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News Releases NNSA recognizes LANL for meeting mission goals
December 13, 2010—The National Nuclear Security Administration recently highlighted a number of program goals met by the Laboratory during fiscal year 2010.
“As a premier national security science laboratory, LANL shoulders a very big responsibility to help keep the U.S. safe, and our employees take a great deal of pride in that work,” said Kevin Smith, NNSA’s Los Alamos Site Office Manager. “I want to personally congratulate the men and women of LANL who have worked tirelessly this past year to accomplish this important work.”
For a list of the program goals that were met, see the Los Alamos Site Office's news release.
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People
11,127 total employees
Los Alamos National Security, LLC 8,683
SOC Los Alamos (Guard Force) 419
Contractors 606
Students 1,101
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 2012: Approx. $2.2 billion
57% Weapons programs
9% Nonproliferation programs
7% Safeguards and Security
8% Environmental Management
4% DOE Office of Science
4% Energy and other programs
11% Work for Others
Workforce Demographics (LANS and students only)
34% of employees live in Los Alamos, the remainder commute from Santa Fe,
Española, Taos, and Albuquerque.
Average Age: 46
70% male, 30% female
43% minorities
63% university degrees
· 23% hold undergraduate degrees
· 16% hold graduate degrees
· 24% have earned a Ph.D.
Major Awards
121 R&D100 awards since 1978
31 E.O. Lawrence Awards
The Seaborg Medal
The Edward Teller Medal
The Nobel Prize in Physics, Frederick Reines