Los Alamos National Laboratory
March
Underground neutrino experiment sets the stage for deep discovery about matter
Collaborators of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, have shown they can shield a sensitive, scalable 44-kilogram germanium detector array from background radioactivity. - 3/27/18
Tunable interfaces found in quantum materials
A potential revolution in device engineering could be underway, thanks to the discovery of functional electronic interfaces in quantum materials that can self-assemble spontaneously. - 3/26/18
Public lectures explore powering space missions on Mars
Patrick McClure and David Poston will discuss the small nuclear reactor developed at the Laboratory to power missions on Mars during three Frontiers in Science lectures. - 3/26/18
Los Alamos releases file index product to software community
The Grand Unified File Index (GUFI) is designed using a new, hierarchical approach to storing file metadata, allowing rapid parallel searches across many internal databases. - 3/22/18
Innovative detectors quickly pinpoint radiation source
Innovative “lighthouse” detectors are reducing radiation exposure for workers and opening up new areas for robotic monitoring to avoid potential hazards. - 3/21/18
March
Fast Facts
Total employees: 13,137
Triad National Security, LLC: 9,397
Centerra Group, LLC Los Alamos (Guard Force): 281
Compa, Staff and support contractors: 478
Students: 1,323
Unionized craft workers: 1,160
Post doctoral researchers: 498
Located 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on 34.7 square miles of DOE-owned property.
1,280 individual facilities, including 47 technical areas with 9 million square feet under roof.
Replacement value of $14.2 billion
FY17:
63% Weapons programs
10% Nonproliferation programs
4% Safeguards and Security
7% Environmental Management
4% DOE Office of Science
3% Energy and other programs
9% Work for Others
Triad and students only
35% of employees live in Los Alamos, the remainder commute from Santa Fe, Española, Taos and Albuquerque.
Average Age: 43
65% male, 35% female
45% minorities
67% university degrees
27% hold undergraduate degrees
19% hold master’s degrees
21% have earned a PhD
145 R&D100 awards
34 E.O. Lawrence Awards
9 Presidential Early Career Awards
3 Glenn Seaborg Medals
Edward Teller Medal
Nobel Prize in Physics, Frederick Reines
Albuquerque to Los Alamos, NM
98 miles; 1 hr, 51 min.
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As of Aug. 18, 2020
