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House Assistant Speaker Luján Highlights Los Alamos National Laboratory On Congressional Delegation Tour

Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 13, 2019 - 8:32am
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján
 
CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
This week, U.S House Assistant Speaker Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, toured Los Alamos National Laboratory on a congressional delegation highlighting the importance of New Mexico’s national labs.
 
U.S. Rep. Luján and Smith were joined by the Department of Energy’s Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and NNSA Administrator Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty.
 
As co-chair of the National Labs Caucus, Luján has secured major environmental and scientific investments for
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UC President Janet Napolitano And Triad’s Thom Mason Present $599,600 Grant To LANL Foundation

Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 12, 2019 - 9:53am
University of California President Janet Napolitano, right, and LANL Director and Triad President Thom Mason, left, present funding to LANL Foundation President/CEO Jenny Parks and board members Bill Wadt, Denise Thronas, Nan Sauer, Billie Blair, Tania Sanchez, Elmer Torres, Wilmer Chavarria and Hervey Juris during a recent event. Courtesy/LANLF
 
Melisha Martinez, TESOL certification candidate, builds skills to better serving dual-language students at La Tierra Montessori School www.lanlfoundation.org/melisha-martinez. Courtesy/LANLF
 
LANL FOUNDATION News:
  • Triad grant supports K-12
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Gadgets Officially Opens For Business At Bradbury

Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 12, 2019 - 8:19am
The Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce celebrates the new location of the Bradbury Science Museum Assocation’s (BSMA) Gadgets Museum Shop Thursday afternoon with a ribbon cutting. The new location is in the Defense Gallery inside the Bradbury Science Museum at 1350 Central Ave. Roger Waterman, center, cuts the ribbon, while Museum Director Linda Deck, Kristin Henderson, Chamber Director and  BSMA President Ryn Herrmann, Gadget Manager Shari Foley, Kent Waterman and BSMA Vice President Bob Hull look on. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
The new Gadgets Muesum Shop was made possible
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Capacity Crowd Hears Jim Eckles Talk On Trinity Site

Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 12, 2019 - 7:09am

Author Jim Eckles of ‘Trinity – The History Of An Atomic Bomb National Historic Landmark’, shares his knowledge about Trinity Site with a packed room Thursday at the Bradbury Science Museum. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com

Photo by KayLinda Crawford
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Alden Oyer Presents Technical Talk At LANL Oct. 14

Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 11, 2019 - 9:39am
Alden Oyer
 
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The Los Alamos Northern New Mexico Section is sponsoring a technical talk open to the public at noon Oct. 14 at the LANL Library JRO 1/2 (turn right upon entering the Oppenheimer Study Center.
 
Abstract: Near Vertical Incidence Skywave (NVIS) propagation is useful to establish communications over short to moderate distances where line-of-sight communications is not available. This presentation will discuss the phenomenon and applicability of NVIS, and describe antennas parameters suitable to exploit this propagation.
 
Biography: Alden Oyer is retired from
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DOE: Idaho EM Team Employs Unique Equipment To Tear Down Legacy Reactor

Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 9, 2019 - 9:52am
A diamond wire saw, left, was used to slice concrete shielding, exposing the center of the Argonne Fast Source Reactor, at center. A gantry crane, at right, is used to lift the resulting concrete blocks. Courtesy/DOE
 
DOE News:
 
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho ― EM crews recently demolished a legacy research reactor built in the 1950s at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL), using innovative tools to break down its 4.5-foot-thick concrete shield.
 
The Argonne Fast Source Reactor was constructed at the Materials and Fuels Complex to create neutron fields that exposed materials to a radioactive
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NNSA Approves Lab Proposal To Build Parking Garage

Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 8, 2019 - 7:25pm

Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL

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The U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Los Alamos Field Office has issued a National Environmental Policy Act categorical exclusion determination (CX) for the proposal to construct, use, and maintain a multi-level parking structure (approximately 200,000 square feet) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) within Technical Area 03 (TA-3).

 

The purpose of the project is to provide LANL with additional and upgraded parking infrastructure to reduce a chronic parking shortage within TA-3.

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