LANL Safety Cinema Website Earns International Recognition
LANL News:
- Supports DOE, Voluntary Protection Program best practices
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s safety video website, Safety Cinema™, won the 2013 Communicator Award from the International Academy of Visual Arts in the education category.
The website also won the International Summit Creative Award in the training category.
Safety Cinema™ is a series of videos, fliers, posters, presentation slides and safety practices that support the well-being of employees at work and at home. The videos provide common-sense technical information in a fun and informal fashion and are designed Read More
Column: BRAIN Main Resource in Los Alamos
Column by Liviu Popa-SimilI agree with all the facts presented in the column: ‘How Los Alamos and Little New Mexico Can Help Feed the World’ by William Sellers (June 1, 2013 ladailypost.com):
- Earth population by March 2012 > 7 billion;
- Food a security issue;
- Fresh water abundance started to be a main concern and a problem too – desalinization technology may help – but not too much; and
- DOE funded SMRs.
But here we are of divergent opinions:
- DOE’s nuclear funding is more shy than ever; and
- SMR is just a trick to go around a misinformed public opinion, because all the technologies
DOE, LANS Public Information Meeting 5:30 p.m. Today
LANL News:
A public information meeting about the pre-submittal of a permit modification to the Los Alamos National Laboratory Hazardous Waste Facility Permit is 5:30-7:30 p.m. today, June 6, at Fuller Lodge, 2132 Central Ave., in downtown Los Alamos.
The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS) are holding the public information meeting prior to the submittal of a Class 3 permit modification request to add a treatment unit to the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Hazardous Waste Facility Permit.
The purpose of the meeting is to solicit questions from Read More
DOE Applauds Opening of Historic Disposal Facility
EM Senior Advisor Dave Huizenga
NNSA News:
ANDREWS, Texas – Department of Energy (DOE) officials participated in an event today to celebrate the opening of the first commercial disposal facility of its kind.
Office of Environmental Management Senior Advisor Dave Huizenga and several other federal, state and local officials attended the event at Waste Control Specialists (WCS) in Andrews and witnessed the first container being placed in the new state-of-the-art facility. WCS is a waste processing and disposal company.
“I am proud to be here today to celebrate this historic event. We appreciate Read More
Luján Encourages DHS to Use National Labs Rather than Build Duplicative Capabilities
Rep. Ben Ray Lujan
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District spoke on the House floor late last night in an exchange with the Chairman of the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, Rep. John Carter, to encourage the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to utilize the national labs rather than waste money on duplicative capabilities.
Rep. John Carter
The exchange occurred during debate on the Fiscal Year 2014 Homeland Security Appropriations Act. Below are their remarks. Click here<https:////www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-pUTK85SRA&feature=youtu.be Read More
Differences, Similarities of Early Los Alamos, Soviet Scientists Focus of 70th Anniversary Lecture
Istvan Hargittai, right, talks with Edward Teller at Stanford in 1996. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- June 12 at Bradbury Science Museum
The differences and similarities between Manhattan Project-era scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and scientists working at the former Soviet Union’s secret Arzamas-16 installation will be discussed by Professor Istvan Hargittai at 5:30 p.m., June 12 at the Laboratory’s Bradbury Science Museum. The talk is part of the Laboratory’s 70th anniversary lecture series.
According to Hargittai, Los Alamos’ first director, Julius Robert (J. Robert) Read More
LANL: Metamaterial Flexible Sheets Could Transform Optics
Members of the metamaterials team, from left: Nathaniel K. Grady, Hou-Tong Chen, Jane E. Heyes. Courtesy/LANL
(a) Photograph of an ultrathin (72 µm thick) metamaterial sample. (b) Illustration of how the metamaterial redirects an electromagnetic wave, which would not happen for a normal thin film. The structure is not drawn to scale. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- New design flattens bulky optical devices
New ultrathin, planar, lightweight, and broadband polarimetric photonic devices and optics could result from recent research by a team of Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists. The Read More
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