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Congressional leaders learn about Laboratory counterterrorism, homeland defense programs
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., right, talks with Physics (P) Division leader Sue Seestrom in front of a target on the ATLAS pulsed power machine at Technical Area 35. Reid, Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., behind Seestron, and Gen. John Gordon, center in photo, National Nuclear Security Administration director, were at Los Alamos last week to tour several facilities and receive briefings on Laboratory programs dealing with counterterrorism and homeland defense, threat reduction and nuclear materials protection. |
One of the areas the senators visited was Technical Area 18, above left, where Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., wearing rubber gloves, holds a 4.5-kilogram plutonium sphere. The plutonium is clad in stainless steel; the spheres, which are about the size of a tennis ball, are used for training purposes at TA-18. At right in photo is Rick Paternoster of Advanced Nuclear Technology (NIS-6), while center in photo is Evelyn Mullen of the Nonproliferation and International Security (NIS) Division Office. Behind Reid is Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., and NNSA director Gen. John Gordon. Midway through the tour and overview of Laboratory facilities, the visiting senators and Gordon met with news media reporters and photographers at TA-35. In the photo at right, Sen. Bingaman is at the podium. The ATLAS facility is behind the senators and Gordon. Photos by LeRoy Sanchez, Public Affairs
Fellows Prize winners colloquium today in Physics Building Auditorium
Three Laboratory technical staff members have been named 2001 Lab Fellows Prize winners.
Joe Carlson of Nuclear Physics (T-16), Kurt Sickafus of Structure/Property Relations (MST-8) and Giday WoldeGabriel of Hydrology, Geochemistry and Geology (EES-6) are the latest Fellows Prize recipients.
The three winners will be honored at a Fellows Prize Colloquium from 4 to 5 p.m. today in the Physics Building Auditorium at Technical Area 3. Each of the three winners will give a 15-minute presentation summarizing their prize-winning research. Each also will receive a $3,000 check and a certificate from Laboratory Director John Browne. The colloquium is open to all Lab personnel.
For more information, see the Jan. 23 Daily Newsbulletin.
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The Laboratory's Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) is hosting a series of presentations beginning today by candidates seeking to become its permanent director. Grant Heiken, the acting director of Los Alamos' IGPP, will speak on "Volcanoes, Cities and National Security," at 10 a.m. today in the Cochiti Room of the J. Robert Oppenheimer Study Center at Technical Area 3. For more information, contact Shirley Roybal at 7-0920 or see Friday's Daily Newsbulletin. |
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Commuter's Corner | Parking areas around TA-3 | Parking shuttle routes (pdf) or jpeg |
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