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News Releases Check out the new Facebook page for LANL volunteers related to Las Conchas Fire
Nelson Hoffman of Plasma Theory and Applications, left front, helps fill sandbags at Santa Clara Pueblo.
July 12, 2011—Employees can learn about volunteer opportunities related to the Las Conchas Fire by going to a new Facebook page. One immediate opportunity is filling sandbags at Santa Clara Pueblo, which began last weekend when approximately 100 employees, including students, showed up to help fill thousands of sandbags. The bags were placed around the pueblo's senior center, recreation center, homes, crops, and on banks of the arroyo that runs behind the senior center. More volunteers are needed this weekend.
Lab Director Charlie McMillan asked the Community Programs Office to establish the page to give employees a resource for volunteer opportunities tied to the fire. As the Lab learns of new volunteer opportunities related to the Las Conchas Fire, they will be announced on the Facebook page.
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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.
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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