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$500K grant aims to boost small businesses in Northern New Mexico
Funding from Los Alamos National Laboratory operator Triad will support Regional Development Corporation efforts to create jobs, strengthen economic diversity 8/14/19
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Hazmat Challenge tests responders’ skills in simulated emergencies
‘Toughest scenarios yet’ plus an obstacle course help hazmat teams hone their abilities 8/14/19
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BOM: The next generation of high-performance explosives
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Army Research Laboratory have met the challenge of developing a next-generation replacement for TNT - 8/1/19
ALFa LDS: Autonomous, Low-Cost, Fast Leak Detection System
ALFa LDS is an affordable, robust, autonomous system for the detection of natural gas leaks - 7/10/19
Managers from Global Security and Weapons delve into criticality safety training
The class highlighted the physics of criticality using tangible demonstrations with real material - 6/20/19
Rapid detection of bacteremia in human blood
Research from Los Alamos indicates that there may be a way to greatly speed up diagnosis - 5/16/19
New, smaller X-ray spectrometers developed
These new instruments open up areas of research previously limited to building-sized synchrotrons - 4/23/19
RETRO Rx: A new capability helping public health organizations
New capability helps public health organizations predict, prepare, and respond to infectious disease outbreaks. - 3/29/19
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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
63% Weapons programs
9% Nonproliferation programs
5% Safeguards and Security
7% Environmental Management
4% DOE Office of Science
2% Energy and other programs
10% Work for Others
(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
