LANL News:
Due to weather conditions, Los Alamos National Laboratory is on a delayed opening today, on Jan. 17.
Employees coming on-site should arrive between 10 a.m. and noon.
Those able to telework should do so and charge Regular Time. Those unable to telework should charge Report Pay.
Before leaving for the site, employees should check for updates on the LANL hotline at 505.667.6622 or on the LANLInside Homepage. Read More
Science: Research sheds light on how countries responded to the COVID-19 pandemic
A new paper by a team at Los Alamos National Laboratory is giving researchers new insight into how countries respond to systemic shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) shares a compilation of news stories on how countries responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, enlisting machine learning to pick the perfect vaccine and more.
Enlisting machine learning to pick the perfect vaccine
In an op-ed that appeared Jan. 10 in the Santa Read More
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration and Office of Environmental Management (OEM) completed the first shipment of downblended surplus plutonium transuranic (TRU) material from K-Area at the Savannah River Site to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico in December.
This shipment marks a milestone as the first shipment to include defense TRU material from NNSA’s Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program. After plutonium is downblended at SRS, it becomes TRU material by definition and can be permanently disposed at WIPP. Read More
The public hearing for NNSA’ s Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program EIS will be held Jan. 26 at Historic Fuller Lodge at at 2132 Central Ave. in downtown Los Alamos. Post file photo
LANL News:
The Thursday, Jan. 26 public hearing for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program Environmental Impact Statement will be held at Fuller Lodge in downtown Los Alamos. The hearing will run 6-9 p.m. in the Fuller Lodge Pajarito Room at 2132 Central Ave.
Additional details and meeting materials are available for review online at https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/nnsa-nepa-reading-room Read More
LANL scientists have created an ultrasound approach, called UltraSep, to help improve beer filtration. It is safer than using high-speed centrifuges, certainly quieter and produces much less waste than the filtering process. Courtesy/LANL
By Chemical Engineer James Coons
Los Alamos National Laboratory
With the new year upon us, many beer lovers will be spreading the cheer at one of our great local brewpubs. As they hoist a tasty toast to new beginnings, not many revelers are likely to pause to ponder the effort that went into creating their brew.
The ancient craft of brewing has benefited Read More
LANL News:
Per regulatory requirements, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announces 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:
Members of the public with questions, contact N3B Los Alamos Read More
LANL News:
Per regulatory requirements, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announces new documents have been added to the LANL Electronic Reading Room.
The document(s) have been submitted to fulfill one or more requirements of the Los Alamos National Laboratory:
Members of the public may view these documents and many others at LANL’s Electronic Public Reading Room. Read More
Siegfried Hecker. Courtesy/Minesh Bacrania
LAHS News:
“How did North Korea, one of the poorest and most isolated countries in the world, in the crosshairs of every U.S. administration during the past 30 years, progress from no nuclear weapons in 2001 to a threatening arsenal of 30 to 60 weapons today?”
Former Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Siegfried Hecker will address that question and others when he speaks about his forthcoming book written with Elliot Serbin, Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program, at 7 p.m. Jan. 10 in Duane Smith Auditorium .
Dr. Hecker’s Read More
Irene Qualters explains how HPC makes national security possible during her presentation at ‘Night with a Nerd’ 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12 at projectY cowork Los Alamos in Central Park Square. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Below is a compilation of events at the Bradbury Science Museum for the month of January:
