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LANL’s Technical Area-53 Accident Victim Remains In Critical But Stable Condition At UNM Burn Center

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Not knowing how many individuals might require air transport Sunday to UNM Hospital in Albuquerque; a backup helicopter was dispatched and landed on the lawn of Los Alamos High School. As it turned out, just one employee was transported to Albuquerque and the other eight were treated at LAMC. Courtesy photo

 

Staff Report

A spokesperson for Los Alamos National Laboratory told the Los Alamos Daily Post today that the employee burned in Sunday’s accident at Technical Area-53 remains in critical but stable condition at UNM Hospital in Albuquerque.

The accident occurred at an electrical

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LANL And SOC-LA Have Contingency Plans To Fully Protect Facilities And Material Should Negotiations With IGUA Local 69 Fail

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Staff Report

Contract negotiations reached a breaking point Wednesday as representatives of the International Guards Union of America (IGUA) Local 69 walked out of a meeting with SOC-LA representatives.

IGUA, which represents more than 200 Northern New Mexico-based workers at Los Alamos National Laboratory said they walked out of contract negotiations after learning that SOC-LA never had the ability to deliver the retirement benefit improvements it promised the union it would pursue.

A LANL spokesperson addressed the latest twist in negotiations between IGUA and SOC-LA Read More

Regional Coalition Of LANL Communities Meets Friday

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RCLC News:

The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities (RCLC) board will meet 9-11 a.m., Friday, May 8, in the Taos Council Chambers at 120 Civic Plaza Dr, Taos.

Agenda items include:

  • New Mexico Congressional Delegation Updates;
  • Presentation by Executive Director Kathy Keith of the Regional Development Corporation; 
  • Presentation by Acting Manager Christine Gelles of the Environmental Management, Los Alamos Field Office, DOE;
  • Invitation and Information on Manhattan Park by Deputy Manager Brian Bosshardt of Los Alamos County;
  • RCLC Budget Update by Brian Bosshardt; 
  • Report
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Northern New Mexico Workers Walk Out Of Contract Negotiations Saying Company’s Acting In Bad Faith

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IGUA LOCAL 69 News:

  • Global Biz Promised LANL Guards To Pursue Improved Retirement Benefits, Now Says ‘No’

The negotiating team for the International Guards Union of America Local 69, which represents more than 200 Northern New Mexico-based workers at Los Alamos National Laboratory, walked out of contract negotiations today after learning that global security giant subsidiary SOC-LA never had the ability to deliver the retirement benefit improvements it promised the union it would pursue.

“SOC-LA negotiated in bad faith,” said Chris Mandril, IGUA Local 69 Business Agent. “It’s that simple. Read More

Los Alamos Scientist Christopher Lee To Receive DOE Office Of Science Early Career Award

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Christopher Lee

Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher Christopher Lee is a recipient of the 2015 Early Career Research Program awards from the Department of Energy Office of Science.

Lee was selected for his proposal on “Precision Probes of the Strong Interaction.”

“This prestigious award is recognition of Christopher Lee’s outstanding work in nuclear and particle physics which is vital part of the Laboratory’s national security science mission,” said Alan Bishop, Principal Associate Director for Science, Technology and Engineering. “Early career scientists such as Christopher Read More

SFI: Chaos To Complexity Creative Collaboration May 30

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SFI Professor Mirta Galesic
 
SFI News:
 
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts and the Santa Fe Institute (SFI) explore the creative process in art and science through a discussion between SFI Professor Mirta Galesic and artist Raven Chacon, moderated by SFI’s Valerie Plame. 
 
Mirta Galesic is Cowan Chair in Human Social Dynamics at the Santa Fe Institute, and an adjunct researcher at the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany.
 
Galesic studies how simple cognitive mechanisms interact
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AHF Meets With Mayors Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki

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AHF President Cindy Kelly with Mayor Taue, on her right, and Mayor Matsui, on her left. Courtesy/AHF.

AHF President Cindy Kelly with Mayor Taue amidst the media. Courtesy/AHF

AHF News:

The Atomic Heritage Foundation met with the Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Japanese local government officials, Friday, May 1, to discuss the interpretation of the new Manhattan Project National Historical Park.

The meeting, which was held at the Institute of International Education at 809 United Nations Plaza in New York City, marked a positive first step in opening a dialogue with the Japanese, whose Read More

NNSA And IAEA Hold 20th International Training Course On Nuclear Material Accounting And Control

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NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are hosting 35 representatives from 30 countries at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for two weeks through May 8 in Oak Ridge, Tenn., for the 20th International Training Course (ITC) on State Systems of Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Material (SSACs).  

NNSA and the IAEA co-sponsor the ITC to educate and train technical experts from around the world on how to properly account for nuclear materials used in their home countries. The first SSAC ITC in the Read More

LANL Update On Sunday’s TA-53 Accident With Injuries

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The accident scene is an electrical substation located at Technical Area 53. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan has issued the following statement regarding an employee critically injured during an accident Sunday at Technical Area-53:

“We are deeply concerned about the serious medical condition of the worker who was injured in an electrical accident this Sunday,” McMillan said. “Nothing is more important at this time than his well-being. On behalf of the entire workforce at Los Alamos, I would like to express our hope for a full recovery

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