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‘The Black Hole: A Unique Slice Of Los Alamos’ Heritage’ Films, Panel, Q&A Sept. 18 At SALA

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COMMUNITY News:

Places & Spaces Los Alamos invites the public to a community forum titled “The Black Hole: A Unique Slice of Los Alamos’ Heritage”, at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at the SALA Event Center.

The event, part of SALA’s Parallel Cinema Series, will provide a unique opportunity for the public to engage with the history of one of Los Alamos’ legendary landmarks and citizens and learn about an initiative to preserve that history. 

This event is free and open to the community.

Films and Discussion Panel

  • The evening will begin with a brief video about the Places & Spaces Black Hole Museum
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NMED To Monitor LANL’s Tritium Operation This Weekend

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From NMED:

          • State oversight ensures safety during weekend venting procedure

LOS ALAMOS — The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) will actively monitor Los Alamos National Laboratory’s controlled capture of tritium scheduled for this weekend, with strict safeguards and oversight in place to ensure public safety.

The tritium operation, which falls under the regulatory authority of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and is implemented by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), involves venting and capture of tritium from four flanged containers.

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Catch Of The Week: Google Drive Shared File Phishing

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Image of a poorly done Google Drive phishing attempt. Courtesy image

By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

I have seen a lot of phishing attempts in my life, some of them really well done, some of them um…not so great.

Surprise, I declined the attempt to share this.

This is a phishing scam. The notification “hacked crash exposed” is a decidedly not legitimate message from Google. Scammers frequently use alarming, fake file names to trick recipients into clicking malicious links.

While the notification itself does come from Google’s legitimate sharing Read More

Los Alamos Police And LANL Collaborate To Locate Lab Subcontractor Wanted For Discharging Firearm Into Ceiling Of Local Hotel

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Mathew True

LAPD News:

On the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, Los Alamos police officers were dispatched to the Hampton Inn at 124 N.M. 4 in White Rock in response to a report of suspicious circumstances.

During the course of the investigation, officers determined that on the night of Saturday, Sept. 6, an individual staying in one of the hotel rooms had discharged a firearm into the ceiling of the room.

The individual was identified as Mathew True, a resident of Tehachapi, Calif., and a subcontractor at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).

With the cooperation and assistance of LANL personnel, Read More

Notification Of Depressurization Activities For Flanged Tritium Waste Containers

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LANL News:

Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) will begin depressurization of four Flanged Tritium Waste Containers.

The operation is scheduled to take place over a two-week period and avoids impacting neighboring Pueblo Feast Days.

It also considers weather conditions to ensure activities occur at the best and safest time possible.

NNSA and LANL look forward to the successful completion of this project and are committed to providing the public with information about various aspects of the operation. Read More

EM-LA, N3B To Discuss Legacy Waste Program Overview Today, Sept. 10 At SALA

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N3B News:

Are you curious about the legacy cleanup mission at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)? Do you want to learn more about the progress made over the past year to protect our environment and safely dispose of radioactive waste? Please join us for a community meeting at the SALA event center from 5–7 p.m., Sept. 10, 2025. We want to hear from you. 

The meeting will be hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and its contractor, Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos, LLC (N3B).

This event will feature discussions on:

  • The
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NNSA, LANL Given Okay To Depressurize Containers

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From LANL:

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Los Alamos Field Office and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) received Temporary Authorization from the New Mexico Environment Department to safely perform the controlled depressurization of headspace gas from four flanged tritium waste containers at LANL’s Technical Area 54, Area G.

The “Transmittal of Notification of Planned Start of a Temporary Authorization Request” is posted in the LANL Electronic Public Reading Room at https://eprr.lanl.gov/.

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Community Invited To Tour Trinity Site Ground Zero Oct. 18

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NMDCA News:

Don’t miss the fascinating Trinity Site Tour! The Trinity Site is where the first atomic bomb was detonated on 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain War Time July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project. There, you will walk around Ground Zero of the first atomic bomb (the Gadget), and you will take a shuttle to the McDonald Ranch House, where the plutonium core was assembled.

Tours to the public only occur once a year, and this bus tour is nearly sold out.

Check-in is 6 a.m., tour buses depart at 7 a.m. and return at 3:15 p.m. (estimated time varies), Oct. 18, 2025. Cost is $155 per person (Museum members Read More

Reminder: LANL To Repave East Jemez Road Sept. 7-30

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Map of the paving work to be completed in two phases. Phase 1 (yellow on the above map) begins on Sept. 7, 2025, and Phase 2 (green on the above map) begins in mid-September. Courtesy/LANL

UPDATE: Project will now begin Sunday, Sept. 7, due to weather conditions.

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) will be repaving East Jemez Road from the N.M. 4 intersection (mile marker 10) to the start of the three lanes and the climbing lane (mile marker 7.6). Drivers should anticipate traffic delays and potential traffic pattern shifts during this project.

Los Alamos Police Cmdr. Chris Ross said, Read More

New Documents Have Been Added To Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Electronic Public Reading Room

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LANL News:

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, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room.

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