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News Releases Leaders from throughout Northern New Mexico attend breakfast and briefings at Lab
Apr. 22, 2010—Laboratory Director Michael Anastasio talks with New Mexico Highlands University President Jim Fries at the April 21 regional community leaders breakfast. Anastasio briefed attendees, who also had a chance to look at poster presentations from representatives of nearby colleges and nonprofit organizations that received community giving grants from Los Alamos National Security, LLC. Invited guests also could sign up to take one of several tours of Lab facilities.
Northern New Mexico College Board of Regents President Michael Branch, left, talks with state representatives Nick Salazar and Jeannette Wallace at the regional community leaders breakfast in the J. Robert Oppenheimer Study Center. The breakfast gives local leaders a chance to learn more about the Laboratory. Photos by LeRoy N. Sanchez
Fast Facts
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