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If you haven't already signed the electronic petition to STOP Los AlamosNational Laboratory (LANL) plans to vent large quantities of radioactive tritium into theair beginning on or after June 2 nd , 2025, there's still time.Access the petition at actionnetwork.org/petitions/petition-to-deny-lanls-request-to-release-radioactive-tritium-into-the-air The text of the petition is also available atnuclearactive.org

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) plans to vent large quantities ofradioactive tritium into the air beginning on or after June 2 nd , 2025. Tritium is a form ofhydrogen that forms radioactive water in the environment. It can cross the placenta andfetuses, babies and children may receive a radiation dose about three times greaterthan adults.

In this episode we discuss why Tozer moved from Idaho Falls to Los Alamos. We also learn how Tozer became the Father of LANL's Information System that tracks hazardous waste. 

During the early days of the pandemic, on March 10, 2020, LANL mailed a noticeto people on the facility mailing list about the proposed venting of radioactive tritium intothe air from four metal containers stored at Area G. LANL's request providedinformation about its plan to seek temporary authorization to vent from the New MexicoEnvironment Department, specifically from the Hazardous Waste Bureau.

Community members and Tribal advocates are standing together to say NO tothe proposed expansion of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). As part of agrowing movement for environmental justice and accountability, local communityorganizations including Tewa Women United, Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety,Communities for Clean Water, Honor Our Pueblo Existence, and Three SistersCollective launched the 2025 SovereignTea Community Conversations series that willend with a powerful hybrid session that will center public education, dialogue, and actionaround LANL's ongoing and proposed nuclear weapons activities.

Community members and Tribal advocates are standing together to say NO tothe proposed expansion of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). As part of agrowing movement for environmental justice and accountability, local communityorganizations including Tewa Women United, Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety,Communities for Clean Water, Honor Our Pueblo Existence, and Three SistersCollective are launching the 2025 SovereignTea Community Conversationsseries—beginning with two powerful sessions that will center public education,

Episode 127 In part 21 of our Sinai and Synapses interview series, we are talking with Rabbi Dr Jack Shlachter.    Jack Shlachter is a physicist who worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory for over thirty years with briefer stints at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, the Atomic Energy Agency, and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, the latter two based in Vienna, Austria; he led both the Physics Division and Theoretical Division during his LANL career. In parallel, Jack is an ordained rabbi who led the Jewish congregation in Los Alamos for many years, was the rabbi in Center Moriches, NY, during his years at Brookhaven, and now serves as rabbi of HaMakom, a congregation in Santa Fe, NM as well as the Los Alamos Jewish Center. He has also provided itinerant rabbinic support to far-flung Jewish communities including those in Vienna, Austria,  Beijing, China, and Warsaw, Poland.   Sinai and Synapses - https://sinaiandsynapses.org/   Support this podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/DowntheWormholepodcast   More information at https://www.downthewormhole.com/   produced by Zack Jackson music by Zack Jackson and Barton Willis 

Public comments for the draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement forContinued Operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory are currently due onThursday, April 10th. Tewa Women United, Honor Our Pueblo Existence, CCNS,Communities for Clean Water, and the Union of Concerned Scientists will hostworkshops to assist you in the preparation and submission of your comments.Comments may be submitted to LANLSWEIS@nnsa.doe.gov

Public comments for the draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement forContinued Operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory are currently due onThursday, April 10th. CCNS, Tewa Women United, Three Sisters Collective,Communities for Clean Water and others will host two workshops to assist you inpreparing your comments.

It could be argued that biology has always boiled down to chemistry, and that chemistry has always boiled down to physics. However, not many would deny that the fields of biology and chemistry are overlapping more than ever, with both leveraging computing methods, also more than ever. This conversation with Dr. Ramesh Jha, Technical Staff Member at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), crosses biology, chemistry, and computing methods. The work of his biome team at LANL uses computational tools to inform the design of enzymes that are produced via PCR-based cloning and then expressed in microbes. They use fluorescent gene circuits in these microbes, along with flow cytometry, to screen these large libraries for advantageous gain-of-function variants. When they find an interesting mutation, they isolate it, sequence it, and produce and evaluate those biocatalytic enzymes for bioremediation, biomanufacturing, and other important applications. Ramesh makes this complex and interdisciplinary science approachable and gives hope to how it could help address problems of “forever chemicals” and other environmental and manufacturing challenges. Join us for this interesting and inspiring conversation.  Subscribe to get future episodes as they drop and if you like what you're hearing we hope you'll share a review or recommend the series to a colleague.  Visit the Invitrogen School of Molecular Biology to access helpful molecular biology resources and educational content, and please share this resource with anyone you know working in molecular biology. For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.

