Energy

LANL Researchers Yu Seung Kim, Rodman Linn, Kirsten Taylor-McCabe Awarded 2023 Laboratory Fellows’ Prizes

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2023 Laboratory Fellows’ Prize recipients from left, Yu Seung Kim, Rodman Linn and Kirsten Taylor-McCabe. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Kim, Linn lauded for research; McCabe honored for leadership

Three Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) researchers have received 2023 Laboratory Fellows’ Prizes: Yu Seung Kim and Rodman Linn received the Fellows’ Prize for research and Kirsten Taylor-McCabe received the Fellows’ Prize for Leadership.

“This year’s Fellows’ Prize recipients exemplify the excellence in research and leadership we strive for at the Laboratory,” said Mark Chadwick, deputy Read More

Local Students Complete 16-Week Los Alamos Nuclear Waste Operator Boot Camp Offered By N3B

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Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos Director of Training Mark Russell, rear, with the September graduating class of the Nuclear Waste Processing Operator Boot Camp. Courtesy/EM-LA

EM-LA News:

Twelve newly trained nuclear waste processing operators received their nuclear waste processor or handler certifications last week after completing a 16-week boot camp program offered by EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) legacy cleanup contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B).

Each graduate received a full-time work assignment at N3B after passing a waste operator comprehensive Read More

Restoration Continues Along Decommissioned Natural Gas Pipeline At Valles Caldera National Preserve

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Restoration continues along the decommissioned natural gas pipeline at the northern sections of the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Courtesy/NPS

VCNP News:

JEMEZ SPRINGS — Work has begun on the second phase of decommissioning the retired natural gas pipeline that cuts across the northern sections of the Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP).

This phase focuses on restoring natural ecological processes to a four-mile-long section disturbed by the construction of the pipeline more than 70 years ago, including reducing erosion, reconnecting wetlands, recontouring to promote Read More

DPU Countdown To Public Power Week 2023

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COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) will be celebrating Public Power Week Oct. 1-7, along with the Public Power Association and 2,000 other community-owned, not-for-profit electric utilities that collectively provide electricity to 49 million Americans.

This year, Public Power Week’s focus is on how public power utilities are working to ensure reliable, affordable, sustainable and customer-focused service to their communities.

In recognition of Public Power Week, DPU offers tips on how to save money and energy:

  • According to the Alliance to Save Energy,
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NNSA Proposes Temporary Hydrogen Fueling Station

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NNSA News:

The U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) proposes a temporary hydrogen fueling station in an existing area of development (i.e. asphalt parking lot) on Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) property in Technical Area (TA)-03.

The purpose of the station is to facilitate the fueling of a leased hydrogen-fueled bus. This project will help understand fueling needs as LANL expands the hydrogen-fueled fleet and will serve as a proof of concept for future need of alternative fuels.

This project is temporary, supporting the hydrogen bus and fleet Read More

Update: DPU Electric Rate Proposal Hearing (6PM) Sept. 26

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Courtesy/LAC

Update: This public hearing will be conducted in person in Council Chambers and remotely via Zoom at 6 p.m. (not 5:30 p.m.) Sept. 26. Members of the public who wish to attend via Zoom may access the meeting by using the following link.

COUNTY News:

The Department of Public Utilities (DPU) is proposing electric rate adjustments to be effective Oct. 1, 2023 and July 1, 2024, with the remainder of two public hearings scheduled for later this month.

The Board of Public Utilities approved the proposed rate ordinance at the first public hearing Aug. 16. A second hearing will occur Sept. 26 Read More

Board Of Public Utilities Reviews FY2025 Strategic Plan

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The Board of Public Utilities discusses the DPU’s FY2025 Strategic Plan during a special meeting Aug. 28.  Screenshot/LADP

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Sustainability and preparing for utilities that are carbon-free were common themes in the Board of Public Utilities (BPU)’s discussions on the proposed FY2025 Strategic Plan for the Department of Public Utilities (DPU).

Work on the strategic plan occurred during a special BPU meeting Aug. 28 during which the board addressed the plan’s focus areas and corresponding goals.

The goals listed in the proposed Read More

U.S. And Japan Convene Nuclear Security Working Group To Adopt New Goals, Discuss Nuclear Security Landscape

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NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S.-Japan Nuclear Security Working Group (NSWG) convened for its 12th meeting at Oak Ridge National Laboratory last month.

The United States and Japan established the bilateral NSWG in 2011 in response to a shared desire to demonstrate leadership in strengthening nuclear security worldwide and in support of the Nuclear Security Summit process.

The meeting’s co-chairs were Corey Hinderstein, NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Ambassador Mitsuko Hayashi, Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Read More

Los Alamos Based UbiQD Executes On Local Economic Development

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UbiQD Founder/CEO Hunter McDaniel, front row third from left, with his team in front of their headquarters recently at 134 Eastgate Road. Courtesy/UbiQD

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

  • Despite COVID, the company met all of their LEDA obligations each year, without exception, and the County Council voted to successfully close their LEDA project in May of this year.

UbiQD, Inc. has successfully completed a Local Economic Development Agreement (LEDA), garnering praise from County and State officials.

“Success stories like these are exactly why Gov. Lujan Read More

BLM Seeks Public Comment On Possible 27 Oil And Gas Parcels Lease Sale In New Mexico And Kansas

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BLM News:

SANTA FE — The Bureau of Land Management New Mexico State Office has opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 27 oil and gas parcels totaling 6,282.06 acres that may be included in an upcoming lease sale in New Mexico and Kansas.

The comment period ends Sept. 20, 2023.

The parcels we are analyzing, as well as maps and instructions on how to comment, are available on the BLM’s ePlanning website at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2025795/510. 

As authorized under the Inflation Reduction Act, we will apply a 16.67 percent royalty rate for any new Read More