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WIPP: Roof Separation Highlights Bolting Priority

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Courtesy/WIPP

WIPP News:

Mining and Ground Control Engineers at WIPP discovered Jan. 15 that a portion of the ceiling in the Panel 3 access drift had fallen in a restricted access area.

The roof fall was discovered during routine ground control and bulkhead inspections conducted by WIPP geotechnical staff, and the section that fell was estimated to be approximately 8’ long by 8’wide and 24” thick. Access to this area has been restricted since November 2014 due to ground control concerns, and no WIPP personnel were present at the time of the fall. The area where the fall occurred is also known to Read More

Alert: LANL, County, Schools On Two Hour Delay

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News Alert:

Los Alamos National Laboratory is on a delayed schedule today due to Wednesday’s snow storm. Employees in the Los Alamos area and those carpooling are to arrive at 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and all other employees are to arrive at 10:45 a.m., to give snow removal crews time to clear roadways, parking lots and sidewalks.

Los Alamos County government also is on a two hour delay this morning. All County offices will open at 10 a.m. today.

Los Alamos Public Schools also announced that its elementary schools as well as the middle school and high school are on a delayed schedule and will open Read More

Time To Reach Across Aisle And Talk About Science

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By CHRISTINE MCENTEE
AGU Executive Director/CEO

  • American Geophysical Union Applauds President Obama’s Acknowledgement of the Role Science Plays in America’s Economy; Calls for Bipartisan Funding Support from Congress

As President Obama said in his State of the Union address tonight, you don’t have to be a scientist to understand why science matters. You also don’t have to be a scientist to understand why bipartisan support for research funding should be a no-brainer.

Issues such as energy innovation and the impacts of our changing climate aren’t limited to red states or blue states. And Read More

SFI Seminar: Exploring Flow Networks

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Jiang Zang
Beijing Normal University

SFI News:

The Santa Fe Institute presents “Exploring Flow Networks”, presented by Jiang Zang of Beijing Normal University at 12:15 p.m., Monday, Jan. 12 in the SFI Collins Conference Room, 1499 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe.

Abstract. Many complex systems are open — they exchange matter, energy, and information with environment. Flow network is a weighted directed graph with a source and a sink, depicting flux distributions on networks in the steady state of an open flow system.

Energetic food webs, global trade networks, input-output Read More

WIPP Hosts Stakeholder Workshop

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Nuclear Waste Partnership Deputy Recovery Manger Tammy Reynolds answers a question during Wednesday’s workshop. Courtesy/WIPP

From left, New Mexico State Representatives Cathrynn Brown and Jim Townsend, CBFO Manager Joe Franco and State Sen. Carroll Leavell take the first trip on the waste hoist following its return to full operations. Courtesy/WIPP

WIPP News:

DOE’s Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) hosted a stakeholder workshop Wednesday to discuss details of the WIPP Recovery Plan Project Management Baseline.

The baseline was conditionally approved by CBFO in late December, Read More

SFI Hosts Climate Change Communication Seminar

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Caty Arevalo, SFI Journalism Fellow

SFI News:

Climate Change Communication Has Failed. How Can We Start to Fix It?

SANTA FE – Sante Fe Institute (SFI) will feature Caty Arevalo, SFI Journalism Fellow, at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21 in the Collins Conference Room for a public seminar about the challenges of communicating the importance of climate change. 

For a passionate science reporter, covering climate change is a fascinating but frustrating task. In one sense, it is like drinking from a fire hose: you have to consider the science, the politics, the economics…and present Read More

Energy Secretary Moniz On 2014 Solar Job Census

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DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz issued the following statement today on the 2014 National Solar Jobs Census:

“Solar power is a key component of our all-of-the-above approach to American energy, creating good-paying American jobs that support our growing clean energy economy. According to a new report released by the Solar Foundation today, the solar industry is continuing its rapid growth, with more than 170,000 Americans employed throughout the U.S. solar supply chain. In the last year alone, the industry added more than 31,000 jobs Read More

Former LANL Director Sig Hecker On North Korea Beyond ‘The Interview’ And Russia Beyond Crimea

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Dr. Sig Hecker
 
COMMUNITY News:
 
Dr. Sig Hecker, the former Los Alamos National Laboratory Director and Co-Director of Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, will speak on North Korea beyond “The Interview” and Russia beyond Crimea.
 
North Korea is building nuclear weapons at an ever accelerating pace. Russia is restoring its nuclear arsenal. Whereas U.S. – North Korean relations have never been good,  U.S. – Russia relations have moved from cooperation in the 1990s to confrontation.  Hecker 
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Science On Tap Presents Sara Del Valle Thursday

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Sara Del Valle and her team observe findings from their research on disease patterns from analyzing Wikipedia articles. Courtesy/LANL
 
LANL News:
 
Sara Del Valle of the Energy and Infrastructure Analysis Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory will discuss her and her team’s research into using Wikipedia to monitor and forecast diseases around the globe. The presentation is at 5:30 p.m., Thursday at Quarked The Wine Room, 145 Central Park Square, downtown Los Alamos. There is ample parking in Central Park Square.
 
Science on Tap is a project of the Los Alamos Creative
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