On Wednesday, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) extendedthe public comment period by 30 days for the draft Site Wide Environmental ImpactStatement (SWEIS) for Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The comment periodwas extended from March 11 th to Thursday, April 10 th , 2025.

On Thursday, February 20 th , Lindsay A. Lovejoy, Jr., the attorney for Honor OurPueblo Existence and CCNS, will argue before the New Mexico Court of Appeals thatthe non-government organizations have standing to challenge the misregulation of theRadioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Facility, a key facility at Los Alamos NationalLaboratory (LANL). The RLWTF treats liquid radioactive and hazardous wastegenerated at the Plutonium Facility from the fabrication of plutonium pits, or the cores,of nuclear weapons. Those activities are ramping up under U.S. government plans tospend over $1 trillion dollars for new design weapons for use in a post-Cold War nucleararms race.

The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), operated by the Department of Energy, plays a critical role in maintaining the safety and reliability of the nation's nuclear stockpile. Central to this mission is the Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Facility (RLWTF), which was constructed in the early 1960s to treat, store, and dispose of radioactive and hazardous liquids

You are invited to participate in a virtual Nuclear Watch New Mexico workshop about the draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) on Thursday, February 6 th from 5:30 pm to 7 pm Mountain Time. With LANL expanding its nuclear weapons programs—despite a long history of environmental contamination and nuclear safety issues—the draft SWEIS represents a vital opportunity for the public to demand transparency, accountability and environmental justice.

This Update relates to historic and important resources that can be useful for your participation in the public hearings about draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and its proposed operations in the next 15 years or so. Public hearings under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) will begin on Tuesday, February 11th in Santa Fe, followed by a wednesday, February 12th hearing in Española, and a Thursday, February 13th hearing in Los Alamos. The specifics are available at nuclearactive.org.

Earlier this week the U.S. Forest Service admitted that it has limited authority and oversight of Los Alamos National Laboratory's proposed Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade Project, or EPCU, that would transmit 173 megawatts of energy across sacred National Forest System lands. The admission made in its 35-page Response to Comments document to complete its role in the environmental assessment process.

More than two years after the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) sought public input about the scope of a site- wide environmental impact statement (SWEIS) for Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) operations, a draft LANL SWEIS will be released for a 60-day public review and comment period on Friday, January 10th. Public hearings will be held during the week of February 10th. The public comment period ends on March 11th.

In an embarrassing turn of events, independent scientists Bernd Franke and Dr. Arjun Makhijani have provided Tewa Women United and the public with the analyses that the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Environmental Protection Agency would not – that the four flanged waste tritium containers may not need to be vented because they may not contain explosive materials. DOE, NNSA and LANL did not follow the regulations to determine whether the venting was necessary and EPA, as a regulatory agency, did not either. Community members downwind and downstream of the proposed venting have been traumatized by four years of maybe yes, maybe no, mixed DOE messages. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

On Monday, Tewa Women United released two independent scientific reports about the harm that would be done to public health and the environment should Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) be allowed to vent radioactive tritium from four Flanged Tritium Waste Containers stored at LANL's Area G radioactive and hazardous waste dump. It is another important step taken by Tewa Women United to hold LANL and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accountable to the law. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

This week Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, individuals and NGOs submitted comments opposing the U.S. Forest Service's plan to approve a Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) proposal to install a companion electric transmission line through the heart of the Caja del Rio traditional cultural landscape, an area sacred to Pueblos. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

You are invited to participate in a transformative walk in downtown Santa Fe beginning at noon on Friday, October 25th. Organized by the Caja del Rio Coalition, the walk will begin at the Santa Fe County Administration Building, located at 240 Grant Avenue, and go to the Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

