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LANL Begins Pumping Tests on Chromium Plume

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Well R-50 at Los Alamos National Laboratory has detected chromium at levels that exceed New Mexico standards. Photo taken during well construction in 2011. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Data will be used to help determine final remedy

Los Alamos National Laboratory will begin pumping tests this summer at two groundwater monitoring wells located on Lab property within a chromium plume in the regional aquifer.

The purpose of the pumping tests is to refine understanding of the plume properties within the regional aquifer and evaluate the potential for large-scale pumping to remove chromium. Chromium Read More

Bradbury Science Museum Partnering in National Blue Star Museums Program

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LANL News:

  • Free admission for active duty military, their family members

Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Bradbury Science Museum is again partnering with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families Foundation and the Department of Defense in the Blue Star Museums program to host active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day, May 27, through Labor Day, Sept. 2.

“In this the 70th anniversary year celebration of Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Bradbury Science Museum is once again excited and proud to be part of the 1,800 museums throughout the United Read More

LANL Public Information Meeting May 22

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LANL News:

The public is invited to attend a meeting regarding a permit modification to the Los Alamos National Laboratory Hazardous Waste Facility Permit.

LANL is hosting the meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 22 in Fuller Lodge, 2132 Central Ave., in Los Alamos. 

 

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS), have submitted a Class 2 permit modification request to modify the LANL Hazardous Waste Facility Permit.

The modification supports increases in container storage capacity at the permitted units known as RANT located at TA-54-38, West Read More

Los Alamos IT Specialist Named Federal Employee of the Year

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Jerry Massee

NNSA News:

Jerry Massee, a member of the Los Alamos Field Office Cyber Security Team, recently earned recognition as New Mexico Federal Employee of the Year by the New Mexico Federal Executive Board.

Massee, a Santa Fe resident, provides oversight of the Information Technology (IT) and Records Management (IRM) programs at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The two programs account for $250-$300 million of the lab’s $2.1 billion annual budget.

“Oversight of LANL’s technology and records systems is a huge responsibility that we take very seriously,” said Geoff Beausoleil, Read More

LANL Archaeologist to Discuss Pajarito Plateau History May 22 at Bradbury Science Museum

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Standing wall at Nake’muu (DAHRT). Nake’muu means ‘village on the edge’ or ‘village at the point’ in Tewa. Courtesy/LANL

LANL New:

  • LANL Archaeologist Jennifer Payne will discuss the history of Pajarito Plateau May 22

Los Alamos National Laboratory archaeologist and cultural resources manager Jennifer Payne talks about the large number of archaeological sites on Laboratory property and how LANL’s extensive cultural resources management plan and program (https:////www.lanl.gov/community-environment/environmental-stewardship/protection/cultural-preservation/index.php Read More

Udall, Heinrich, Luján Secure Funding for LANL Cleanup Efforts

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Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL

NM CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján announced today that the necessary Senate and House committees have approved a reprogramming request for an additional $19 million needed to assist in maintaining the ongoing cleanup and environmental management efforts at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The news comes just days after the New Mexico lawmakers sent a letter  to the committees urging their approval of the request made by the Department Read More

LANL Selects Three Small Businesses for Environmental Work

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Aerial of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Value of up to $150 million over five years

Los Alamos National Laboratory has awarded a master task order agreement in which three small businesses will compete for environmental work worth up to $150 million over five years. The businesses each have offices in northern New Mexico.

The agreement is for technical services for the Laboratory’s Environmental Programs directorate and includes work such as environmental engineering design, regulatory support, risk assessment and reporting.

The companies chosen are Terranear Read More

Historic Los Alamos Gathering

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  A historic gathering occurred Monday as LANL Director Charlie McMillan met with retired LANL Director Robert Kuckuck in first LANL Director Robert J. Oppenheimer’s historic home on Bathtub Row in Los Alamos. Kuckuck will speak this evening at the Los Alamos Historical Society’s annual meeting in Fuller Lodge. Events kick off at 6 p.m. with pizza, ice cream and the Experience Auction. At 6:45 p.m. the annual business meeting will take place. Dr. Kuckuck will speak at 7:30 p.m. on his life as a Cold Warrior. Courtesy/Los Alamos Historical Society 
 
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Regional Coalition Pleased with DOE Reprogramming Request for LANL Clean Up Funding

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RCLC News:

SANTA FE—The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities is pleased to announce that New Mexico is one step closer to receiving critical federal funding needed to maintain ongoing environmental management efforts at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

 

Last week, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) and the White House sent a reprogramming request to Congress in the amount of $19 million. Reprogramming will allow the DOE to move necessary funds between their accounts during the current fiscal year but Read More

Warmer Springs Causing Loss of Snow Cover Throughout Rocky Mountains

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A new study of the Rocky Mountains finds that, since 1980, warmer spring temperatures have reduced snow cover throughout the range. Photo by Jeremy Littell

AGU/USGS News:

WASHINGTON—Warmer spring temperatures since 1980 are causing an estimated 20 percent loss of snow cover across the Rocky Mountains of western North America, according to a new study.

The research builds upon a previous snowpack investigation by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that showed that, until the 1980s, the northern Rocky Mountains experienced large snowpacks when the central and southern Rockies experienced Read More