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Mason Shares Lab Update, Answers Questions At Public Town Hall 

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LANL Director Thom Mason hosting an online public town hall Friday evening during which he shared Lab news and fielded audience questions. Photo/LADP screenshot

By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com

It’s no secret that Los Alamos National Laboratory is growing. LANL Director Thom Mason started with the growth stats in his Community Conversation via Zoom Tuesday. Members of the community were invited to submit questions for the director in advance of the meeting.

LANL is being asked to take on increased national security missions, Mason said. That is what’s Read More

Carrie Manore Talks Biosecurity Buzz At The Periodic Table June 20

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Mathematician Carrie Manore. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Mosquitoes, mo’ problems … when it comes to pesky pests, mathematician Carrie Manore might be the most understanding person. While most of us simply swat ‘em and spray ‘em, Manore gives deeper consideration to mosquitoes.

She examines the bloodsuckers’ behavioral data to understand biosecurity patterns and climate change hazards.

Come to another installment of the Periodic Table at the Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op and discuss with Manore how she models complex systems to investigate infectious disease spread, if mosquitoes Read More

N3B-Los Alamos And EM-LA To Hold Hybrid Environmental Management Cleanup Forum Thursday June 16

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N3B News:

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management Los Alamos (EM-LA) Field Office and its legacy waste contractor, N3B-Los Alamos, are hosting an in-person and virtual community meeting 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 16, at Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos, and virtually using the WebEx platform.

This hybrid event will feature discussions on the Environmental Management mission at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), recent progress, and future cleanup priorities.

The community discussion/Q&A that will follow a short presentation will provide an opportunity Read More

LANL Foundation Announces 2022 Career Pathways Scholarship Winners 

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LANL Foundation News:

ESPAÑOLA — Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Foundation, in partnership with the Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund, has announced the recipients of the Foundation’s 2022 Career Pathways Scholarships.

Career Pathways Scholarships award up to $3,000 to qualified applicants pursuing a two-year degree, trade or professional certification. The scholarships are made possible by donations from LANL employees, Triad National Security and donors from northern New Mexico. 

A grand total of $102,000 was awarded to 43 outstanding Northern New Mexico students. Read More

Public Town Hall With LANL Director Thom Mason June 14

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LANL News:

New Mexicans are invited to attend a public town hall hosted by Thom Mason, the director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, June 14.

Mason will share Lab news and then field audience questions. Questions are welcome and may be submitted live or in advance to AskLANL@lanl.gov.

The online event is open to the general public:

The meeting link will be posted on the Public Town Hall Read More

LANL: Why Didn’t Oppenheimer Ever Win A Nobel Prize?

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In the fall of 1942, Groves, right, hired Robert J. Oppenheimer, who recommended Los Alamos as the site for the clandestine lab, and recruited science’s greatest minds to join him there. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Why didn’t Oppenheimer ever win a Nobel Prize?

For his world-changing scientific achievements, J. Robert Oppenheimer would be forever known as the “father of the atomic bomb”.

But, despite his many accomplishments, he never rose to the level of Nobel laureate.

By LANL’s National Security Research Center staff:

For his world-changing scientific achievements, J. Robert Oppenheimer  Read More

LANL: Notice Of Class 2 Amendment To Closure Plan Open Burning Treatment Unit Technical Area 16-399 Burn Tray

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LANL News:

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Triad National Security, LLC (Triad), have submitted a Class 2 permit modification request to amend the January 2019 Closure Plan Open Burning Treatment Unit Technical Area 16-399 Burn Tray.

The modification supports additional closure activities at the site.

Facility: The Permit authorizes DOE; Triad; and Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos, LLC (N3B) [the Permittees] to manage, store, and treat hazardous waste at LANL. Under authority of the New Mexico Hazardous Waste Act (Section 74-4-1 et seq., NMSA 1978, as amended, 1992) and the Read More

NNSA Completes Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Exascale Computing Facility Modernization Project

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NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration Wednesday announced the formal completion of construction on the Exascale Computing Facility Modernization project at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California.

The project upgraded the electrical and mechanical capabilities of the Livermore Computing Center, which will enable the facility to power the first NNSA exascale system, named El Capitan, and to provide exascale-class computing service (of performance of at least one quintillion calculations Read More

What If…?

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Los Alamos High School and Griffith Gymnasium. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com 

Large and small towns across the country are reeling from a flurry of mass shootings. Schools, churches, grocery stores, concerts and clubs have all been targets. Los Alamos is considered one of the safest communities in the nation … but what if something like that was plotted here? Are we prepared?

The Schools

Looking into just how safe Los Alamos really is, it turns out every school here has a Safe Schools Plan updated annually and submitted

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U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández Applauds Signing Of 2-year Extension Of Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

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U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández during her floor speech today applauding the signing of a bill to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. Screenshot/LADP

From the Office of U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) applauded the signing of a bill to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA).

The Congresswoman led the House effort to pass the two-year extension through Congress with bipartisan support last month. The program was scheduled to sunset in July 2022.

Leger Fernández and U.S. Rep. Burgess Owens Read More