Los Alamos National Laboratory’s James Owen Leaving Lab After Distinguished 30-Year Career To Enter Private Sector
From left, Associate Laboratory Director Weapons Engineering James Owen, Laboratory Director Thom Mason and TechSource Vice President/Managing Director Curtis Christensen at the Nuclear Deterrence Summit Monday in Washington, D.C. Owen is being recognized in front of a national audience for his service to LANL and the nuclear weapons complex. Courtesy photo
From left, NNSA Deputy Assistant Deputy Administrator Robin Noyes, Kellenberger Chief Sales Officer Jeremy Michael, Associate Laboratory Director Weapons Engineering James Owen, Laboratory Director Thom Mason and TechSource Read More
LANL Partners With OpenAI To Advance National Security
Venado, the Lab’s newest supercomputer, will use models from OpenAI. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory has entered a partnership with OpenAI to install its latest o-series models— capable of expert reasoning for a broad span of complex scientific problems—on the Lab’s Venado supercomputer, which uses NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips, to conduct national security research.
“As threats to the nation become more complex and more pressing, we need new approaches and advanced technologies to preserve America’s security,” Thom Mason, Laboratory director said. Read More
United Way Of Northern N.M. Holds 2025 Board Retreat
United Way Of Northern New Mexico (UWNNM) Board of Directors and staff gathered Saturday for their 2025 Board Retreat at the Rio Arriba County Offices in Española. Pictured from front left, Board Member Christine ‘Teeny’ Bustos – Rio Arriba County Economic Development Director, Board Vice President Mike Holtzclaw – UNM-LA Chancellor, Executive Director Cindy Padilla, Board Secretary Sandy Jones – Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Director, UWNNM Director of Corporate & Community Engagement Donna Milanovich, Emeritus Board Member Liddie Martinez, Board Member Read More
Public Hearings Scheduled For LANL Draft Sitewide Environment Impact Statement
NNSA News:
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is holding four public hearings to receive comments on the Los Alamos National Laboratory Draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS).
The LANL Draft SWEIS analyzes the potential environmental impacts associated with continuing LANL operations and foreseeable new and/or modified operations and facilities for approximately the next 15 years.
The meetings Feb. 11 will include an option for virtual (internet-based) participation (with telephone access). The schedule is as follows: Read More
Los Alamos National Laboratory: Artificial Intelligence Algorithms Used To Tune Particle Accelerators
LANL research and development engineer Alexander Scheinker and the project’s lead – shown here at the HiRES compact accelerator for ultrafast electron diffraction at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, for which AI tools are being developed. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Training data means real-time, effective tuning to ensure accelerator precision
Accelerators — machines that speed up particles such as protons — are useful in nuclear and high-energy physics as well as materials science, dynamic imaging and even isotope production for cancer therapy. A Los Alamos National Laboratory-led Read More
Northern New Mexico Students Awarded N3B Scholarships
NNMC President Hector Balderas, Jaide Romero and Atalia Archuleta. Courtesy/NNMC
NNMC News:
ESPAÑOLA — Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos, LLC (N3B) has announced the recipients of its 2025 Danny Nichols and Dennis Huddleston Memorial Scholarship. Two Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) students, Atalia Archuleta and Jaide Romero, are among the recipients, along with Paul Alcazar, who is pursuing a degree in chemistry from University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA).
The Danny Nichols and Dennis Huddleston Memorial Scholarship is sponsored by N3B each year to honor the lives of longtime Read More
U.S. Senators Luján, Hawley, Heinrich, Schmitt, Reintroduce RECA To Give Nuclear Radiation Victims Compensation
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján:
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), along with Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) reintroduced the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act to compensate Americans exposed to radiation by government nuclear programs.
Despite the Senate passing this bill, the House of Representatives failed to pass the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) reauthorization before its expiration deadline in the 118th Congress.
“In New Mexico Read More
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