Korea Increases Support of NNSA’s Anti-Nuclear Smuggling Efforts
DOE and Korean officials sign a memorandum of understanding in 2010. Courtesy/NNSA News
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Republic of Korea announced Wednesday that the Republic of Korea renewed its partnership to combat nuclear smuggling with a $300,000 contribution to support NNSA’s ongoing nonproliferation work in Azerbaijan.
The funding, provided by the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and facilitated by the U.S. Department of State’s Nuclear Smuggling Outreach Initiative (NSOI), will be used for the installation of radiation Read More
Local Trial Set For Anti-Nuclear Protestors
LANL 6 protestors Cathie Sullivan, Wind Euler, Janet Greenwald, Benjamin (Summer) Abbott, Barbara Grothus and Pam Gilchrist. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
Trial is set for 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9 for six protestors arrested during last year’s Hiroshima Day demonstration at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The trial will be heard by Judge Alan Kirk in Los Alamos Municipal Court, 2500 Trinity Dr., in Los Alamos.
LANL Employee to Share Amazing Workplace Discoveries
Dr. Jack Shlachter
By Kirsten Laskey
Work sometimes gets a bad rep. It is easy to consider a job a necessity but not something that is entirely embraced.
Sometimes to truly appreciate an occupation you need to do what Theoretical Division Deputy Division leader Jack Shlachter did and do some digging. You may just luck out, as Shlachter did, and discover some amazing insights about your workplace.
Shlachter is a Ph.D. physicist as well as an ordained rabbi. He has worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory for 33 years. He arrived as a graduate student and stayed on, and has worked in various divisions Read More
NNSA Awards LANS Additional Contract Year
Courtesy/LANS
LANS News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan issued the following memo Friday, Dec. 21 to all employees regarding a recent NNSA evaluation of Lab performance:
MEMO
As a premier national security laboratory, we are held to very high standards for safety, security and mission performance – and rightly so.
These expectations are reflected in NNSA’s evaluation of our performance for Fiscal Year 2012, which we received last week.
While we fell short in some areas, I can report that NNSA gave us a final score of 80 percent and – I’m very pleased to say – did award Read More
NNSA Conducting Radiation Survey Over Washington
Courtesy/NNSA
NNSA News:
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will be flying a helicopter over portions of Washington, D.C., between Dec. 27, 2012, and Jan. 11, 2013.
The purpose of these flights is to measure naturally occurring radiation in the Washington, D.C., area.
The radiation assessment will cover approximately 70 square miles and NNSA will complete the assessment using a helicopter equipped with remote gamma radiation sensing technology.
The helicopter will fly in a grid pattern over the areas, 150 feet or higher above the ground surface, at a speed of approximately Read More
LANL Employees Spread Holiday Joy
Holiday Project Coordinator Ed Vigil from Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Community Programs Office on Tuesday with several of the Christmas presents LANL employees purchased to brighten the holidays for more than 1,000 children and seniors in Northern New Mexico. CPO Director Kurt Steinhaus commended the project team, LANL employees and the project partner agencies who helped identify those in need and are delivering the gifts throughout Northern New Mexico. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
LANL employee Kristen Honig helps process the massive amount of Christmas Read More
LANL Implements Stricter Security Measures
Effective immediately, NNSA has directed Los Alamos National Laboratory personnel at its inspection stations at East Jemez Road and West Jemez Road to inspect all vehicles and check every driver for photo IDs such as driver’s licenses. Alternative routes for visitors traveling to Bandelier, the Jemez or the Pajarito Ski Area include N.M. 4 through White Rock or West Road past the ice rink and reservoir area. Courtesy/BNM Read More
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