Friday, January 13, 2006

Laboratory breaks ground on new CMRR building
Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., center, used an American flag to signal to a backhoe operator to begin breaking ground on Thursday for the Lab's new Radiological Laboratory Utility Office, phase one of the planned Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement (CMRR) project at Technical Area 55.

Anastasio releases message to Lab work force
Michael Anastasio, president of Los Alamos National Security, LLC, this week, released an all-employee memo to the Laboratory work force.

UC Regents to consider proposal to establish separate pension plan for Laboratory
The University of California on Thursday released news that the UC Regents will consider at their Jan. 17-19 meeting a recommendation to place UC Retirement Plan assets and liabilities of Laboratory employees, retirees and inactive members in a separate UC-sponsored pension plan, the UCRP-LANL Plan, subject to Department of Energy approval.

Work set for weekend at Diamond-Jemez parking lot
Preparation work for construction of a new section of natural gas line is scheduled to begin this weekend in the northwest corner of the parking lot east of Diamond Drive at East Jemez Road.

Lab closed on Monday
The Laboratory is closed on Monday, Jan. 16, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Governor's proposal increases state funding for UC system
Additional funding for enrollment growth at the University of California, the use of state funds to "buy out" student fee increases, and additional state funding for UC's initiative to train more science and math teachers are part of a budget proposal for 2006-2007 from the California governor's office.