The U.S. Forest Service is accepting public objections to the draft Decision Notice, Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Final Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Electric Power Capacity Upgrade (EPCU) Project and Associated Land Management Plan (Forest Plan) Amendment. Only those who submitted comments during the scoping period that occurred between April 19, 2021 and May 21, 2021 and during the two comment periods for the draft EA beginning December 19, 2023 and ending January 17, 2024 and beginning January 22, 2024 and ending February 20, 2024 are eligible to submit objections. As evidence of public concern, over 22,000 public comments were submitted during these comment periods. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

BREAKING NEWS: MARY OLSON IS OKAY! Mary Olson of Gender and Radiation Impact Project (genderandradiation.org) is alive and well! She lives in Asheville, North Carolina, and we hadn’t heard from her since before Hurricane Helene ripped through that town on September 27. As of October 9, Cindy Folkers of Beyond Nuclear reports that Mary is...

Ceci est une rediffusion de l'épisode 115 de Shine.Dans l'épisode 115, je recois Charlotte Attry pour parler d'un sujet qui concerne certainement plusieurs de nos auditrices et auditeurs et qui me concernera personnellement dans un an.Le syndrome de nid vide.Autrice formée au journalisme et à la psychologie, Charlotte Attry est spécialiste des problématiques de société avec un penchant pour les défis liés aux transitions de la vie. Ses missions ? Informer, décrypter, accompagner. Et ce, à tout âge.En presse télévisée, elle a endossé les casquettes d'enquêtrice, réalisatrice et rédactrice en chef. Elle a travaillé pour les JT de France 3 et de nombreuses émissions magazines («Ça se discute» sur France 2, «C'est ma vie» sur M6, «Combien ça coûte» sur TF1, «Reporters» sur NT1, etc.).En presse écrite, elle a travaillé plus de dix ans pour le groupe Milan Presse, notamment pour le mensuel pour les adolescentes «Julie Magazine» (piges, gestion de hors-séries et encadrement). Depuis 2019, elle a rejoint la rédaction de « French Morning », le premier média en ligne sur l'actualité des Français vivant aux États-Unis.Dernièrement, c'est en tant qu'autrice qu'elle met à profit son expertise avec une collection de guides remarquée à destination des femmes de plus de 45 ans (publiée par Bamboo Édition) :Ménopause, toi et moi, on s'explique (2020)Le syndrome du nid vide, toi et moi, on s'explique (2021)Dans cet épisode, nous abordons :Ce qu'est le syndrome du nid videLe profils des parents les plus susceptibles d'être affectés par ce syndromeLes conseils pour anticiper cette transition de vieLes stratégies pour atténuer les sentiments de perte ou de vide et retrouver notre élanL'impact sur les relations familiales : les autres enfants, le coupleComment transformer et réinventer le lien avec son enfant.Comment gérer le retour d'un enfant et créer un nouvel équilibre de vie différent (pas comme avant). Si cet épisode vous a plu, découvrez aussi :ÉPISODE 70 | Être perennial : rêver notre vie quelque soit notre âge | Conversation avec Josiane AsmaneÉPISODE 75 | La ménopause, une naissance à soi | Conversation avec Sophie Kune===================Comment soutenir ce podcast ?Le meilleur moyen de le faire est de vous abonner au podcast Shine! sur Apple Podcast, et d'y laisser votre avis en lui donnant 5 étoiles ! *Et bien sûr, n'hésitez pas à faire connaître Shine en le partageant à toutes les personnes qui vous sont chères et qui aspirent elles aussi à prendre le pouvoir sur leur vie et rayonner.===================Aller plus loin ensemble ?Abonnez-vous à ma newsletter : https://www.christinelewicki.com/inscription/

The increasing demand for power is prompting challenges from a number of tribes who say the means to transmit that power is harming culturally significant tribal land. The Tohono O'odham, Hopi, Zuni, and San Carlos Apache tribes were dealt a legal setback by the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year in their opposition to a proposed $10 billion transmission line through a pristine Arizona canyon. And pueblos and other tribes say they are concerned about additional transmission capacity planned to boost power at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. In both cases, tribal officials say the proposals did not adequately take cultural and archaeological significance into consideration. GUESTS Stephanie Stringer, deputy manager for business, security, and mission for the National Nuclear Security Administration's Los Alamos field office Reyes DeVore (Jemez Pueblo), project manager for the Pueblo Action Alliance

