NNSA’s Nevada Field Office Transfers ACAVs to FBI
NNSA’s Nevada Field Office recently transferred two Advanced Concept Armored Vehicles to the local FBI office in Nevada. Courtesy/NNSA
NNSA News:
- Transfer provides cost avoidance of $474,000
LAS VEGAS – The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Nevada Field Office recently transferred two Advanced Concept Armored Vehicles (ACAVs) to The Department of Justice’s local FBI office in Nevada.
The transfer created $474,000 in savings to the government as the NFO security force no longer had a mission need for the specialized and expensive tactical vehicles. The interagency Read More
Luján to Highlight Importance of STEM Education
Rep. Ben Ray Luján
SANTA FE – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District will highlight the importance of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education during a number of stops across northern New Mexico this week on a STEM Tour.
Luján will meet with students, educators and other stakeholders to discuss the need to encourage students to pursue an education in STEM at a young age and the opportunities available in STEM fields. In an increasingly global economy, the high tech sector continues to grow and offer good jobs for those with the necessary skills Read More
BioScience Lab Opening Festivities Slated For Tuesday
SFBI CEO Marie Longserre
SFBI News:
SANTA FE – The official grand opening ceremony for a new BioScience Lab at the Santa Fe Business Incubator (SFBI) takes place 9:45-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 15 at 3900 del Sol.
Program remarks will be followed by tours of the facility.
Speakers include:
- The Honorable Tom Udall, U.S. Senator;
- The Honorable Ben Ray Lujan, U.S. Congressman;
- The Honorable Javier Gonzales, Mayor of Santa Fe;
- Mr. Pedro Garza, EDA Regional Director U.S. Department of Commerce ; and
- Mr. Jasper Welch, President of the National Business Incubation Association.
The BioScience Laboratory, Read More
LANL Historian to Speak at MOWW Meeting on Lab’s 1970-92 Cold War Period Involvement
LANL Historian Alan Carr. File photo/ladailypost.comThe meeting will begin with a social period at 6 p.m., followed by a brief business meeting and dinner at 6:25 p.m. Carr’s presentation will begin at about 7:15 p.m. The Military Order of the World Wars dinner Read More
NanoDays Underway at Bradbury Science Museum
Bradbury Science Museum educator Gordon McDonough leads a demonstration of liquid metal during NanoDays Wednesday evening at the museum. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Aspiring scientists take part in a hands-on demonstration of surface tension Wednesday at the Bradbury Science Museum. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.comThe Bradbury Science Museum is celebrating NanoDays 2014 through April 13. At NanoDays, a range of exciting programs is underway that demonstrate the special and unexpected properties found at the nanoscale. Visitors
Check Out New Issue of National Security Science Magazine
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LANL News:
In this issue:
- Are we in the Second Nuclear Age? Is it really more dangerous than the Cold War?
- Los Alamos nuclear-weapons designers speak frankly about the challenges they face in the Stockpile Stewardship Program: risk aversion,
Atomic Heritage Foundation Launches ‘Ranger in Your Pocket’ Website
Ranger in Your Pocket website. Courtesy/AHFAHF News:
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Heritage tourists around the world are now able to tour the historic B Reactor and learn about life at the Hanford site on a new website. “Ranger in Your Pocket,” launched Wednesday at RangerInYourPocket.org. The website features dozens of first-hand accounts of working on the top-secret Manhattan Project from solving the mysterious “poisoning” of the B Reactor to enduring the “termination winds.”
The Atomic Heritage Foundation (AHF) has created a powerful new interpretive tool called “Ranger in Your Read More
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