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N3B Raises $10,000 To Support Local Non-profit LA Cares

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N3B raised $10,278 for the non-profit organization LA Cares at its annual Danny Nichols Memorial Golf and Cornhole Tournament fundraiser. Pictured left to right, Jeff Stevens, N3B; Barbara Evans, LA Cares; Valarie Prestwood, LA Cares; Cynthia Hoenshel, N3B; Lyn Haval, LA Cares; Beth Riker, LA Cares; Scott Rizor, N3B. Courtesy/N3B

N3B News:

Last month, representatives of Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) presented a check for $10,278 to staff and board members of the non-profit organization LA Cares to support their food and financial assistance programs for Los Alamos County Read More

Four Los Alamos National Laboratory Scientists Win DOE Early Career Research Awards

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LANL scientists who received the 2023 DOE Early Career Research Awards include from left, Andrey Lokhov, Rich Fiorella, Yu Zhang and Kun Liu. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Multiyear funding supports projects in environmental science, applied mathematics and particle physics

In a banner year for Los Alamos National Laboratory in the competition for Department of Energy Early Career Research Awards, four scientists nabbed multiyear funding for their projects.

“Early-career scientists are the lifeblood of the Lab’s future, so it is particularly gratifying to see these four researchers acknowledged Read More

Huang: From The First A-Bomb To The Last O-Mega … Is 78-Years Too Long A Time?

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Courtesy/Zhen Huang

By ZHEN HUANG
Los Alamos

In Los Alamos, we have a bridge, the only bridge. It is a steel bridge across the Los Alamos Canyon at Otowi Crossing built in 1951. It connects the Los Alamos National Laboratory, a giant scientific research complex that is also the base of nuclear weapons development, and Los Alamos County, a small town sitting at the Pajarito Plateau surrounded by the peaceful National Forest and sacred land of Native Americans. 

The official name of the bridge is called Omega Bridge. “Omega” is the name of an experimental nuclear reactor at the Los Alamos National Read More

Payment Of Annual Hazardous Waste Generator Fees, Report Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room

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LANL News:

Per regulatory requirements, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has announced that new documents have been added to the LANL Electronic Reading Room.

The document(s) have been submitted to fulfill one or more requirements of the Los Alamos National Laboratory:

Members of public may view these documents and many others at LANL’s Electronic Public Reading Read More

Housing Workshop For Northern New Mexico Aug. 8

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VFNM News:

ULI New Mexico in partnership with the Ventana Fund has just released its Northern New Mexico Housing report for the Española area.

This report is the result of the April 2023 Northern New Mexico Housing Summit held in Española.

ULI NM extends an invitation to Northern New Mexico leaders to attend the next steps meeting 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, at Nuckolls Brewing Santa Fe at 1611 Alcaldesa St. in Santa Fe. 

The Española Housing Summit report discusses the impact of 7,500 new jobs in Española from Los Alamos National Laboratory and what that means for the ongoing housing Read More

Manhattan Project National Historical Park To Host Days Of Peace & Remembrance Of Atomic Bombings In Japan

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A bag with a message of peace in Los Alamos at Ashley Pond Park in 2022. Courtesy photo

MPNHP News:

DENVER — Manhattan Project National Historical Park, (MPNHP)in partnership with Pearl Harbor National Memorial, will host “Days of Peace and Remembrance” across its three sites and at Pearl Harbor to commemorate and reflect on the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Japan in 1945.

This commemorative programming acknowledges and interprets the conflicting viewpoints, both historical and modern, that surround the development and use of the world’s first atomic weapons.

These events Read More

Laboratory Retiree Group First Tuesday Breakfast Aug. 1

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LRG News:

Los Alamos Laboratory Retiree Group (LRG) retirees (and potential retirees) are invited to drop in at the LRG monthly breakfast, between the hours of 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1 at Muy Salsas at 1315 Trinity Dr.

Retirees buy their breakfast; LRG pays for coffee or tea.

Email sgirard@losalamos.com or call 505.672.3497 for more information. More information about LRG can be found at their website. Read More

LANL: Behind The Fence’ Tours Oct. 18, 19, 20

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Community: Register to tour ‘behind the fence’ at Manhattan Project National Historical Park

‘Behind the fence’ tours of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Los Alamos, New Mexico, will take place Oct. 18, 19 and 20. Registration for the free tours will begin Aug. 1at 11 a.m. MDT and is on a first-come, first-served basis. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) shares a compilation of news stories for the week of July 24, 2023.

Former physicist photographs Manhattan Project history where it happened

Thanks to Los Alamos National Read More

Fee Assessment Request To Add Treatment Process At TA-50 Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room

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LANL News:

Per regulatory requirements, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announces new documents have been added to the  Electronic Reading Room.

The document(s) have been submitted to fulfill one or more requirements of the Los Alamos National Laboratory:

Members of the public may view these documents and many others at LANL’s Electronic Public Reading Room. Read More

Luján On Senate Passage Of Defense Authorization Bill

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U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after voting to pass the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that authorizes $886.3 billion for New Mexico’s military bases, national labs and servicemembers.

The NDAA sets the spending levels and policies for the Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Energy (DOE), including national security programs at Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories, as well as DOE environmental cleanup programs.

“From New Mexico’s four military bases, to Read More