The increasing demand for power is prompting challenges from a number of tribes who say the means to transmit that power is harming culturally significant tribal land. The Tohono O'odham, Hopi, Zuni, and San Carlos Apache tribes were dealt a legal setback by the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year in their opposition to a proposed $10 billion transmission line through a pristine Arizona canyon. And pueblos and other tribes say they are concerned about additional transmission capacity planned to boost power at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. In both cases, tribal officials say the proposals did not adequately take cultural and archaeological significance into consideration.

This week Lou DiVizio introduces two segments from Our Land's Laura Paskus. First, Laura sits down with a historian and a Santa Fe County Commissioner who oppose federal plans to build a new transmission line across the Caja del Rio to Los Alamos National Laboratory. Laura asks what harm this transmission line will cause to the area. Then, Laura talks with Mark Mitchell, former governor of the Pueblo of Tesuque, about government-to-government consultation and how federal officials have handled input from the pueblo. Host: Lou DiVizio Segments: How Federal Power Line Project Can Harm Wildlife in the Caja del Rio Correspondent: Laura Paskus Guests: Hilario Romero, Former State Historian Anna Hansen, Santa Fe County Commissioner, District 2 Former Pueblo Governor Speaks Against LANL Power Line Correspondent: Laura Paskus Guest: Mark Mitchell, Former Governor, Pueblo of Tesuque For More Information: Tribes ‘ignored' as Forest Service approves controversial Caja del Rio transmission project – Source New Mexico 

EDINBURG, Texas - Dr. Hiram Moya is associate professor and graduate coordinator in the Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering at UT-Rio Grande Valley. In a recent interview with the Rio Grande Guardian, Moya spoke about a new collaboration UTRGV is forging  with the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.Moya said UTRGV will collaborate with LANL and its partner, TechSource, Inc., with LANL committing $1.5 million over three years. He said the goal is to create a robust pathway for engineering and scientific talent to meet LANL's critical needs, particularly in preparing engineers and technologists to help solve national security challenges.“So, we are one of the universities that are partnering with Los Alamos National Lab to bring in exposure and opportunities to the students of the Valley,” Moya said.“We're helping Los Alamos in manufacturing and industrial engineering, but we're also helping them with engineering technologists and a variety of other engineering fields.”Editor's Note: Go to the Rio Grande Guardian website to read the full story.Editor's Note: The attached audio file features a press conference held by UTRGV and LANL.Go to www.riograndeguardian.com to read the latest border news stories and watch the latest news videos.

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On Thursday, July 18 th at 8 am, you will have an informative opportunity to hear from two experts, Don Hancock and Myrriah Gómez, when they discuss the major public concerns regarding the plans of the Department of Energy (DOE) to expand operations at two of their facilities in New Mexico. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

This week, at the same time as the National Nuclear Security Administrative was requesting public comments about its need for 173 megawatts (MW) of electricity, the County of Los Alamos Board of Public Utilities was considering a proposal for 170 megawatts from the proposed Foxtail Flats Solar and Battery Energy Storage System in San Juan County, New Mexico. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

CCNS has prepared talking points and a sample public comment letter you can use to craft your oral and written comments about the proposed 14-mile long, 115-kilovolt electrical line across the Caja del Rio before it would cross the Rio Grande to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

As promised, a second public meeting on the proposed Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) upgrade project to expand electrical power capacity will begin at 4 pm on Thursday, February 15 th at the Santa Fe Community College. The first virtual and in-person public meeting was held at the same location on January 11 th . --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

