June
Reorganization bolsters nuclear nonproliferation capability
LANL has strengthened its capability in a key aspect of nuclear nonproliferation by combining two groups within its Global Security organization. - 6/27/12
Los Alamos National Laboratory celebrates 1000th transuranic waste shipment
LANL has sent record breaking numbers of shipments to WIPP each of the past three years and is on track to further surpass its record in 2012. - 6/26/12
More than 230 nonprofit organizations to receive monetary donations from Los Alamos National Security, LLC
Nonprofit organizations will receive more than $180,000 from LANS, LLC. - 6/25/12
International Science Conferences in Santa Fe
The conference are 2012 International Conference on Defects in Insulating Materials and Computer Simulation of Radiation Effects in Solids. - 6/22/12
Los Alamos innovations take three R&D 100 Tech Awards: Update, now it's FOUR
These awards honor the top 100 proven technological advances of the year, as selected by a group of R&D Magazine’s chosen judges. - 6/20/12
LANL Venture Acceleration Fund boosts three businesses
Integrative Enzymatics, Vapour Organic Beauty and HydroBio will receive startup funding from the Laboratory. - 6/19/12
Los Alamos National Laboratory to host Robot Rodeo
Hazardous devices teams from around the Southwest will wrangle their bomb squad robots at the sixth annual Robot Rodeo. - 6/18/12
Steven E. Koonin has been named as an Independent Governor on the LLNS and LANS Boards of Governors
The LLCs manage the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy. - 6/15/12
After-hours, weekend changes through East Jemez Road Vehicle Access Portal begin June 18
All vehicles entering the portal must use center lane number 4. - 6/15/12
Newest Los Alamos facility receives LEED® Gold Certification
The Radiological Laboratory Utility Office Building is first to achieve both the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design status and LEED Gold certification. - 6/13/12
Public invited to share living with wildfire stories with BSM
The exhibit provides an opportunity for people to share their stories about the Las Conchas fire and other wildfires. - 6/11/12
Small businesses serving LANL receive DOE awards
Eberline Services, HukariAscendent Inc. and ARSEC Environmental LLC received Department of Energy small business awards for fiscal year 2011. - 6/11/12
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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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