Newsmakers

• Senator Pete Domenici visited the Laboratory on April 6. During his visit, he was given a tour of ARIES, the Advanced Recovery and Integrated Extraction System at TA-55. On April 20, 1998, Senator Domenici sent a thank you letter to Division Director Bruce Matthews, stating in part, "The lunch was superb, and I found the tour of ARIES extremely interesting. I look forward to application of the ARIES system as we move ahead with critical bilateral weapon dismantlement and conversion agreements with the Former Soviet Union. Your staff at TA-55 is clearly and justly proud of their contributions to the nation's security, with tremendous responsibilities for many aspects of our nuclear stockpile."

• On April 22 the Laboratory held a ceremony honoring individuals and teams who qualified for 1998 Pollution Prevention Awards. The awards recognize significant contributions to the Laboratory's effort of minimizing or reducing waste streams through good practices. NMT winners are James J. Balkey, Charles L. Foxx, Kathleen M. Gruetzmacher, and Lorenzo A. Trujillo (NMT-7); Laura A. Worl (NMT-6); and Perla Davis (NMT-8).

Two New Award Programs Recognize Excellence

NMT Division is happy to announce two new award programs that will honor employees for excellent achievements. Exceptional contributions made by members of the division are now being recognized by The William J. Maraman Award in Operations Excellence and The Richard D. Baker Award for Science and Technology.

NMT's core capabilities-nuclear facilities operation and nuclear materials science and technology-are taking on increasing importance. Both of the awards will be given to honor those whose outstanding achievements have contributed to these capabilities in support of the Laboratory mission. The first of these awards seeks to encourage and promote operational or engineering excellence in the division by recognizing an NMT employee or team whose work represents especially meritorious performance in the operation of nuclear facilities. The second award will encourage and promote technical excellence by recognizing especially meritorious technical contributions by an NMT staff member. For information on the nomination criteria for both of these awards and the selection process, contact K. C. Kim, NMT Division Office (phone: 7-7753, e-mail: kck@lanl.gov).

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