Dans l'épisode 115, je recois Charlotte Attry pour parler d'un sujet qui concerne certainement plusieurs de nos auditrices et auditeurs.Le syndrome de nid vide.Autrice formée au journalisme et à la psychologie, Charlotte Attry est spécialiste des problématiques de société avec un penchant pour les défis liés aux transitions de la vie. Ses missions ? Informer, décrypter, accompagner. Et ce, à tout âge.En presse télévisée, elle a endossé les casquettes d'enquêtrice, réalisatrice et rédactrice en chef. Elle a travaillé pour les JT de France 3 et de nombreuses émissions magazines («Ça se discute» sur France 2, «C'est ma vie» sur M6, «Combien ça coûte» sur TF1, «Reporters» sur NT1, etc.).En presse écrite, elle a travaillé plus de dix ans pour le groupe Milan Presse, notamment pour le mensuel pour les adolescentes «Julie Magazine» (piges, gestion de hors-séries et encadrement). Depuis 2019, elle a rejoint la rédaction de « French Morning », le premier média en ligne sur l'actualité des Français vivant aux États-Unis.Dernièrement, c'est en tant qu'autrice qu'elle met à profit son expertise avec une collection de guides remarquée à destination des femmes de plus de 45 ans (publiée par Bamboo Édition) :Ménopause, toi et moi, on s'explique (2020)Le syndrome du nid vide, toi et moi, on s'explique (2021)Elle enquête aujourd'hui sur les couples en crise (sortie prévue au printemps 2024).Installée à Berkeley dans la baie de San Francisco depuis 2015, elle continue à collaborer avec des médias français et elle a monté une structure d'édition américaine. Son premier livre pour enfants Pacita, the Pacifier Fairy (sorti en 2020) a reçu un accueil enthousiaste aux États-Unis et a été adapté pour le marché chinois en 2022.Dans cet épisode, nous abordons :Ce qu'est le syndrome du nid videLe profils des parents les plus susceptibles d'être affectés par ce syndromeLes conseils pour anticiper cette transition de vieLes stratégies pour atténuer les sentiments de perte ou de vide et retrouver notre élanL'impact sur les relations familiales : les autres enfants, le coupleComment transformer et réinventer le lien avec son enfant.Comment gérer le retour d'un enfant et créer un nouvel équilibre de vie différent (pas comme avant). Si cet épisode vous a plu, découvrez aussi :ÉPISODE 39 | Notre façon d'être adulte fait-elle sens et envie pour les jeunes ? | Conversation avec Thomas d'AnsembourgÉPISODE 70 | Être perennial : rêver notre vie quelque soit notre âge | Conversation avec Josiane AsmaneÉPISODE 75 | La ménopause, une naissance à soi | Conversation avec Sophie Kune===================Comment soutenir ce podcast ?Le meilleur moyen de le faire est de vous abonner au podcast Shine! sur Apple Podcast, et d'y laisser votre avis en lui donnant 5 étoiles ! *Et bien sûr, n'hésitez pas à faire connaître Shine en le partageant à toutes les personnes qui vous sont chères et qui aspirent elles aussi à prendre le pouvoir sur leur v

Twenty years ago, the hexavalent chromium plume was discovered in the regional aquifer 1,000 feet below ground surface at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Since then the debate about how to remove the dangerous hexavalent chromium from the regional drinking water aquifer has been ongoing between LANL, the New Mexico Environment Department, and the public. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

In July 2022, the Department of Energy (DOE) awarded the Tularosa Basin Range Services, a Bechtel affiliate, a 10-year, $3 billion dollar management and operating contract for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) to continue the disposal of Cold War radioactive and hazardous wastes from the fabrication of plutonium-based nuclear weapons. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

In an utterly confusing move, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) released an environmental assessment for public review and comment that claims it contains the final remedy for the cleanup of the hexavalent chromium plume in the regional drinking water aquifer. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

On December 19 th , Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) released a draft environmental assessment that would allow the installation and operation of a 14-mile, 115 kiloVolt overhead electrical line basically in parallel to the two electrical lines that already cross the Caja del Rio Plateau and the Rio Grande to the Pajarito Plateau, where LANL is located. It is named the Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade, or EPCU Project. A thirty-day public comment period was announced, ending on Wednesday, January 17 th , 2024. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has a habit of releasing environmental documents requiring public comment during the winter holiday season. That habit continued this winter with not one, but two draft environmental assessments (EA). One involves the hexavalent chromium plume in Mortandad Canyon. The second, and the topic of this Update, is the proposed Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade Project where an approximately 14-mile, 115 kiloVolt overhead electrical line would be added to the two that already cross the Caja del Rio and the Rio Grande to the Pajarito Plateau, where LANL is located. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

