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Tipoffs for Santa Fe, New Mexico (Los Alamos) Newsletter for Sunday September 08, 2024 ( 8 items )  

Gov. Grisham: Environment Department Signs Consent Order With DOE for LANL Legacy Waste Clean-Up
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Sept. 5 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's administration and the U.S. Department of Energy have executed a Settlement Agreement to clean-up legacy radioactive wastes at Los Alamos National Laboratory, marking a historic moment in the fight to hold the federal government accountable for the toxic waste it left behind in the wake of nuclear weapons testing in New Mexico. The Settlement Agreement, e  more

Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending August 16, 2024
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report for the week ending Aug. 16, 2024: * * * TO: Timothy J. Dwyer, Technical Director FROM: E. Freeman and D. Gutowski, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending August 16, 2024 Staff Activity: E. Freeman commenced his assignment as a resident inspector. M. Bradisse and A. Holloway, Pantex resident inspecto  more

Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending August 9, 2024
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report for the week ending Aug. 9, 2024: * * * TO: Timothy J. Dwyer, Technical Director FROM: D. Gutowski, Resident Inspector SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending August 9, 2024 Board Activity: On Tuesday, the Board received a remote briefing from Triad and NNSA personnel regarding efforts to improve glovebox safety in the P  more

Los Alamos National Laboratory Issues Commentary: Acid Canyon Well Within Safe Exposure Ranges
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following commentary on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * Acid Canyon Well Within Safe Exposure Ranges By Thom Mason, Director of Los Alamos National Laboratory During the Manhattan Project, the nation's urgency to develop a weapon that could win World War II led to environmental decisions that have had long-standing consequences. That is why the Department of Energy Environmental Management and its contracto  more

Los Alamos National Laboratory: ChemCam Fires Its Laser for the Millionth Time on Mars
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * The Curiosity rover has been roaming the red planet for 12 years * * * The ChemCam instrument, developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory, recently zapped its laser for the 1 millionth time on Mars. Sitting on top of NASA's Curiosity rover, ChemCam has been helping make groundbreaking discoveries since 2012. "Not only is this a remarkable technical accomplishment for our i  more

Los Alamos National Laboratory: Hollingsworth Selected as Fellow of the American Chemical Society
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Laboratory fellow recognized for quantum dot research, service and leadership * * * Jennifer Hollingsworth of the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies in the Materials Physics and Applications division at Los Alamos National Laboratory has been selected as a fellow of the American Chemical Society. Hollingsworth's recognition stems from her nanomaterials work with  more

ORNL researcher Ghosh awarded by American Ceramics Society
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A research scientist with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Ayana Ghosh was named the 2024 Early Discovery Award winner by the American Ceramic Society. The award recognizes an early career member of the organization who has contributed to basic science in the field of glass and ceramics.Ghosh was pleasantly surprised to receive such a prestig  more

Twenty-Eight Projects Selected for EMSL Large-Scale Research Awards
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The Department of Energy's Office of Science Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Projects range from research on carbon sequestration to advancing climate models * * * By Genoa Blankenship Twenty-eight principal investigators were recently awarded access to the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) through the Fiscal Year 2025 Large-Scale Research call for proposals. The awarded researchers, who hail from  more