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Nitrate Waste Stream Isolated At WIPP

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WIPP News:

CARLSBAD – The Department of Energy (DOE) and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) announced Tuesday the isolation of all waste containers from the Los Alamos National Laboratory nitrate salt bearing waste stream that was determined to be responsible for 2014 radiological release. 

Closure of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Panel 7, Room 7 was completed May 29, following the initial closure of Panel 6 on May 13, in compliance with NMED’s Administrative Order.

“This milestone illustrates DOE’s commitment to safely recover WIPP in a manner that increases worker Read More

LANL / American Red Cross Partner On Residential Smoke Alarm Installation Project

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LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory was approached by the American Red Cross to partner on a project to install new smoke alarms in Los Alamos residences.

The first phase will focus on Tsikamu Park, a community that houses residents 55 years and older. This volunteer opportunity is scheduled on a LANL ‘A’ schedule Friday, so let’s all get together and help with this life-saving effort!

To show our LANL Team Spirit — every volunteer will receive a baseball cap, embroidered with our LANL logo, to proudly wear at the event and identify our LANL team! Sign up soon, as we only need 40 volunteers Read More

SFI: DiskDetective.org Citizen Science Project

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Marc Kuchner
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
 
SFI News:
 
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) seminar “The DiskDetective.org Citizen Science Project” is 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, June 3, at Noyce Conference Room.
 
Abstract: The DiskDetective.org citizen science project is searching for new planetary systems among the 747 million sources observed by NASA’s WISE mission.
 
Disk Detective volunteers have already performed 1.2 million classifications, searching a catalog 8x the size of any similar survey.
 
Relying on the same capabilities
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Q&A: Council Weighs In On Potential Impact Of Manhattan Project National Historical Park

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A banner is placed near Central Avenue/Trinity Drive to welcome the MPNHP Field Team arriving Tuesday in Los Alamos for three day of meetings, tours and to gather input from the public. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

With the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Field Team arriving in Los Alamos Tuesday, members of the Los Alamos County Council took time to answer questions regarding the potential impact the Park may have on the local community.

MPNHP Q&A

Council Chair Kristin Henderson:

LADP: Why do you think the Park is going to be significant for Los Alamos?
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Proclamation Recognizes Los Alamos National Laboratory For Community Educational Investments

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Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan, left, shakes hands with Rio Arriba County Commission Chairman Barney Trujillo after receiving a plaque during a presentation at a Rio Arriba County Commission meeting Thursday in Española. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

The Rio Arriba County Commission presented Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan with a plaque during a presentation at a Rio Arriba County Commission meeting Thursday in Española.

The commission also presented McMillan a proclamation thanking the Laboratory for its community educational investments. Read More

ECA Peer Exchange: Implementation Of The Manhattan Project National Historical Park July 16-17

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Energy Community Alliance News:

The ECA Peer Exchange: Implementation Of The Manhattan Project National Historical Park is set for July 16-17 in Los Alamos.

ECA’s Peer Exchange on Implementing the Manhattan Project National Historical Park will focus on the efforts of the Federal Government and communities of Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, and Hanford to ensure this new national park comes to fruition.

Local elected officials and administrators from the three sites will be joined by officials from the Department of Energy, National Parks Service, local economic development organizations, and Read More

Katharine Chartrand Leaving New Mexico Consortium

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Irina Izvokova, Katharine Chartrand, Steve Buelow and Greg Dye at the NMC’s Biolab and Greenhouse. Courtesy/NMC

NMC News:

The Board of Directors of the New Mexico Consortium (NMC) has appointed Dr. Steven J. Buelow to succeed Katharine Chartrand as executive director of the organization.  Chartrand is leaving the NMC in July of this year.

Chartrand led the NMC for seven years, from its inception as an independent non-profit research and education organization, to an $8 million per year research organization with major research programs in Biology and Computer Science. 

“The Read More

DOE Appoints Joshua Madalena To NNMCAB

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Joshua Madalena

NNMCAB News:

Joshua Madalena, the recent Governor of Jemez Pueblo, was appointed to the Northern New Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Board (NNMCAB) by the U.S. Department of Energy.

The appointment was made by Acting Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Mark Whitney, March 11, 2015. Madalena stated that he is “looking forward to providing information and speaking on behalf of the region I represent. The communication we establish today will benefit us as a whole. We are dealing with nuclear energy that will potentially help or hurt us, especially, those still yet Read More

LANL Closes A Gate On Infectious Diseases

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Los Alamos National Laboratory biomedical researcher Alina Deshpande is working on speeding awareness and strengthening global resilience against infectious diseases. Courtesy LANL
 
By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

What’s the latest on chikungunya?

Don’t know? Never heard of it?

Don’t feel bad. Not many people outside the health profession have encountered this disturbing, infectious disease that has hit parts of southwestern Mexico very hard this month.

So try this: Go to swap.lanl.gov where there is an option box labelled “Select a Disease.” Click on the down arrow to

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Oppenheimer Scholarship Winners Announced

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J. Robert Oppenheimer. Courtesy/JROMC

EDUCATION News:

Thirteen college-bound high school students from Northern New Mexico have been selected for scholarships administered by the J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee.

The students are from Los Alamos, Pojoaque Valley and Santa Fe high schools.

The J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee has awarded nearly 190 scholarships and other awards totaling more than $390,000 since the program was begun in 1984. The philanthropic organization’s scholarship program is supported by several limited term endowments; numerous small, Read More