Charlie Nakhleh Selected As Deputy Director For Weapons
LANL News:
Charles W. “Charlie” Nakhleh has been appointed the new deputy Laboratory director for Weapons (DDW) at Los Alamos National Laboratory, effective April 1. He succeeds Robert Webster, who is retiring March 31 after more than 40 years of service to the nuclear security enterprise.
As DDW, Nakhleh will take over leadership of all line organizations and programmatic scope associated with National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Weapons Programs, including four Lab directorates: Weapons Physics, Weapons Engineering, Weapons Production and Plutonium Infrastructure, Read More
Four Ways LANL Focuses On Site Stewardship
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LANL News:
When people think of a national laboratory, they may envision modern buildings, high-tech equipment and professionals in lab coats—and Los Alamos National Laboratory has all those things. But what they might not realize is that the site spans roughly 40 square miles.
Los Alamos’ facilities and operations are spread across forest-filled canyons and mesas that funnel water to the Rio Grande below. The Lab’s close work with the site’s earth, air, fire and water resources underpins its approach to stewardship. Here are four major ways the Lab’s site stewardship helps Read More
Los Alamos Historical Society To Bury Time Capsule Beneath Oppenheimer House
Los Alamos Historical Society Executive Director Todd Nickols and Associate Director Kristen Hollis on March 17 with the time capsule that will be buried beneath the Oppenheimer House on Bathtub Row. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Historical Society Executive Director Todd Nickols in Oppenheimer’s Office on March 17 in the Oppenheimer House on Bathtub Row. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com
The Los Alamos Historical Society is creating a time capsule to be buried beneath the floor of the Oppenheimer Read More
NNSA Issues Final Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement And Record Of Decision For Expanded Operations For Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) today issued its Final Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision to implement an Expanded Operations Alternative to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in the coming years.
The Record of Decision accompanies completion of LANL’s Sitewide Environmental Impact Statement, which followed the National Environmental Policy Act to evaluate potential environmental impacts of three options for continuing LANL Read More
New Document Added To Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Reading Room
LANL News:
New documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.
All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.
For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room.
- Submittal of the Response to New Mexico Environment Department Review, 2025 Annual Periodic Monitoring Report for the Technical Area 21 Monitoring Group, Los Alamos Canyon Watershed
https://ext.em-la.doe.gov/GovFTPFiles/api/GetFiles/GetFile?fileName=EMID-704262_EMLA-26-BF095-2-1_Comm_Resp_TA-21_PMR_032026.pdf
Gubernatorial Candidate Sam Bregman Discusses Local, Regional, State Issues Today At Los Alamos Daily Post
Gubernatorial candidate Sam Bregman spent time this morning speaking with Publisher Carol A. Clark during a visit to the Los Alamos Daily Post. Courtesy photo
POST News:
Gubernatorial candidate Sam Bregman visited the Los Alamos Daily Post this morning, speaking with Publisher Carol A. Clark about the importance of work being done at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and research facilities at New Mexico Tech, UNM and more.
Bregman has extensive experience both as a public servant and an attorney, previously serving on the Albuquerque City Council before starting Read More
Los Alamos National Laboratory Continuously Monitors Air
Map of all LANL’s air-monitoring locations. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) routinely measures the composition of matter in the ambient atmosphere at the Lab and in the community.
LANL has 68 radiological air sampling locations that continuously monitor the air, making it among the most thoroughly monitored environments in the world.
Details
- 43 ambient air-monitoring stations;
- 25 monitored exhaust stacks from Lab facilities; and
- 8 meteorological towers.
During events such as wildfires, the Laboratory conducts extra sampling to perform specialized Read More