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LANL’s Partners Still Count On Lab

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Christine Gelles, acting manager Environmental Management-Los Alamos Field Office, at Thursday’s Regional Community Leaders meeting in Pojoaque. Photo by Roger Snodgrass/ladailypost.com

Kim Davis Lebak, manager of the NNSA Los Alamos Field Office speaks with Los Alamos County Manager Harry Burgess at Thursday’s meeting. Photo by Roger Snodgrass/ladailypost.com

 

BY ROGER SNODGRASS
LOS ALAMOS DAILY POST

POJOAQUE – Senior officials from Los Alamos National Laboratory welcomed friends, community members, business leaders, teachers, counselors, workforce Read More

U.S. Energy Secretary Moniz Remarks On Papal Encyclical On Climate Change

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U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
 
DOE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz released the following statement regarding the release of a papal encyclical on climate change by Pope Francis.
 
“Pope Francis’ call to action on climate change is an important milestone in the global effort on this issue. His is not just a powerful moral voice, he also graduated as a chemical engineer and understands the consensus of climate scientists that accumulating man-made pollution endangers our planet and people around the world.
 
As
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DOE Announces 18 New Projects To Accelerate Technologies For Efficient Residential Combined Heat And Power Generation And Bioenergy Crop Development

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DOE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $55 million in funding for 18 innovative projects as part of ARPA-E’s two newest programs: GENerators for Small Electrical and Thermal Systems (GENSETS) and Transportation Energy Resources from Renewable Agriculture (TERRA).
 
GENSETS projects are aimed at developing generator technologies that will improve efficiencies in residential Combined Heat and Power (CHP) generation, and TERRA projects will accelerate energy crop development for the
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Always/Never: Sandia Documentary Tells Story Of Nuclear Weapons Safety, Security

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Six active and retired Sandia National Laboratories employees gathered in 2011 at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in Albuquerque around two B28 gravity bombs recovered from a 1966 nuclear accident. Photo by Randy Montoya
 
By Web Wire

Sandia National Laboratories’ documentary, Always/Never: The Quest for Safety, Control & Survivability, showcases rare historical footage and interviews with a wide range of experts to describe how national security laboratories improved the safety and security of nuclear weapons from the dawn of the nuclear age to the end Read More

NASA Agreements Advance Mars Exploration, Los Alamos Rover Instrument A Key Component

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SuperCam builds upon the successful capabilities demonstrated by ChemCam aboard the Curiosity Rover during NASA’s current Mars Mission. SuperCam will allow researchers to sample rocks and other targets from a distance using a laser. In addition to harnessing Los-Alamos developed Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) technology—which can determine the elemental composition of the target from more than 20 feet away—SuperCam adds another spectrum to its laser for Raman and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • SuperCam’s body to be built at Los
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LANL Discontinues Public Onsite Surplus Property Sales

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LANL News:

 

Los Alamos National Laboratory’s onsite public sales are being discontinued effective immediately. The public sales have been conducted on the third Thursday of every month, weather permitting.

 

In lieu of these sales, the public can learn about surplus property from LANL that is available for purchase by going to the Bentley’s website: https:////auctionsouthwest.com/. Bentley’s conducts monthly public sales on the second Friday of each month through online bidding or live auctions.  

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VIDEO: Heinrich Presses DOE Environmental Secretary Nominee On WIPP Recovery, LANL Cleanup

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich. Screen Shot/LADP

Dr. Monica Regalbuto. Screen Shot/LADP

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to confirm Dr. Monica C. Regalbuto as Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., focused his questions to the nominee on WIPP recovery and opportunities for local small businesses to participate in cleanup efforts at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

VIDEO: Watch Senator Heinrich’s Exchange with Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Read More

SFI: ‘The History And Future Of The Lab …’ June 18

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Ed Shanken, University of Washington
 
SFI News:
 
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) Seminar presents “The History and Future of the Lab: Collaborative Research at the Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology” at 12:15 p.m., Thursday June 18, at Collins Conference Room.
 
Abstract: Creative teams comprised of diverse disciplines (i.e. art and science) ar more likely to achieve breakthrough innovations and also more likely to achieve significant outcomes than teams comprised of more closely allied fields. Art-science collaborations might be likened to
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Detecting Nukes Through Underground Explosives Tests

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Two workers oversee the emplacement of the canister that contained the chemical explosive charge for Source Physics Experiment-4 Prime at the Nevada National Security Site. Courtesy/LLNL

HSNW News:

Three weeks ago, a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) led-team successfully conducted the fourth in a series of experiments designed to improve the U.S. ability to detect underground nuclear explosions.

The Source Physics Experiment (SPE-4 Prime) is a fundamental step forward in the U.S. effort to improve arms control verification, and will eventually be used to assure compliance Read More

Science On Tap: LANL Geochemist Nina Lanza Presents Update On Mars Curiosity Rover Thursday

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Geochemist Nina Lanza
 
LANL News:
 
Los Alamos National Laboratory geochemist Nina Lanza of the Space and Remote Sensing Group provides an update on research and findings by the Mars Curiosity rover in a Science on Tap presentation at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 18 at UnQuarked Wine Room, 145 Central Park Square in downtown Los Alamos.
 
Science on Tap is free and open to the public and there is ample parking in Central Park Square.
 
Science on Tap is a project of the Los Alamos Creative District. Discussions take place every Thursday
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