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EM Releases Supporting Materials From 2016 National Cleanup Workshop

EM-LA Field Office Manager Douglas E. Hintze presents at the 2016 National Cleanup Workshop Sept. 14-15 in Alexandria, Va. Courtesy/DOE

EM  News:

WASHINGTON, D.C.  The Office of Environmental Management (EM) is making available support materials from the 2016 National Cleanup Workshop. The materials include speaker presentations, photos from the workshop and an attendee list. Links to videos of the workshop sessions will be available soon.
 
Approximately 600 people attended the National Cleanup Workshop Sept. 14-15 in Alexandria, Va. The workshop was hosted
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DOE Awards Los Alamos Pueblos’ Project

DOE News:
 
CINCINNATI, OHIO  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a cooperative agreement to the Pueblo de Cochiti (Cochiti Pueblo) of Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico for the “Los Alamos Pueblos’ Project (LAPP) Activities for Pueblo de Cochiti”.
 
The objective of the project is to focus on development of strategies and protocols, which would facilitate communications, including the exchange of documents, between DOE and Cochiti Pueblo and the development of strategies to enable Cochiti Pueblo to address issues related to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
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Secretary Of Defense Reviews Plutonium Operations At Los Alamos National Laboratory

U.S. Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter, center, Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan, right and Bob Webster, Principal Associate Director for Weapons Programs, today in the pit casting area of the Laboratory’s Plutonium Facility 4 (PF-4), the nation’s only plutonium science, technology and manufacturing center. ‘A strong plutonium science and manufacturing capability is essential to the U.S. nuclear deterrent and cannot be underestimated,’ Carter said. ‘I want to express my sincere appreciation for the difficult and vitally important work done Read More

LANL Cybersecurity Tool, Bioreactor Win Awards

LANL News:
 
Two technologies developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory were recently recognized at a ceremony by the Federal Laboratory Consortium’s Mid-Continent Region for their contribution to both Los Alamos’ mission and the greater good.
 
PathScan, a cybersecurity tool that is the result of a partnership between the Laboratory and Ernst & Young, received the Excellence in Technology Transfer Award. In addition, Pulmonary Lung Model (PulMo), abreathing “lung” bioreactor that aims to speed the time-to-market for clinical drugs and allow for more accurate
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Deep Moonquakes Reveal Thickness Of Lunar Crust

Photo of the Moon. Courtesy/NASA
 
LANL News:
 
Charlotte Rowe of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Geophysics group and collaborators from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have reported the first use of the seismic interferometry technique applied to study the internal structure of the Moon. The Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets published the research and featured it as an Editor’s Highlight.

During the NASA Apollo missions, astronauts installed seismometers on the near side of the Moon to record moonquakes.

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Remarks From Secretary Carter’s Press Conference

Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter at a press conference Tuesday at Kirtland AFB. Courtesy/photo

DOD News:

U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Ashton Carter met with reporters Tuesday during his visit to Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque. A transcript of that meeting below.

The Secretary is scheduled to visit Los Alamos today.

Transcript: 

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASH CARTER: Well, thank you, once again. The only thing I wanted to do was say thank you, once again, to the Albuquerque community, to New Mexico more generally, for being such a long-standing and true friend and supporter of defense, Read More

Udall, Heinrich: New Mexico Ideal Location To Expand Defense Technology Innovation Hub

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall

STATE News:

  • In letter to Defense Secretary, senators say NM labs and bases are perfectly positioned to advance defense technology

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that they have asked Defense Secretary Ashton Carter to consider opening a “Defense Innovation Unit Experimental” (DIUx) office in New Mexico as part of the military’s mission to widen the technology gap between the United States and its adversaries.

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

DIUx offices have been opened in regions with a strong high-tech presence Read More

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