AFRL News:
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE – The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) commander, Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle, recently announced the sought-after annual AFRL Fellow
N3B News:
The Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and its cleanup contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) will host the required semi-annual meeting for the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Individual Permit.
This meeting is 5:30-7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, and will be conducted virtually.
The Individual Permit authorizes the discharge of storm water from LANL sites where historical industrial activities occurred.
Discussion topics for the meeting include:
Deputy DPU Manager Steve Cummins
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
Electricity provided to Los Alamos County could be generated through cutting-edge technology.
The probability of this happening significantly increased recently after the Department of Energy approved a $1.35 billion cost share award to the Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP).
The CFPP project involves a 720-megawatt NuScale power plant that would be at the Idaho National Laboratory site. The power plant would utilize 12 small modular nuclear reactors.
The Utah Associated Municipal Power
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com
In a letter dated Sept. 24 to Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) Acting Chairman Thomas A. Summers updated the Secretary on potential safety hazards in transuranic waste storage, handling and processing across Los Alamos National Laboratory facilities.
The Board has found that safety bases for both National Nuclear Security Administration and Environmental Management
Los Alamos Farmers Market News:
Taste the difference 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today at the Los Alamos Farmers Market at Ashley Pond Park.
There are only two more outdoor markets left in the 2020 season.
Fresh items at this week at market include:
Breakfast burritos, scones, cookies, pound cake, breads, croissants, muffin, quiche, pumpkin bread, gluten free baked goods, honey, honey sticks, allergy pops, jujubes, apples, pumpkins, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, onions, beets, radish, salad mix, arugula, spicy mix, pork, lamb,
NPS News:
JEMEZ SPRINGS — Valles Caldera National Preserve, in collaboration with its friends group, Los Amigos de Valles
LANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory has completed the installation of a next-generation high-performance computing platform, with aim to enhance its ongoing R&D efforts in support of the nation’s response to COVID-19.
Named Chicoma, the new platform is poised to demonstrate Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s new HPE Cray EX supercomputer architecture for solving complex scientific problems.
“As extensive social and economic impacts from COVID-19 continue to grip
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Fuels: Mixed conifer and spruce tapering to ponderosa pine at lower elevations.
Current status: Fire suppression efforts continue as the Luna Fire remains active in steep terrain.
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