February
Mike Lansing and Chris Cantwell named new associate directors
Lansing was named associate director for Safeguards and Security and Cantwell is associate director for Environment, Safety, Health & Quality. - 2/26/09
Los Alamos identifies internal material control issue
The error relates to internal inventory and accounting that documents movement of sensitive materials within a small portion of Technical Area 55. - 2/26/09
Research highlights potential for improved solar cells
Research has shown that carrier multiplication is a real phenomenon in tiny semiconductor crystals and not a false observation born of extraneous effects that mimic carrier multiplication. - 2/10/09
Los Alamos National Security awards grants to 24 nonprofits in Northern New Mexico
The grants were specifically awarded to support the efforts of Lab employees whose volunteer work with nonprofit organizations encourages a vibrant quality of life in the area. - 2/5/09
Lab scientists Burns, Hay named new AAAS Fellows
The AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science. - 2/3/09
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Total employees,
10,402
Los Alamos National Security, LLC, 6,929
SOC Los Alamos (Guard Force), 396
Contractors, 349
Students, 889
Post doctoral researchers, 427
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 $9.8 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
—67%
male, 33% female
—44% minorities
—67% university degrees
—26% hold undergraduate degrees
—18% hold master’s degrees
—23% have earned a PhD
Major Awards
124 R&D100 awards since 1978
31 E.O. Lawrence Awards
The Seaborg Medal
The Edward Teller Medal
The Nobel Prize in Physics, Frederick Reines
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