Snow Day … The Pajarito Mountain Ski Patrol Has Been Keeping Los Alamos Scientists Safe And Happy For 75 years
The Pajarito Mountain Ski Patrol has been keeping Los Alamos scientists safe and happy for 75 years. Photo by Kyle Dickman
By KYLE DICKMAN
Science Writer
Los Alamos National Laboratory might be the only large scientific institution where it’s possible to do world-class science in the morning, ski powder at lunch, and be back in the office for a two o’clock meeting. One crisp and snowy January morning, this point wasn’t lost on three Lab managers and volunteer ski patrollers—Katie Higgins, Hans Herrmann, and Eric Brown. They were lounging inside Pajarito Mountain’s patrol shack, waiting Read More
Los Alamos Historical Society Thanks Enterprise Bank & Trust For Contributions To Oppenheimer House Fundraiser
From left, Los Alamos Historical Society Executive Director Todd Nickols, President Liddie Martinez of the Los Alamos Region for Enterprise Bank & Trust, Los Alamos Historical Society Associate Director Kristin Hollis and Enterprise Bank & Trust Administrative Assistant Donavan Price hold up a check from Enterprise Bank & Trust that will go toward renovating the Oppenheimer House. Courtesy/Historical Society
From the Los Alamos Historical Society:
The Los Alamos Historical Society staff thanks Enterprise Bank & Trust for its commitment to the Los Alamos community Read More
Flanged Tritium Waste Container Final Report, Volume 2, Published
LANL News:
The Flanged Tritium Waste Container Radioactive Air Emissions Summary, Volume 2, Environmental Sampling and Expanded Plume Modeling is complete and available to the public.
This second volume to the FTWC final report examines downwind air and soil sampling measurements that were conducted to support the FTWC depressurization operation and presents expanded plume modeling scenarios, looking at different time frames of evaluation, different plume modes, and different age range scenarios.
Volume 1 of the report discussed in detail the execution of the FTWC pressure mitigation Read More
Catch Of The Week: Substack Data Breach
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Substack is one of those platforms that feels personal. You subscribe to newsletters you actually want, you hear directly from the writers you like, and most of the time you don’t expect to get hit with the digital equivalent of finding someone rifled through your junk drawer. But that is exactly what happened with a recent data breach.
Security researchers have confirmed that a data breach exposed email addresses and phone numbers for many Substack users. That means if you have ever signed up for Substack, your contact info might be Read More
New Documents Added To Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Electronic Public Reading Room On Behalf Of EM-LA
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.
- Review, Notice of Completion of Off-Site Waste Shipments for Final Disposal, Activity 4.0, Compliance Plan, Site Treatment Plan, Federal Facility Compliance Order, Los Alamos National Laboratory [November 5, 6, 13 shipments]
https://ext.em-la.doe.gov/GovFTPFiles/api/GetFiles/GetFile?fileName=EMID-704177_NMED_Review_STP_Shipment_Nov+5%2C+6%2C+13_020926.pdf
Senate Panel Rejects Bid To Classify Nuclear As Renewable Energy In New Mexico
Members of the Senate Conservation Committee meet Saturday, Feb. 8, 2026, at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe to discuss a bill that would classify nuclear energy as renewable under the state’s renewable portfolio standard; the committee later voted Tuesday to reject the bill with a ‘Do Not Pass’ recommendation. Courtesy image
By MARLENE WILDEN
Los Alamos Daily Post
marlene@ladailypost.com
SANTA FE – A proposal to classify nuclear power as a form of renewable energy in New Mexico was effectively killed Tuesday in the Senate Conservation Committee, where lawmakers voted 5-4 on a do-not-pass motion Read More
Luján, Scott Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Develop, Demonstrate, And Deploy Technologies To Accelerate Nuclear Waste Cleanup
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wednesday, U.S. Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced the Combining Laboratory Expertise to Accelerate Novel Solutions for Minimizing Accumulated Radioactive Toxins (CLEAN SMART) Act.
This legislation would build on the success of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Network of National Laboratories for Environmental Management and Stewardship (NNLEMS) to accelerate nuclear waste cleanup.
The CLEAN SMART Act would codify and properly fund NNLEMS to leverage the best available science and technology of the nation’s national Read More