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NMED Hosts First Quarterly Outreach Meeting In Los Alamos At Fuller Lodge Monday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 5, 2019
NMED News:
The New Mexico Environment Department will host its first quarterly public meeting in Los Alamos, 5:30-7 p.m., Monday, July 8 in the Pajarito Room at Fuller Lodge, 2132 Central Ave.
The primary topic will be the mission and work of the Environment Department’s Department of Energy Oversight Bureau, as well as a discussion on a proposed move of the Bureau’s Los Alamos Field Office to Santa Fe.
The meeting is open to the public.
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LANL MSC Accepting Proposals For 2019 Economic Development Grants: Deadline 5 p.m. July 18

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 5, 2019

NMF News:

Los Alamos National Labortary Major Subcontractors Consortium (LANL MSC), in partnership with New Mexico Foundation and Triad National Security, LLC, is now accepting proposals for its 2019 Economic Development Grants.
 
The grant application deadline is 5 p.m., July 18, 2019.
 
Created in 2006, LANL MSC is a collaboration of LANL major subcontractors that pool resources to support projects that strengthen the economy within their communities. Projects can include those that strengthen local product development, create jobs
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WIPP Reaches 12,500-Shipment Milestone

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 3, 2019
A shipment of transuranic waste approaches EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad. Courtesy/WIPP
 
WIPP News:
 
CARLSBAD ― Just before midnight June 27, EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) received its 12,500th transuranic (TRU) waste shipment since operations began there in 1999.
 
The shipment originated from the EM program at Idaho National Laboratory, which has sent WIPP the most TRU waste shipments — 6,500 and counting — of all DOE generator sites over the past 20 years.
 
WIPP drivers have safely traveled more than 14.9 million loaded miles, transporting
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LANL: Researchers Cast Neural Nets To Simulate Molecular Motion

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 2, 2019

New deep learning models predict the interactions between atoms in organic molecules. These models will help computational biologists and drug development researchers understand and treat disease. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Machine learning allows quantum mechanics to be efficiently applied to molecular simulations for drug development, detonation physics and more

New work from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Florida is showing that artificial neural nets can be trained to encode quantum mechanical laws to describe Read More

SMSI Promotes Rob Dunham To Vice President Of Los Alamos Operations

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 2, 2019

Rob Dunham

SMSI News:

Rob Dunham has been promoted to SMSI’s Vice President of Los Alamos Operations.

“Rob joined SMSI in 2014 and since that time has been integral in growing our office in Los Alamos by enhancing our capabilities and providing top-tier service to our clients,” SMSI President David O’Flynn said. “He has deep experience at LANL and client relationships across numerous programs.”

Dunham holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech and has more than 35 years of experience throughout the DOE / NNSA Complex and industry.

Dunham and his wife Lisa-Jo moved to Los Alamos in Read More

RCLC Hears Talk On Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 1, 2019

Members of the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities (RCLC) gathered Thursday afternoon in Council Chambers at Española City Hall at 405 N. Paseo De Onate. From left, RCLC Executive Director Eric Vasquez, Española Mayor Javier Sanchez, Española City Councilor Peggy Sue Martinez, Chair Henry Roybal, Los Alamos County Councilor David Izraelevitz and Rio Arriba County Commissioner Leo Jaramillo. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Program Director Ed Mayer of Holtec International discusses a plan for a consolidated interim storage facility for nuclear fuel in southeast Read More

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