The truck route has been closed since 6 a.m. today, according to a guard at the scene. He explained that a woman crashed her vehicle into an electrical pole overnight, which knocked out power all day to the nearby mobile home park, Royal Crest at 2025 E. Jemez Road. He added that the woman was complaining of chest pain and trouble breathing following the crash and was transported to Los Alamos Medical Center with unknown injuries. The cause of the crash is under investigation. The guard did not know when power would be restored or the truck route reopened. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
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WIPP: Samples Taken From Materials Surrounding Suspected Waste Drum In Underground Facility
Courtesy/WIPP
WIPP News:
Workers entered the underground facility to collect additional samples Aug. 15, in support of the Accident Investigation Board’s (AIB) ongoing investigation into the cause of the February radiological event at WIPP.
The AIB requested additional samples of the materials surrounding the waste drum that is the suspected source of the radiological release in Room 7 of Panel 7. The samples will be sent to offsite laboratories for analysis in an effort to further evaluate what types of material were released from the drum at the time of the event.
Another key component Read More
Entire Manhattan Project History Declassified And Online
Cover of Manhattan District History – Book 1, Volume 1. Courtesy/DOE
DOE News:
General Leslie Groves, head of the Manhattan Engineer District, in late 1944 commissioned a multi-volume history of the Manhattan Project called the Manhattan District History.
Prepared by multiple authors under the general editorship of Gavin Hadden, a longtime civil employee of the Army Corps of Engineers, the classified history was “intended to describe, in simple terms, easily understood by the average reader, just what the Manhattan District did, and how, when, and where.”
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Robots Wow Crowd At Bradbury Science Museum
Robotics Night at the Bradbury Science Museum, 1350 Central Ave., was a big hit Friday. Operators and their robots of different sizes, shapes and uses from Legobots to Bomb Squad robots showed off their skills and dazzled the crowd. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Ready! Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Set! Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Goal! Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Cleanup Project Begins Near Upper Truck Route
A worker shovels dirt at the TA-61 soil cleanup site. Courtesy/LANLLANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Corrective Actions Program has begun a legacy-contaminant soil cleanup project at the former Technical Area 61.
Located on the south side of East Jemez Road adjacent to the county landfill, the project began Aug. 11 and will last until mid-September. Crews will excavate about 120 cubic yards of soil contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which are common in industrial sites, from a utility corridor where a leaking transformer was staged in the past.
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New Issue Of LANL’s 1663 Magazine Available
LANL News:
The latest issue of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s 1663 Magazine is now availble.
In this issue:
- Gamma-ray bursts and persistent monitoring of the night sky
- The effort to preserve helium-3, an endangered nuclear species
- Global climate research stations for atmospheric sampling
- No-yield subcritical nuclear testing
- How endothelial cells adhere to blood vessels
- …and more
Click here to get your science and technology fix from Los Alamos. Read More
Discussion of Fourth Episode of WGN’s ‘Manhattan’
Niels Bohr on Sawyer’s Hill in Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. Courtesy/LAHS Archives
LAHS News:
The Los Alamos Historical Society (LAHS) wants to thank the community for their continued interest and support in our discussions of WGN’s TV series Manhattan.
Here are some of the common questions we heard at the discussion of the fourth episode this past Sunday and on social media.
Every week the Society will be updating a bulletin board in the museum to continue exploring questions and reactions as the 13-episode series continues.
Previous episodes are discussed on the LAHS website Read More
Energy Department Invests $67 Million to Advance Nuclear Technology
DOE News:
WASHINGTON – Building on President Obama’s Climate Action Plan and the Administration’s efforts to expand clean energy innovation, the Energy Department announced today nearly $67 million in nuclear energy research and infrastructure enhancement awards.
Eighty-three projects were selected from across the country based on their potential to create scientific breakthroughs that both help strengthen the nation’s energy security and reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions.
“The Department’s support for cutting-edge nuclear science and engineering across our universities, Read More
WIPP Modifies Underground Entry Requirements
WIPP News:
Entries into the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) underground facility are becoming more frequent, a sign that recovery efforts are progressing.
Recently, radiological control personnel began conducting the surveys and sampling necessary to reclassify areas in the underground facility from areas of potential airborne contamination to radiological buffer areas. A buffer area is an uncontaminated area immediately adjacent to the contaminated area and is usually located at the exit or entrance point of the contamination zone.
The initial areas being surveyed, sampled Read More
PMI Signs Contract With LANL
Eric Quintana, general manager and co-owner of Performance Maintenance Inc., signs a contract to provide janitorial equipment and supplies to the Laboratory while Lorraine E. Dominguez, seated right, of Purchasing (ASM-PUR) witnesses, during a contract signing ceremony at LANL. Standing left to right are LANL Small Business Program Manager Chris Fresquez, Nick Perry of ASM-PUR, and Daven Quintana and Geraldine Talachy, both of PMI. The contract is for one year with option years not to exceed five years. Courtesy/LANL Read More