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WIPP Update: Supplemental Ventilation System

SVS installed in the WIPP underground. Courtesy/WIPP

WIPP News:

The Underground Ventilation System at WIPP is undergoing a significant change that will provide additional airflow in the underground. 

The large fan that is part of the Supplemental Ventilation System (SVS) was recently downloaded to the underground and has been successfully installed. Read More

LANL Awards Protective Force Contract To Centerra

Aerial view of LANL, ‘1995 aerial TA-3 south to north’. Courtesy/LANL
 
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
 
Los Alamos National Laboratory has awarded its protective force services contract to Centerra Group, LLC.

Centerra won the contract over longtime LANL security contractor SOC LLC, which provided protective force services to Los Alamos for more than a decade as Protection Technology Los Alamos, and during the last five years as SOC Los Alamos.

“LANS LLC recently completed a competitive acquisition for protective force services at Los Alamos National

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Secretary Of Energy Asked To Investigate Safety Hazards In High Explosives Test Facility At Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab

DOE News:
 
Legal papers served in Washington July 14 asked Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz to investigate “substantial and specific danger to employees or to public health or safety” due to “technical failure and incidents” at the High Explosive Application Facility (HEAF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
 
Anthony T. Rivera, a 28-year veteran of the lab, said he was harassed and fired in October 2013 after reporting the hazards and other violations to lab management. The Department of Energy Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) dragged out his case until March
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Ceres’ Bright Spots Seen In Striking New Detail

This image, made using images taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, shows Occator crater on Ceres, home to a collection of intriguing bright spots. Courtesy/NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

NASA/JPL News:

The brightest spots on the dwarf planet Ceres gleam with mystery in new views delivered by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. These closest-yet views of Occator crater, with a resolution of 450 feet (140 meters) per pixel, give scientists a deeper perspective on these very unusual features.

The new up-close view of Occator crater from Dawn’s current vantage point reveals better-defined Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Team Receives DOE Secretary’s Achievement Award

The DOE Secretary’s Achievement Award is presented to the RLUOB Transfer Team. Front row from left, Denise Thronas, LANL Acting Deputy Director Paul Henry, LANL Director Charlie McMillan and Amy Wong. Back row from left, David Gallimore, Brett Cederdahl, Mike Parkes, Tim Leckbee and Tim Nelson. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • RLUOB Transition Team commended for excellence

The Radiological Laboratory Utility Office Building (RLUOB) Transition Team at Los Alamos National Laboratory received the U.S. Department of Energy Secretary’s Achievement Award for its teamwork and performance. Read More

Los Alamos Arms Control Group Supports Iran Arms Deal

U.S. negotiators, left, face Iranian negotiators during the March 17 Iran Nuclear Discussions morning meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry in Lausanne with Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif. Under Secretary Wendy Sherman and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz participated in the meetings. Copyright Creative Commons/Credit: U.S. Mission / Eric Bridiers

 

By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

An independent arms control group in Los Alamos strongly endorsed a recommendation in favor of the recently negotiated weapons reduction agreement with Iran.

In a public meeting Friday, Read More

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