LANL Foundation Announces Legislative Priorities For 2025
LANL Foundation News:
ESPAÑOLA – The LANL Foundation is excited to announce its policy and funding priorities for the upcoming 2025 regular legislative session, with a focus on key issues impacting education in Northern New Mexico and statewide. These priorities center on systemic, evidence-based improvements to public education that address the findings of the Martinez/Yazzie lawsuit, amplify diverse community voices and contribute to a strong, inclusive New Mexico economy.
“The LANL Foundation is excited to lean into the upcoming 60-day session to advocate for meaningful legislation Read More
Los Alamos Conducts First Critical Experiment Using High Assay Low Enriched Uranium In Decades
Deimos team members in front of their experiment in the National Criticality Experiments Research Center. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
A research team at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) recently performed the first critical experiment with high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) TRi-structural ISOtropic (TRISO) fuel in four decades at the National Criticality Experiments Research Center (NCERC) in Nevada. It achieved its objective of establishing an advanced reactor testbed.
“With companies such as Amazon and Google investing in nuclear energy to power their data centers, Read More
Isotopes Produced At LANL Are ‘Saving Lives, Advancing Cutting-Edge Research, Keeping Nation Safe’
Inside a shielded chamber, robotic arms are used to handle radioactive medical isotopes. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
What’s the difference between sodium-22 and sodium-23?
One is edible (sodium-23) and the other is radioactive. Such differences are the superpowers of isotopes—variants of an element that have the same number of protons but differ in the number of neutrons. Chemical properties of isotopes of the same element are generally similar, but their physical properties can vary.
Some isotopes, such as sodium-23, occur naturally, but others are created using nuclear reactors or accelerators. Read More
Catch Of The Week: Sketchy Facebook Ads
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Sometimes it seems like I see more ads than posts from my actual friends on Facebook. And god forbid I accidentally linger on any one ad too long, guarantee you I will see nothing but ads for that kind of thing for the next week straight (let’s not talk about that charcuterie board ad).
But did you know that some ads are not just annoying, but straight up scams that can steal your money or personal info, or maybe even infect your computer with a virus? Best thing you can do is ignore them!
I got an ad for this, looks kind of fun right, but doesn’t something Read More
On Target … Los Alamos Team’s Tiny Creations Are Key To Fusion Experiments And More
To demonstrate its small size, a target is shown next to a quarter. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
What do you think of when you hear the word “target”? A bullseye, a large retail chain, a goal or aim? The most basic definition of a target is something at which someone aims, which is an appropriate description of the targets Los Alamos National Laboratory engineer Derek Schmidt makes.
Schmidt’s targets vary in size, but many are tiny: smaller than a person’s pinky nail. Targets are used in physics experiments, where they are bombarded (or targeted) by particles (such as electrons, protons, or radiation). Read More
Sen. Luján Introduces Legislation To Develop, Demonstrate, Deploy Technologies To Accelerate Nuclear Waste Cleanup
U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján:
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- “Luján Bill Would Save Taxpayers Billions and Accelerate Waste Cleanup”
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Washington, D.C. – Thursday, U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced the Combining Laboratory Expertise to Accelerate Novel Solutions for Minimizing Accumulated Radioactive Toxins (CLEAN SMART) Act, legislation that would build on the success of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Network of National Laboratories for Environmental Management and Stewardship (NNLEMS) to accelerate nuclear waste cleanup.
The CLEAN SMART Act would codify and Read More
New Documents On Disapproval, Drilling Work Plan for Chromium Groundwater Project… Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room
LANL News:
Per regulatory requirements, new documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.
All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.
For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, visit the LANL electronic public reading room.
- Disapproval, Drilling Work Plan for Chromium Groundwater Project Regional Aquifer Monitoring Well R-73R
https://ext.em-la.doe.gov/GovFTPFiles/api/GetFiles/GetFile?fileName=EMID-703489_NMED_Disapprove_R-73r_DWP_121024.pdf
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