August
Muon radiography verifies spent nuclear fuel in sealed casks
Researchers and collaborators have investigated a method to “see” inside sealed casks using naturally occurring cosmic-ray muons. - 8/29/18
Los Alamos National Laboratory's Discreet Oculus team recognized in DTRA’s Hyper Critical Campaign
DTRA designated Los Alamos to lead this complex, multi-agency Campaign that went from inception to successful execution in seven months. - 8/28/18
All-solid-state cryocooler becomes a reality
Markus Hehlen and collaborators have — for the first time — demonstrated an all-solid-state optical refrigerator that operates at cryogenic temperatures and has no moving parts. - 8/21/18
ACCObeam technology produces novel collimated sound beam
The team determined that it could produce a highly collimated, powerful sound beam that also minimizes unwanted side lobes. - 8/20/18
A new neural network approach for seismic event detection
Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have applied what is known as a “deep dense neural network” approach to the detection of seismic events. - 8/16/18
Multipoint satellite observations provide insight into the origins of substorms
A research team has investigated observations from multiple satellites to develop a more comprehensive picture of substorm interactions with the Earth’s magnetosphere. - 8/16/18
Cuprate superconductor shows unique conductivity
Resistance studies reveal ‘strange metal’s’ electrical peculiarity - 8/3/18
August 2018
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
