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News Releases Lab director shared thoughts on New START Treaty today before Senate committees
July 16, 2010—Laboratory Director Michael Anastasio appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee to respond to the Committee’s questions on the New START Treaty and the ability of the national laboratories to maintain the safety, security, and effectiveness of the stockpile into the future. Anastasio provided written testimony, along with statements from George H. Miller, director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Paul J. Hommert, president and director of Sandia National Laboratories.
The lab directors provided similar testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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People
11,782 total employees
Los Alamos National Security, LLC 9,665
SOC Los Alamos (Guard Force) 477
Contractors 524
Students 1,116
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.
Operating costs FY 2010: about $2 billion
51% NNSA weapons programs
8% Nonproliferation programs
6% Safeguards and Security
11% Environmental Management
4% DOE Office of Science
5% Energy and other programs
15% Work for Others
Workforce Demographics (LANS and students only)
42% 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
118 R&D100 awards since 1978
28 E.O. Lawrence Awards
The Seaborg Medal
The Edward Teller Medal