LANL’s New Box Line Facility Largest of its Kind Ever Built
The record-setting new box line facility where transuranic waste will be repackaged at Los Alamos National Laboratory is 110 feet long by 48 feet wide. Courtesy/LANL
A worker transports the first box of waste to be repackaged at Los Alamos National Laboratory’s newest box line facility. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory opens new waste repackaging facility
Box line facility is largest of its kind ever built
Los Alamos National Laboratory has brought a third waste repackaging facility online to increase its capability to process nuclear waste for permanent disposal. Read More
LANL 70th Anniversary Lecture @ Bradbury Science Museum March 13
LANL’s 70th Anniversary Lecture Focuses on Early Days of Sandia National Laboratories
The Hermes II flash X-ray accelerator was built in 1968 to support testing of materials and components. Courtesy/SNL
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Sandia National Laboratories historian Rebecca Ullrich discusses Sandia’s transition from a Los Alamos division to an independent organization during a talk at 5:30 p.m., March 13 at the Bradbury Science Museum in Los Alamos. The talk is part of the Laboratory’s 70th anniversary lecture series.
Sandia Labs’ origins are in Los Alamos’ Z Division, the engineering assembly and test support functions of the Manhattan Project.
At the end of World War II, Z Division relocated Read More
Los Alamos Taps Sarrao for Science Leadership Post
John Sarrao is LANL’s new Associate Director for Theory, Simulation, and Computation. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory has named John Sarrao as the new Associate Director for Theory, Simulation, and Computation (ADTSC.)
Sarrao joined the Laboratory in 1997 as a technical staff member in experimental condensed matter physics. He has held a variety of management positions including Materials Physics and Applications division leader.
His most current position was LANL’s DOE Office of Science program director, and director of the Material Radiation Interactions Read More
LANS LLC Recognizes Rep. Nick Salazar Today
Rep. Nick Salazar
LANL News:
SANTA FE – Rep. Nick Salazar, D-Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, will be recognized today, March 6, by Los Alamos National Security LLC for the “Lifetime Achievement Award” he received from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) earlier this year.
Salazar serves on the Board of Directors of LANL and will be video-conferencing into the board meeting of LANS LLC, to be officially recognized by LANL Director Charlie McMillan.
Salazar has been associated with the Lab for more than 60 years, as an employee, associate and now as a member of the Board of Directors.
He Read More
LANL Meteorologist Leads Cloudspotting Class March 19
Lenticular clouds over Washington. Courtesy/NASAPEEC News
Do you wonder what all the different types of clouds in the sky mean?
Come to a free Cloudspotting Class led by Los Alamos National Laboratory Meteorologist Jean Dewart at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 19 at the Pajarito Environmental Education Center.
Dewart first learned to watch the sky when she came to New Mexico many years ago. In this talk, she will take participants on a tour through many types of clouds.
She’ll also explain what different types of clouds can tell us about the atmosphere and weather. Knowing a bit about the science
Udall Issues Statement on DOE and EPA Nominations
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