June
Forest fire near Los Alamos National Laboratory
The Las Conchas fire burning in the Jemez Mountains approximately 12 miles southwest of the boundary of LANL has not entered Lab property at this time. - 6/26/11
Solar wind samples give insight into birth of solar system
Most of the Genesis payload consisted of fragile solar-wind collectors, which had been exposed to the solar particles over a period of two years. - 6/23/11
LANL earns three R&D 100 Awards
The technologies include a molecular beacon that targets specific nucleic acids, a spacer fluid for oil wells that shrinks when heated, and a better way to produce thorium. - 6/22/11
Los Alamos and NNSS team to resume critical experiments at new location
This experiment demonstrated the restoration of a national capability to perform critical operations that was lost with the closure in 2005 of Technical Area 18. - 6/17/11
Nonprofits receive monetary donations from LANS
The monetary donations from LANS are tied to the number of volunteer hours logged by employees and retirees through an organization called VolunteerMatch. - 6/16/11
Los Alamos National Laboratory announces selection of Venture Acceleration Fund recipients
LANL has selected Manhattan Isotope Technology, LLC and Vista Therapeutics, Inc. as recipients of $100,000 awards. - 6/15/11
Christina Behr-Andres named science advisor to governor
Behr-Andres will aid indevelopment and promotion of science and technology policies for economic and educational opportunities. - 6/9/11
Laboratory program helps small businesses
The free program, run jointly by Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories, leverages the laboratories' expertise and capabilities to promote regional economic development. - 6/6/11
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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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