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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

Public invited to Mars rover landing virtual after-party
Los Alamos National Laboratory hosts online event to celebrate historic landing - 2/16/21
Perseverance rover takes New Mexico to Mars
Los Alamos National Laboratory plays multiple roles in new mission - 2/16/21
Multi-messenger astronomy offers new estimates of the size of neutron stars and the rate of the universe’s expansion
Study finds neutron stars are typically about 11.75 kilometers in radius, and provides a novel calculation of the Hubble constant - 12/21/20
Rare ‘superbolt’ flashes found to be 1,000 times brighter than normal lightning
Two new Los Alamos National Lab studies show, when it comes to extreme lightning, size and polarity matter - 11/12/20
New Los Alamos spin-off aims to put nuclear reactors in space
The Laboratory has signed an agreement to license the “Kilopower” space reactor technology to Space Nuclear Power Corporation (SpaceNukes) - 11/2/20







