November
Laboratory names new deputy director
Isaac “Ike” Richardson has been selected to be the new deputy director, effective February 1, 2009. - 11/25/08
Los Alamos National Laboratory ships last of high-activity drums to WIPP
The November shipment was the final delivery this year to the Carlsbad plant, which is scheduled to undergo facility maintenance through mid-January. - 11/25/08
Los Alamos observatory fingers cosmic ray ‘hot spots’
The research calls into question nearly a century of understanding about galactic magnetic fields near our solar system. - 11/24/08
Los Alamos scientists see new mechanism for superconductivity
Researchers have posited an explanation for superconductivity that may open the door to the discovery of new, unconventional forms of superconductivity. - 11/24/08
Los Alamos National Laboratory employees and LANS partner to record $2 million in pledges for local United Way programs
The employee contributions along with the LANS match support the United Way of Northern New Mexico, United Way of Santa Fe County and other qualifying nonprofit organizations. - 11/20/08
Los Alamos supercomputer remains fastest in world
The latest list of the TOP500 computers in the world continued to place the Roadrunner supercomputer as fastest in the world running the LINPACK benchmark. - 11/18/08
HIV vaccine research focus of Laboratory-sponsored talk
Ruy Ribeiro talk explores the mechanisms of HIV infection, puts them in the context of vaccine development, and summarizes current efforts to date to create an effective HIV vaccine. - 11/13/08
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People
Total employees,
10,402
Los Alamos National Security, LLC, 6,929
SOC Los Alamos (Guard Force), 396
Contractors, 349
Students, 889
Post doctoral researchers, 427
Place
Located 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on 36 square miles of DOE-owned property.
More than 2,000 individual facilities, including 47 technical areas with 8 million square feet under roof.
Replacement value of $9.8 billion
Budget
FY 2012: Approx. $2.2 billion
—57% Weapons programs
—9% Nonproliferation programs
—7% Safeguards and Security
—8% Environmental Management
—4% DOE Office of Science
—4% Energy and other programs
—11% Work for Others
Workforce Demographics
(LANS and students only)
34% of employees live in Los Alamos, the remainder commute from Santa Fe, Española, Taos, and Albuquerque.
Average Age: 46
—67%
male, 33% female
—44% minorities
—67% university degrees
—26% hold undergraduate degrees
—18% hold master’s degrees
—23% have earned a PhD
Major Awards
124 R&D100 awards since 1978
31 E.O. Lawrence Awards
The Seaborg Medal
The Edward Teller Medal
The Nobel Prize in Physics, Frederick Reines
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