AUDIO: Udall Talks Burn Pits & Senate Business
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On his weekly radio call Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall discussed the Senate Veterans Committee’s unanimous passage of his legislation to create an open burn pits registry and this week’s Senate business.
LANL Taps Mousseau for Associate Director of Environmental Programs
Jeffrey Mousseau has been named the new associate director for Environmental Programs at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL
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Mousseau Will Oversee Transuranic Waste Disposal and Environmental Cleanup Projects
Los Alamos National Laboratory today announced that Jeffrey Mousseau has been hired as the new associate director for Environmental Programs.
Mousseau currently works as a senior project manager for the Laboratory’s transuranic waste disposal program.
In his new position, he will oversee this program as well as other key environmental cleanup and monitoring Read More
International Dignitaries Tour NEDO Smart House
Dignitaries from Japan join officials from Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos County, Gov. Susana Martinez and U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan in Monday’s NEDO Smart House Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., Los Alamos County Council Chair Stover, NEDO Chairman Kazuo Furukawa and other dignitaries tour the NEDO Smart House Monday. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
Local, state, national and international officials tour the NEDO Smart House including this garage area. Photo by Greg Read More
First of Six LANL Protesters Set to Face Judge
Los Alamos National Laboratory protesters from left, Catherine Euler, Cathie Sullivan, Janet Greenwald, Benjamin (Summer) Abbott, Barbara Grothus and Pamela Gilchrist following their release from the Los Alamos County Detention Center Aug. 6 after being issued criminal citations to appear in court. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.comWashington Post Columnist Claims Los Alamos in Disrepair
ON THE MESA FACING NORTHIn the Washington Post’s National Security section is a two-part report, “Aging U.S. nuclear arsenal slated for costly and long-delayed modernization,” published on Saturday, Sept. 15.
A frontal view of four B-61 nuclear free-fall bombs on a bomb cart. Courtesy/DoD
Dana Priest writes:
“… parts of Los Alamos are in serious disrepair. Inside one critical building, pipes carrying dangerous wastewater are duct-taped together at the joints to plug leaks; plastic bags have been wrapped around Read More
Senate Vets Committee Advances Udall’s Burn Pit Legislation
Luján Announces $1.2 Million Grant for LANL to Improve Energy Efficiency of Vehicles
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District announced Tuesday that Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is receiving a $1.2 million grant through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Vehicles Technology program.
The program is investing in three new projects that focus on increasing the efficiency of engines and powertrain systems for future highway transportation vehicles.
The federal government will contribute $1.2 million to the project, while the private sector will invest $300,000.
LANL will use the grant to develop a low cost and robust Read More
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