Excellence for the DOE complex—its mission is the responsibility to lead science, engineering and technology development across a broad range of plutonium-centric programs
10/5/09 - As part of these efforts, Charlie McMillan, Principal Associate Director for Weapons Programs (PADWP), and Terry Wallace, Principal Associate Director for Science, Technology and Engineering (PADSTE), have chartered the development of an institutional plutonium science strategy. The strategy will provide a road map for plutonium research and development efforts across the Lab's three mission pillars: Nuclear Deterrence, Global Threat Reduction, and Energy Security.
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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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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