July
Los Alamos National Security, LLC partners with Los Alamos National Bank on Las Conchas Recovery Challenge Fund
LANS has given $50,000 as seed money to establish a fund at LANB. - 7/28/11
Los Alamos computer codes at core of advanced manufacturing tools
The computer codes used for predictive fluid modeling are part of the Los Alamos Computational Fluid Dynamics Library. - 7/27/11
Los Alamos National Laboratory sponsors 15th Hazmat Challenge
The challenge provides hazardous materials responders the opportunity to network and learn new techniques under realistic conditions in a safe environment. - 7/27/11
Employees pledge $272,000 in LAESF scholarship drive
The drive encourages employees to donate to a fund that awards college scholarships to Northern New Mexico students. - 7/25/11
LANL installs additional protective measures
Work crews completed additional flood and erosion-control measures this week to reduce the environmental effects of any flash floods following the Las Conchas Fire. - 7/20/11
Imagine Education recognized for innovative approach to math education
Endeavored to remake the way middle-school math is taught through its first-of-its-kind, story-based, online math game, called Ko’s Journey. - 7/20/11
Researchers find potential key for unlocking biomass energy
Potential pretreatment method that can make plant cellulose five times more digestible by enzymes that convert it into ethanol, a useful biofuel. - 7/20/11
LANL completes high-priority flood and erosion control work
Crews installed 600 feet of water diversion barriers and removed more than 1,200 cubic yards of sediment in anticipation of flash flooding. - 7/11/11
LANL closes road, trails for safety reasons; flooding and erosion control work under way
Closure is in response to the increased fire risk and danger of flash flooding. - 7/8/11
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Fast Facts
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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Innovations for a secure nation
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