Director Peter Kuran of ‘Trinity and Beyond’ Speaks at Bradbury Science Museum June 11
Peter Kuran, director of ‘Trinity and Beyond’ speaks June 11 at Bradbury Science Museum. Courtesy/LANL
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Award-winning film director to discuss technical photography during atmospheric testing years
Peter Kuran will discuss the history and basics of photography, and Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc.’s role in filming the technical photography during the atmospheric testing years, during a talk at 5:30 p.m., June 11 at the Bradbury Science Museum.
“I’ve been researching nuclear test photography now for more than 20 years since ‘Trinity Read More
Udall, Heinrich Urge President to Revise Budget To Address Changes In Design And Operation At WIPP
Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. Senate News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich urge President Obama to send Congress an amendment to his Fiscal Year 2015 Budget to ensure that the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) has the funding it needs to continue implementing the recommendations of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Accident Investigation Boards, including required changes in design and operation.
A fire and radiation release earlier this year have left WIPP closed while the Department of Energy investigates the root cause of the accidents and develops Read More
WIPP: Tests Begin in Preparation for Filter Change Out
WIPP News:
Workers began Friday the process to test underground ventilation fans to verify that airflow can be safely reduced during the filter replacement process. New filters are required to replace those that have been capturing material since the Feb. 5 fire and Feb. 14 radiation event.
Workers are replacing the filters in phases so that exhaust air leaving the underground facility will continue to be filtered during the activity. This is the first filter replacement to be done at WIPP, and workers will be assisted by experts from the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site. Replacement Read More
LANL Scientist Discusses Integrative Biosurveillance At Bio Symposium
Harshini Mukundan
LANL News:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory research used in National Biosurveillance Strategy
Harshini Mukundan, of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Physical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy group, will talk about her team’s innovative research on integrative biosurveillance at the third annual Biosurveillance Symposium sponsored by Oak Ridge National Laboratory June 12 in Baltimore.
Biosurveillance requires the integration of complex data from a variety of sources. Mukundan, along with Ben McMahon, of the Laboratory’s Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Read More
LANL: Desert Scientists Turn to Rainforest for Climate Answers
Heath-Powers: Los Alamos scientist Heath Powers, foreground, and on-site technician Vagner Castro work on field equipment for measuring carbon dioxide and water vapor near areas of human habitation in Brazil.Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Work in Brazil’s Amazon Basin Should Improve Climate Prediction
Nearly a quarter of the way through their two-year project, a team of scientists deployed to Brazil’s Amazon Basin is unraveling the mysteries of how land and atmospheric processes affect tropical hydrology and climate. Their work will go far toward improving the climate-prediction computer Read More
SFI Seminar: Whiskey is for Drinking … Water is for Fighting Over
SFI News:Santa Fe Institute Seminar – Whiskey is for Drinking: Water is for Fighting Over
12:15 p.m. • Monday, June 2 • Santa Fe Institute Collins Conference Room, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe.
Abstract: The phrase “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over,” often misattributed to Mark Twain, succinctly describes how water is thought about in the western United States. As urban populations grow, water managers are becoming increasingly concerned about water scarcity because Read More
DOE Issues Update On WIPP Repairs
WIPP personnel conduct visual inspections of the underground facilities at WIPP. Courtesy/DOEDOE News:
The Department of Energy Field Office in Carlsbad has announced that on May 28, WIPP workers entered the underground facility to adjust the ventilation system. While underground, they adjusted a regulator on a bulkhead door and closed and taped doors at another underground location to allow more air flow through Panel 7 and better ventilation control in preparation for the planned filter change.
Geotechnical experts also conducted underground inspections at several locations to Read More
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