U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., left, recently toured Laboratory facilities and received briefings on Laboratory programs during a visit to Los Alamos. He is shown here outside the new Nonproliferation and International Security Center at Technical Area 3 with Interim Laboratory Director Pete Nanos. Allard is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Officials from the National Nuclear Security Administration accompanied Allard on the daylong visit. While at Los Alamos, Allard toured the Nicholas Metropolis Center for Modeling and Simulation at TA-3, the Dual-Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test Facility at TA-15 and Los Alamos' Plutonium Facility at TA-55. He also received briefings on Lab threat reduction, cyber security and modeling and simulation programs. Photo by LeRoy N. Sanchez, Public Affairs