November
LANL debuts hybrid garbage truck
The truck employs a system that stores energy from braking and uses that pressure to help the truck accelerate after each stop. - 11/19/10
Los Alamos National Laboratory employees, Lab contractor pledge record $2.5 million to local United Way organizations, other nonprofits
The Laboratory employee contributions will fund a number of United Way agencies and programs as well as other eligible nonprofit organizations. - 11/18/10
Five selected as Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellows
The five researchers are Brenda Dingus, William (Bill) Louis, John Sarrao, Dipen Sinha and Giday Woldegabriel. - 11/16/10
FBI officer accepts LANL counterintelligence post
Cloyd has most recently served as assistant director of the Counterintelligence Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters. - 11/10/10
Scientists produce transparent, light-harvesting material
The material could be used in development of transparent solar panels. - 11/3/10
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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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Music and math at Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Innovations for a secure nation
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