Alan B. Carr currently serves as a Program Manager and the Senior Historian for Los Alamos National Laboratory. During his tenure as a Laboratory historian, which began in 2003, Alan has produced several publications and lectures pertaining to the Manhattan Project, nuclear testing history, and the historical evolution of LANL. He has lectured for numerous professional organizations and has been featured as a guest on many local, national, and international radio and television programs. Before coming to Los Alamos, Carr completed his graduate studies at Texas Tech University.EPISODE NOTES:Follow NucleCast on Twitter at @NucleCastEmail comments and story suggestions to NucleCast@anwadeter.orgSubscribe to NucleCast podcastRate the show

Alan B. Carr currently serves as a Program Manager and the Senior Historian for Los Alamos National Laboratory. During his tenure as a Laboratory historian, which began in 2003, Alan has produced several publications and lectures pertaining to the Manhattan Project, nuclear testing history, and the historical evolution of LANL. He has lectured for numerous professional organizations and has been featured as a guest on many local, national, and international radio and television programs. Before coming to Los Alamos, Carr completed his graduate studies at Texas Tech University.EPISODE NOTES:Follow NucleCast on Twitter at @NucleCastEmail comments and story suggestions to NucleCast@anwadeter.orgSubscribe to NucleCast podcastRate the show

Since at least 1999 Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has proposed running an additional 12-mile, 115 kilovolt electrical line to the two that already cross the Caja del Rio and the Rio Grande to the Pajarito Plateau, claiming it needs the additional power line to run its supercomputers. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

As Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) Director, Vahid Majidi is responsible for the management, operation, and strategic direction of SRNL. Employing approximately 1,000 technical and support staff, SRNL conducts research and development for diverse federal agencies, providing practical, cost-effective solutions for the nation's environmental, nuclear security, energy and manufacturing challenges. As the United States Department of Energy's Environmental Management Laboratory, SRNL provides strategic scientific and technological direction and program support for the nation's $6 billion per year legacy waste clean-up program.Dr. Majidi is a former member of the senior executive service with direct reporting responsibilities to the U.S. Secretary of Defense, U.S. Director of National Intelligence, and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He has more than 30 years of experience in the areas of chemistry, measurement science and technology, national and homeland security, science and technology policy, and nuclear nonproliferation.Dr. Majidi previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters, responsible for nuclear weapon surety and the acquisition and modernization of the nuclear weapons stockpile. From 2006-2012, Dr. Majidi served as Assistant Director for the FBI's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Directorate, responsible for coordinating and managing its equities, activities, and investigations involving WMD. In 2003, he was appointed Chief Science Advisor to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and was detailed to the DOJ from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), where he coordinated science and technology policy among DOJ component agencies and with state and local law enforcement entities. Dr. Majidi also served as the Chemistry Division Leader at LANL and was a tenured associate professor of chemistry at the University of Kentucky.Dr. Majidi is the President of the Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC (BSRA). BSRA brings world class expertise in laboratory management, nuclear operations, national security, and scientific research to Savannah River National Laboratory.EPISODE NOTES:Follow NucleCast on Twitter at @NucleCastEmail comments and story suggestions to NucleCast@anwadeter.orgSubscribe to NucleCast podcastRate the show

Please join the effort to submit public comments in support of the excavation of a 12-acre unlined dump at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Public comments are due to the New Mexico Environment Department by Monday, November 6 th at 5 pm Mountain Time. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

There are two measurements the Department of Energy (DOE) uses for the waste shipped for disposal in the deep underground repository at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), located 26 miles east of Carlsbad, New Mexico. The first measurement is the most important, which is the volume of waste measured in cubic meters. A cubic meter fits into a cube measuring 39 inches in width, depth and height. The second measurement is the number of waste shipments. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

Increasing numbers of workers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have tested positive for radiation exposure both at LANL and on foreign soils. Six employees and the equipment they used tested positive for exposures to radioactive Iodine-125 following official foreign travel to an unknown location in March. They traveled on commercial airlines and in personal vehicles. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

