New Documents 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.
- Notice of Disapproval, Investigation Report for Starmer/Upper Pajarito Canyon Aggregate Area (Part I [Sites at Technical Areas 08, 22, and 40] and Part II [Sites at Technical Area 09])
https://ext.em-la.doe.gov/GovFTPFiles/api/GetFiles/GetFile?fileName=EMID-704055_NOD_Starmer_Upper_Paja_Cyn_AA_IR_Part_II_TA-09_121625.pdf
DOE Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office Awards N3B 95 Percent Of Contract Available Fee
N3B loads transuranic waste into a container to ship to WIPP in Carlsbad. Courtesy/EM-LA
N3B loads the transuranic waste containers onto a truck for shipment to WIPP in Carlsbad. Courtesy/EM-LA
EM-LA News:
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) legacy cleanup contractor, Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos, LLC (N3B), earned more than $15.8 million, or 95 percent, of the fee available during the performance evaluation period of fiscal year 2025, according to a recently released scorecard.
As part of EM-LA’s commitment to transparency Read More
EM-LA Updates Los Alamos County Council On Efforts To Resolve Chromium Plume
Images of EM-LA’s various meetings with stakeholders regarding the hexavalent chromium plume. Courtesy/LAC
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
For more than 20 years, the Department of Energy (DOE) has been attempting to successfully eradicate the hexavalent chromium plume in the aquifer 1,000 feet below Mortandad and Sandia canyons.
Los Alamos County Council learned about DOE’s Environmental Management-Los Alamos Field Office’s (EM-LA) progress on resolving this long-term issue during its Tuesday night meeting.
EM-LA Manager Jessica Kunkle emphasized Read More
AI Boom Drives Demand For Power … New Mexico Asks: Who Pays?
A rendering of the planned Hermes 2 facility near Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where Kairos Power will build a molten‑salt‑cooled small modular reactor to help fuel Google’s expanding data centers. Source: Kairos Power
By MARLENE WILDEN
Los Alamos Daily Post
marlene@ladailypost.com
New Mexico is racing to keep up with a surge in electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence, high-performance computing and data center expansion. State officials are increasingly focused on making sure residential and small-business customers aren’t left footing the bill.
The tension surfaced Read More
Aquifer Testing Work Plan Added To Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Electronic Public 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 Work Plan for Aquifer Testing at Regional Aquifer Groundwater Monitoring Well R-80
https://ext.em-la.doe.gov/GovFTPFiles/api/GetFiles/GetFile?fileName=EMID-704056_EMLA-26-BF006-2-1_R-80_Test_Plan_121525.pdf
Catch Of The Week: Sneaky Social Media Steals Info
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Let’s all share our mother’s maiden name and first brand of car! Why Those “Fun” Social Media Questions Can Put You at Risk…
Every few weeks, a new trend pops up on Facebook or Instagram that looks harmless. Someone posts a cute prompt asking for the name of your first school, your childhood pet, the street you grew up on, or your favorite teacher.
It feels nostalgic and fun. It also feels like an easy way to connect with old friends. Unfortunately, these posts are a goldmine for cybercriminals.
Many of the questions in these viral prompts Read More
Enabling Precise Predictions With Proton Radiography
Members of the Proton Radiography high explosives use a crane to install an explosive experiment assembly into the confinement vessel. Courtesy/LANL
By LEVI NEUKIRCH
Scientist at the Proton Radiography facility
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Being able to see inside an object is essential to understanding how it works. X-rays revolutionized medicine by giving doctors a noninvasive way to look beneath the skin — to spot broken bones, identify problems in vital organs and detect diseases such as cancer. Now, scientists are pushing diagnostic imaging to new levels of precision with a technique Read More