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Total employees: 13,137
Triad National Security, LLC: 9,397
Centerra Group, LLC Los Alamos (Guard Force): 281
Compa, Staff and support contractors: 478
Students: 1,323
Unionized craft workers: 1,160
Post doctoral researchers: 498
Located 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on 34.7 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
FY17:
63% Weapons programs
10% Nonproliferation programs
4% Safeguards and Security
7% Environmental Management
4% DOE Office of Science
3% Energy and other programs
9% Work for Others
Triad and students only
35% of employees live in Los Alamos, the remainder commute from Santa Fe, Española, Taos and Albuquerque.
Average Age: 43
65% male, 35% female
45% minorities
67% university degrees
27% hold undergraduate degrees
19% hold master’s degrees
21% have earned a PhD
145 R&D100 awards
34 E.O. Lawrence Awards
9 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 Aug. 18, 2020
2 LANL researchers named Fellows by the American Statistical Association - 4/26/21
Twelve Los Alamos teams recognized for exceptional accomplishments - 4/15/21
Los Alamos National Laboratory moves 500 employees to Santa Fe, signs lease on Pacheco Street office complex - 3/8/21
Los Alamos National Laboratory staff recognized for outstanding response to pandemic and more - 2/17/21
Los Alamos National Laboratory and New Mexico State University sign agreement for joint appointments - 11/10/20
New mentor-protégé program between Triad National Security and Pueblo Alliance, LLC grooms Native businesses for successful contracting - 10/29/20
Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories bridge R&D gap for New Mexico businesses - 8/28/20
New Mexicans invited to virtual job fair August 26, 2020 - 8/20/20
Laboratory and Española-based contractor Performance Maintenance, Inc. win three Small Business Awards from U.S. Department of Energy - 8/19/20
Deniece Korzekwa named Los Alamos National Laboratory Senior Fellow - 8/18/20
Ning Xu selected Fellow of the American Chemical Society - 7/27/20
Los Alamos National Laboratory spent $396 million with New Mexico business in 2019 - 1/23/20
Job-seekers get immediate offers at Los Alamos National Laboratory hiring event - 9/3/19
$500K grant aims to boost small businesses in Northern New Mexico - 8/14/19
Hazmat Challenge tests responders’ skills in simulated emergencies - 8/14/19
Los Alamos National Laboratory brings 24,169 jobs, $3.1 billion to New Mexico - 7/18/19
New Mexico Tech and Los Alamos National Laboratory make joint appointment to work on robotics projects - 7/16/19
Two Los Alamos scientists win Presidential Early Career Awards - 7/15/19
UNM and Los Alamos National Labs sign new cooperative joint faculty agreement - 7/9/19
Los Alamos waste shipment successfully completed at WIPP - 4/12/19
Two Los Alamos National Lab researchers win Women in Tech awards - 3/28/19
Triad National Security takes the helm at Los Alamos National Laboratory - 11/1/18
Marc Kippen awarded inaugural Global Security Medal - 9/24/18
Two Los Alamos scientists named American Geophysical Union fellows - 8/13/18
Los Alamos names Brett Kniss new senior fellow - 6/28/18
Unauthorized drone flights prohibited in Laboratory restricted airspace, including additional “No Drone Zone” - 6/13/18
New head of Los Alamos National Lab's Tech Transfer Division announced - 2/22/18
New director named at Los Alamos National Laboratory - 11/28/17
Los Alamos scientists, engineers receive 2017 Fellows Prizes - 10/19/17
Dena Edwards named DOE Outstanding Contractor Security Professional of the Year - 10/11/17
Entrepreneurial Fellows announced in new postdoctoral training program - 10/5/17
Los Alamos Laboratory Director Charles F. McMillan to retire at end of year - 9/5/17
Hazmat Challenge to test responders’ skills - 7/6/17
Fresquez named DOE Small Business Program Manager of the Year - 6/7/17
Los Alamos named tops in diversity by four magazines - 4/18/17
