Community Invited To Celebrate Engineers Week With Public Lecture By Pramod Khargonekar Of UC Irvine Feb. 19
Pramod Khargonekar
The community is invited to celebrate Engineers Week with a public lecture by Pramod Khargonekar of the University of California, Irvine, 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 at Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos.
Khargonekar, the vice chancellor for research and professor of electrical engineering and computer science, will present “Future of Work and Workers in the AI Era”. As automation, machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies continue their remarkably rapid development, it is expected that many facets of work and lives of workers will be impacted. In this Read More
Nuclear Weapons Council Commemorates Pit Production Milestone At Los Alamos National Laboratory
Marv Adams, deputy administrator for Defense Programs for the National Nuclear Security Administration, speaks to Laboratory employees as part of the Nuclear Weapons Council’s visit in November to Los Alamos to celebrate the first production unit of the plutonium pit for the W87-1. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
In November 2024, the Nuclear Weapons Council, staff and affiliates visited Los Alamos National Laboratory to mark the first production unit of a W87-1 plutonium pit, an achievement for the United States that hasn’t been accomplished since the 1980s.
The daylong visit included a tour Read More
Los Alamos Retiree Group Expresses Concern About Health Care Worker Shortage Across New Mexico
LRG News:
The Laboratory Retiree Group (https://lalrg.org) is a non-profit corporation which seeks to maintain communications with and to serve the needs and interests of the many retirees from LANL.
LRG is a member of the Council of University of California Retiree Associations (CUCRA), a consortium of the Retiree Associations of nine University of California campuses and the three UC-managed National Laboratories and the Office of the President/Regents.
In a Board of Directors meeting Wednesday, Jan. 15, the board unanimously approved the following motion:
“The Los Alamos Retiree Read More
Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Tom Mason To Answer Community Questions Tuesday Jan. 21 Via Zoom
LANL Director Thom Mason
LANL News:
Community members across New Mexico are invited to tune in for Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Thom Mason’s first virtual Town Hall of 2025, 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21 on Zoom.
No advance registration is required.
Director Mason will preview the year ahead. He will be joined by a special guest, Science, Technology and Engineering Executive Officer Angela Mielke, who will discuss how the Lab’s researchers are harnessing artificial intelligence to drive breakthroughs in science and technology. The two will also field questions from the public.
To Read More
NNSA Publishes Draft Sitewide Environmental Impact Statement For Los Alamos National Laboratory
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has published its Draft Sitewide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) assessing current and future impacts of the Lab’s operations.
The SWEIS will be available for public review and comment beginning, Jan. 10, 2025, for 60 days.
The SWEIS analyzes the potential environmental impacts of LANL operations for approximately the next 15 years.
The document is available Read More
NNSA Publishes Draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement For Los Alamos National Laboratory
NNSA News:
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has published its Draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) assessing current and future impacts of the Lab’s operations.
It will be available for public review and comment beginning Jan. 10, 2025, for 60 days. The SWEIS analyzes the potential environmental impacts of LANL operations for approximately the next 15 years.
The document is available here. Public hearings are scheduled for Feb. 11-13 in Santa Fe, Española, and Los Alamos. Read More
Hexavalent Chromium Expert Technical Review Findings To Be Discussed At Cleanup Forum Jan. 29
LANL News:
Learn more about the Hexavalent Chromium Expert Technical Review and results, as well as the legacy cleanup mission at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) at the community meeting from 5–7 p.m. MT, Jan. 29, 2025.
Host: Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA)
Background: This event will feature joint discussions from EM-LA, the New Mexico Environment (NMED) and Technical Review Team lead, Dr. Inés Triay on the recommendations from the Hexavalent Chromium Expert Technical Review Report, including Q&A.
For meeting information, Read More
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