LOS ALAMOS, N.M., April 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers Earl Lawrence and James Wendelberger, both in the Lab's Statistical Sciences group, were named Fellows by the American Statistical Association (ASA). "I am pleased to see Earl and James recognized by the American Statistical Association and I congratulate both of them," said Irene Qualters, associate Laboratory director for S  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics issued the following testimony by Michael A. Meyer, lead scientist for the Mars Exploration Program of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, as part of a video conference hearing entitled "What Do Scientists Hope to Learn with NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover?" on April 29, 2021: * * * I am honored to appear before this Subcommittee to discuss Mars science and the role that the Perseverance rover pla  more

LIVERMORE, California, May 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: In inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), a spherical shell of deuterium-tritium fuel is imploded in an attempt to reach the conditions needed for fusion, self-heating and eventual ignition. Since theory and simulations indicate that ignition efficacy in one-dimension (1D) improves with increasing imploded fuel   more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report: MEMORANDUM FOR: Christopher J. Roscetti, Technical Director FROM: J.W. Plaue and D. Gutowski, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for Week Ending April 9, 2021 Plutonium Facility-Safety Basis: On Monday, facility personnel took safety basis required actions after receiving information questioning whether they were appr  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: Analysis of data from a lightning mapper and a small, hand-held radiation detector has unexpectedly shed light on what a gamma-ray burst from lightning might look like - by observing neutrons generated from soil by very large cosmic-ray showers. The work took place at the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Cosmic Ray Observatory in Mexico. "This was an acciden  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) announced the approval of the Critical Decision 1 (CD-1) milestone for the Los Alamos Plutonium Pit Production Project (LAP4) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). CD-1 approval marks the completion of the project definition phase and the conceptual design as part of DOE's Order 413  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: Licensing expert Bob Westervelt, who has worked to transfer Sandia National Laboratories technologies in the medical, solar and hydrogen production fields, received the 2021 Outstanding Technology Transfer Professional Award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium. The consortium, a network that honors significant technology transfer accomplishments among more tha  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 27 (TNSRes) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Laura Simmons Dr. Karim Ahmed, assistant professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas &M University, will collaborate with Dr. Anders David Ragnar Andersson at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to conduct research to better understand the breakdown of nuclear fuel. In order to extend the nuclear fuel cycle, the heavy metals that compose the fuel must have  more