July
Los Alamos National Security creates mentor-protégé agreements with two veteran-owned businesses
New mentor-protégé agreements with SDV Construction and Trillacorpe Construction. - 7/30/09
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists will codirect $14.5 million National Center for Systems Biology
The new Spatiotemporal Modeling Center is funded by a $14.5 million, five-year grant from the National Institute for General Medical Sciences. - 7/28/09
Charles McMillan to lead Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Weapons Program
He will provide oversight and direction for the nuclear weapons program at Los Alamos to accomplish the Laboratory’s core mission. - 7/28/09
Los Alamos National Laboratory sponsors Hazmat Challenge
The challenge provides hazardous materials responders the opportunity to network and learn new techniques under realistic conditions in a safe environment. - 7/27/09
Los Alamos National Laboratory receives Recovery Act funds
Recovery Act funds will go toward environmental compliance and cleaning up Cold War-era buildings slated for demolition. - 7/21/09
Laboratory snags five R&D 100 awards
Winning Laboratory projects are MagViz, the SIMTECHE CO2 Capture Process, Lasonix, TeraOps Software Radio, and the Artificial Retina Project. - 7/21/09
Los Alamos National Security invests in Santa Fe Community College Foundation
The new center is an educational and training facility for alternative energy and green jobs. - 7/16/09
White House honors Los Alamos physicist’s early career work
Ivan Vitev has received a prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). - 7/10/09
Laboratory, Valles Caldera sponsor environmental science event
The Summer Environmental Science Program lets students explore a wide range of science-related topics in the Valles Caldera National Preserve. - 7/9/09
Final remote-handled waste canister leaves Los Alamos National Laboratory
The Laboratory began shipping the canisters exactly one month ago and averaged four shipments per week. - 7/2/09
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People
Total employees, 10,312
Los Alamos National Security, LLC, 6,866
SOC Los Alamos (Guard Force), 381
Staff and support contractors, 774
Students, 799
Unionized craft workers, 709
Post doctoral researchers, 411
Other, 472
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 2013: Approx. $2.1 billion
—54% Weapons programs
—10% Nonproliferation programs
—5% Safeguards and Security
—9% Environmental Management
—5% DOE Office of Science
—3% Energy and other programs
—14% 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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