LANL: Correcting Old Space-Physics Error For Safer Satellites
The Van Allen radiation belts provide a natural analogue to artificial radiation belts that could occur after a high-altitude nuclear explosion. In this image, the red lines circling Earth is an artificial belt of high intensity, and the yellow regions are the natural belts; LEO/MEO/GEO refer to low-Earth orbit, medium Earth orbit and geostationary Earth orbit. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Correcting 50-year-old errors in the math used to understand how electromagnetic waves scatter electrons trapped in Earth’s magnetic fields will lead to better protection for technology in space.
“The Read More
N3B Performs Robust Sampling, Monitoring To Drive Legacy Waste Cleanup At Los Alamos National Laboratory
Groundwater monitoring studies began in 1945 at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Today, workers collect nearly 2,300 groundwater samples annually. The groundwater samples are collected from a network of more than 200 monitoring wells located on LANL, Pueblo de San Ildefonso, Los Alamos County and Santa Fe County property. The sampling helps ensure water drawn for human consumption meets all federal and state drinking water standards. Courtesy/N3B
The low-head weir pictured is one of many storm water controls that help prevent contaminated sediment from being transported downstream. Read More
2024 REDI Summit March 5 At Buffalo Thunder Resort
REDI News:
Supporting local area communities to reach their economic development goals, the Regional Economic Development Initiative (REDI) announces that the 2024 REDI Summit is right around the corner. Read background here.
It’s 10 a.m. to 1L30 p.m. March 5, following Los Alamos National Laboratory’s, Community Partnerships Office’s Community Conversation.
The purpose of the REDI Summit is to review the 2023 Regional Economic Development Initiative (REDI) Plan update and to roll up our sleeves and provide input on strategies to fuel job creation, economic growth, and improve standards Read More
Review, 2023 Annual Periodic Monitoring Report For Base-Flow Sampling Added To LANL Electronic Reading Room
LANL News:
Per regulatory requirements, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announces new documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.
All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.
For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room:
- Review, 2023 Annual Periodic Monitoring Report for The General Surveillance Monitoring Group: Los Alamos and Pueblo Canyon, Mortandad and Sandia Canyon, Water
LANL: Recycling Old Electrical Devices Minimizes Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Eco-Footprint
In a project that rounded up more than 100 of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s legacy electrical devices no longer in use — all of which contained oil and some that contained the now-banned chemical compound known as polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs — one non-negotiable prevailed. The devices must be recycled, rather than buried in a landfill, which is what LANL project owners told interested bidders. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL Read More
Officials Cut Ribbon On Bilingual Montessori School Los Alamos Campus
Participating in Tuesday’s ribbon cutting on the Bilingual Montessori School Los Alamos campus, from left, NNSA Los Alamos Field Office Manager Ted Wyka, Vice President of the University of California Office of the National Laboratories Craig Leasure, Laboratory Staff Director Frances Chadwick, LANL Director Thom Mason, Triad Board Chair Jay Sures and Bilingual Montessori’s Odalys González Fernández, Juan Carlos Fernández, Rebekah Seitz and Dora Gonzalez. Courtesy/LANL
Attendees gather in a room at the new Bilingual Montessori School Los Alamos campus. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More
Laboratory Retiree Group: ‘First Tuesday’ Breakfast March 5
LRG News:
Laboratory Retiree Group (LRG) invites Lab retirees (and potential retirees) are invited to drop in at the “First Tuesday” monthly breakfast social, 8:30-10:30 a.m. March 5 at Muy Salsas, 1315 Trinity Dr.
LRG pays for everyone’s coffee and tea and attendees pay for their breakfast and other drinks.
Contact sgirard@losalamos.com or 505.672.3497 for more information.
More information about LRG can be found at https://lalrg.org. Read More
