LANL Shares Two Major Needs With County Council: Housing and Transportation
Associate Laboratory Director for Operations Bret Simpkins, left, and Associate Laboratory Director for Infrastructure and Capital Projects David Teter present the laboratory’s transportation and housing needs during the regular Los Alamos County Council meeting Oct. 17. Screenshot/LADP
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
With Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) increasing its workforce, two major needs have come to light: housing and transportation. Just what exactly these needs are and how to best address them were the focus of a presentation by Read More
Photography Exhibit And Talk With Minesh Bacrania Nov. 2
Los Alamos Public Library hosts photography exhibit and talk with Minesh Bacrania, former experimental physicist turned professional photographer, Nov. 2. Courtesy/LAC
Photo by Minesh Bacrania
LIBRARY News:
Los Alamos Public Library will present a photography exhibit and talk with Minesh Bacrania, former experimental physicist turned professional photographer, 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2 at Mesa Public Library in the Upper-Level Rotunda.
On display for the evening will be Bacrania’s beautiful photographs of Los Alamos National Laboratory from Behind the Fence, a photographic series Read More
Stansbury To Host Instagram Live With Trinity Downwinder
U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury
STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE — U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) will host an Instagram Live at 10 a.m. today with Tina Cordova, co-founder and executive director of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium.
Discussion will focus on the nuclear testing in New Mexico, effects of the Trinity test site on surrounding communities and the expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. Read More
EM-LA & N3B To Discuss FY23 Cleanup Progress At Forum
N3B Los Alamos News:
The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B), the legacy cleanup contractor at Los Alamos National Laboratory, are scheduled to hold an Environmental Management Cleanup Forum to discuss recent legacy waste cleanup progress.
The forum will be held 5:30-7:30 p.m. (MT), Nov. 1 at Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos. Those interested in attending can also participate virtually.
The event will feature discussions on the legacy cleanup mission at LANL, including recent progress and future Read More
LANL To Hold Emergency-Preparedness Exercise Oct. 24
LANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has scheduled an emergency preparedness exercise beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24.
This exercise will last approximately three hours and test the preparedness of personnel who would respond in the case of an actual emergency.
Some elements of this exercise may be observable to the public, such as increased emergency vehicle traffic, workers in protective equipment performing simulated activities and “exercise in progress” signage.
LANL’s Emergency Management Division works closely with Los Alamos County and participating local Read More
Three Los Alamos National Laboratory Projects Use Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning To Propel Science
Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Multiyear efforts include partnerships with national laboratories and universities
Projects that seek to deploy artificial intelligence and machine learning for science and energy have been bolstered by Department of Energy Office of Science funding in recent weeks. Three Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) projects use the cutting-edge tools to improve the performance of accelerators, devices that charge particles to high speeds for research and development on a variety of subjects. Another Los Alamos project uses deep learning — a method of artificial Read More
Los Alamos National Laboratory Researcher Ruth Skoug Named 2023 American Geophysical Union Fellow
Los Alamos National Laboratory Researcher Ruth Skoug joins the prestigious AGU fellow group. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Ruth Skoug, of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Space Science and Applications group, was named fellow by the American Geophysical Union (AGU); Skoug is among 63 new fellows this year. Since 1962, AGU has elected fewer than 0.1 percent of its members to join this prestigious group of individuals.
She was selected for her far-reaching impact to experimental space plasma physics in the solar wind and magnetosphere.
“Ruth’s research has played a major role in the understanding Read More
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