The comment period is open for the public to review the New Mexico Environment Department's recommendation to excavate the 11.8 acre unlined dump, called Material Disposal Area C, or MDA C, at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Public comments are due Monday, November 6 th . --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

It's been a "summer of Oppenheimer" in New Mexico. With the recent release of Christopher Nolan's bio-pic, interest in the historical figure has surged in the Land of Enchantment and lead to a renewed discussion about the "Father of the Atomic Bomb." This week, Chris and Gabby discuss the dynamic legacy of J. Robert Oppenheimer with guests from Los Alamos National Laboratory. The lab's lead historian offers an in-depth perspective on Christopher Nolan's film, as well as why LANL created its own new documentary about the Lab's first director. Listen to the full discussion to learn more about the pressure to create nuclear weapons during a deadly war, and how the conversation is still relevant today. How do his successors reflect on the ‘Father of the Atomic Bomb?' What kind of mission are scientists at Los Alamos focused on today?  This week's guests include:  Brye Steeves - Director of the National Security Research Center, located at LANL. Alan Carr - Los Alamos National Lab's Lead Historian Dave Tietmeyer - Producer of the NSRC Oppenheimer documentary, "Oppenheimer: Science, Mission, Legacy." Click here to watch the full trailer for LANL's National Security Research Center documentary about Oppenheimer, and read more about the lab's founding director. The full documentary should be available on the NSRC's website soon.  We appreciate our listeners! Send your feedback or story ideas to hosts chris.mckee@krqe.com or gabrielle.burkhart@krqe.com. We're also on X (formerly known as Twitter,) Facebook, or Instagram at @ChrisMcKeeTV and @gburkNM. For more on this episode and all of our prior episodes, visit our podcast website: KRQE.com/podcasts.  

This is a really special conversation.  Jenny McMath is going to give us an all-access pass to Los Alamos National Labs, aka "LANL" — LANL is where the most important, secretive, and secure research is happening in the United States and Jenny leads all furniture for the 8,000,000 square feet that makes up LANL. But — None of that is what makes this conversation so awesome.  It's Jenny's enthusiasm for getting the workplace right and her rock-solid belief that there is incredible potential to unlock through building better workplaces.Today – Jenny lets us into how she's orchestrating a post-pandemic workplace that meets the needs of her workforce and the mission of LANL.Click here to get your FREE copy of the Imagine a Place journalFollow Imagine a Place on Instagram: @imagineaplaceFollow Imagine a Place on LinkedIn

Photo:   A weapons-grade ring of electrorefined plutonium, typical of the rings refined at Los Alamos and sent to Rocky Flats for fabrication. The ring has a purity of 99.96%, weighs 5.3 kg, and is approx 11 cm in diameter. It is enough plutonium for one bomb core. The ring shape helps with criticality safety (less concentrated material). 1/2: #Ukraine: Kgs of Plutonium. Henry D. Sokolski @HenrySokolski, Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC).  Henry #Sokolski  @NuclearPolicy https://www.neimagazine.com/news/newsiaeas-grossi-at-davos-discusses-nuclear-power-iran-and-ukraine-9729661 ..  ..  ..  Permissions 1995  /  Source | Scanned from: Christensen, Dana (1995). "The Future of Plutonium Technology". Los Alamos Science(23): 170. Author | Los Alamos National Laboratory This image comes from Los Alamos National Laboratory, a national laboratory privately operated under contract from the United States Department of Energy by Los Alamos National Security, LLC betweeen October 1, 2007 and October 31, 2018. LANL allowed anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that the copyright holder is properly attributed. Redistribution, derivative work, commercial use, and all other use is permitted. LANL requires the following text be used when crediting images to it: (link) Unless otherwise indicated, this information has been authored by an employee or employees of the Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS), operator of the Los Alamos National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC52-06NA25396 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The U.S. Government has rights to use, reproduce, and distribute this information. The public may copy and use this information without charge, provided that this Notice and any statement of authorship are reproduced on all copies. Neither the Government nor LANS makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any liability or responsibility for the use of this information.