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Notice: LANL Public Reading Room Reopening In Pojoaque

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LANL News:

The Los Alamos National Laboratory Hardcopy Public Reading Room at the Northern New Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Board Office at 94 Cities of Gold Road in Pojoaque is now reopen by appointment only.

Hours of operation are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

To schedule an appointment, call 505.989.1662. Visitors will be informed of COVID safety protocols when appointments are scheduled.

The Electronic Public Reading Room continues to be available here.

Thank you for your understanding while safety precautions are evaluated and implemented. –LANL Read More

Local Officials Share Thanksgiving Wishes For Community

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A Thanksgiving centerpiece by floral designer Gillian Sutton of Flowers by Gillian at 3801 Arkansas Ave. Flower bouquets are available for $50 each until 7 p.m. today or sold out. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
LOS ALAMOS DAILY POST
kirsten@ladailypost.com

To say this has been a difficult year is an understatement. Even now with Thanksgiving approaching, it may be hard to feel thankful and see blessings during such a turbulent time.

But despite the pandemic, there are still things to celebrate and embrace. Officials across all areas of Los Alamos provided the Los Read More

Deputy Director Kelly Beierschmitt Discusses LANL’s COVID-19 Response; How Lab Is Adapting To Pandemic

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LANL Deputy Director for Operations Kelly Beierschmitt

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

The effects COVID-19 is having on Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) will not be short lived, Los Alamos County Council learned during its regular meeting Tuesday night.

In fact, COVID-19 is planned to change laboratory operations long into the future.

LANL Deputy Director for Operations Kelly Beierschmitt reported on how LANL is responding to COVID-19 and adapting to the world that the pandemic has created.

He reported a COVID task force was formed in February “to Read More

Los Alamos Celebrates Fifth Anniversary Of Establishment Of Manhattan Project National Historical Park

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Scenes from the signing ceremony of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park five years ago. Courtesy/LAC

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

What was the secret to the Manhattan Project National Historical Park’s (MPNHP) successful creation? Participants in the virtual celebration of the national park’s fifth anniversary Tuesday afternoon agreed it was teamwork and partnership.

A group of key players in the founding of MPNHP took part in the virtual presentation, which kicked off  week-long festivities in honor of the MPNHP’s birthday.

The common Read More

Spots Available For Manhattan Project Lecture Nov. 17

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Historian Alex Wellerstein

Historical Society News:

The Los Alamos Historical Society’s November lecture was temporarily sold out, but more spots have now been added for the free virtual event.

Alex Wellerstein will present “The ‘Best-Kept Secret of the War’? The Successes and Failures of Manhattan Project Secrecy”, 6 p.m., Nov. 17.

Visit www.losalamoshistory.org/events to register.

How successful was the Manhattan Project at keeping the atomic bomb a secret—and what were the Project’s goals for secrecy in the first place? In this talk, the Manhattan Project’s security regime will Read More

The Secret City: Project Y Mobile App Is Back

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The Secret City: Project Y app is available today on the Apple App Store and Google Play. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory has announced the re-release of The Secret City: Project Y — the app that lets you explore Los Alamos in New Mexico as it was during the Manhattan Project.

Rebuilt and released for the fifth anniversary of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, this virtual experience has something for everyone.

In the app’s story mode, discover how Project Y transformed this quiet mesa top into a top-secret laboratory. Test With The Secret City: Project Y, Read More

Malenfant: Lest We Forget…

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TA-18, Pajarito Site, a collection of general purpose laboratories capable of subcritical, delayed and super-prompt critical operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL

Courtesy/Bradbury Science Museum

By RICHARD (DICK) MALENFANT
Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Formerly of Los Alamos

On November 10, 2015, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz signed an MOA for creating and managing the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. 

Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2015, which included provisions authorizing Read More

LANL: Preserving Manhattan Project Historic Sites

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Nov. 11, 2020 marks the five-year anniversary of Manhattan Project National Historical Park. As part of the park’s mission, preservation experts removed excess vegetation that contributed to the erosion of the Concrete Bowl, a site that shares a lesser-known story from the Manhattan Project. Courtesy/LANL

This historic photo depicts the Concrete Bowl with its wooden tower. During the Manhattan Project era, the tower’s tank held water and a small-scale bomb prototype with a “stand-in” for plutonium. Upon detonation, the bowl captured the water, allowing researchers to filter out and Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory And New Mexico State University Sign Agreement For Joint Appointments

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NMSU Chancellor Dan Arvizu and Director Thom Mason and Deputy Director John Sarrao of Los Alamos National Laboratory championed the new agreement. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Staff-and-faculty exchange will build bottom-up collaborations and workforce pipeline

Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Thom Mason and Chancellor Dan Arvizu of New Mexico State University (NMSU) today announced the signing of a new institutional agreement to enable joint appointments. 

“The Laboratory is pleased to work with partners like NMSU to build scientific and engineering collaborations that mutually Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Works To Make Better, More Recyclable Plastics With New ‘BOTTLE’ Consortium

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A new science consortium will tackle how to degrade and upcycle today’s waste plastics in a way that incentivizes their reclamation, and work toward wholly redesigning tomorrow’s plastics to be recyclable-by-design. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • New Department of Energy program builds on strengths of multiple laboratories

Los Alamos National Laboratory is partnering with four other national laboratories and four academic institutions in a new program to tackle the problem of plastic pollution. The partnership has been dubbed the BOTTLE Consortium for “Bio-Optimized Technologies to Read More