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Study finds less impact from wildfire smoke on climate
Observations suggest smaller warming effects of brown carbon than published model assessments 7/9/20
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Shock-dissipating fractal cubes could forge high-tech armor
Additively manufactured fractal structures with closely spaced voids dissipate shockwaves five times better than solid cubes 7/7/20
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Hoffman wins DOE Early Career Research Award
Project focuses on regional sea level modeling capability - 7/1/20
Special issue of Nuclear Technology dedicated to KRUSTY test
The KRUSTY test successfully demonstrated the efficiency of Kilopower fission power for lunar and planetary exploration - 6/30/20
New ultra-high-throughput capability for biocatalyst screening
Called Smart Microbial Cell Technology, the capability is based on a custom-made sensor–reporter gene circuit - 5/15/20
Global Security Office collaborates with Weapons Program to develop next-gen DFEAT tool; receives DOE accolades
The DFEAT Program, formerly known as the Disposition Program, was originally stood up in 2010. - 4/13/20
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Total employees: 11,956
Triad National Security, LLC: 8,327
Centerra Group, LLC Los Alamos (Guard Force): 298
Compa, staff and support contractors: 513
Students: 1,368
Unionized craft workers: 1,050
Post doctoral researchers: 400
Located 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on 40 square miles of DOE-owned property.
1,280 individual facilities, including 47 technical areas with 9 million square feet under roof.
Replacement value of $14.2 billion
Actual FY19 funding:
66% Weapons programs
10% Nonproliferation programs
5% Safeguards and Security
1% DOE Environmental Management
3% DOE Office of Science
3% Energy and other programs
12% Strategic Partnerships
(Triad and students only)
37% of employees live in Los Alamos, the remainder commute from Santa Fe, Española, Taos and Albuquerque.
Average Age: 43.5
64% male, 36% female
44% minorities
64% university degrees
27% hold undergraduate degrees
19% hold master’s degrees
18% have earned a PhD
137 R&D100
34 E.O. Lawrence Awards
8 Presidential Early Career Awards
3 Glenn Seaborg Medals
Edward Teller Medal
Nobel Prize in Physics, Frederick Reines
Albuquerque to Los Alamos, NM
98 miles; 1 hr, 51 min.
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As of Dec. 6, 2018
