WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news on Jan. 9, 2025: * * * Visit to Los Alamos National Lab highlights commitment to deterrence * * * In November 2024, the Nuclear Weapons Council, staff and affiliates visited Los Alamos National Laboratory to mark the first production unit of a W87-1 plutonium pit, an achievement for the United States that hasn't been accomplished since the 1980s. The daylong visit included a tour of  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Benjamin Manard, a nuclear analytical chemist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named the 2025 winner of the Emerging Leader in Atomic Spectroscopy Award from Spectroscopy magazine. He leads the Chemical and Isotopic Mass Spectrometry group in ORNL's Chemical Sciences Division. The magazine, which is published by MJH Associates, sup  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL's Benjamin Manard is an emerging leader in atomic spectroscopy. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept of Energy Benjamin Manard, a nuclear analytical chemist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named the 2025 winner of the Emerging Leader in Atomic Spectroscopy Award from Spectroscopy magazine. He leads the Chemical and Isotopic  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news: * * * In January 2025, NNSA Administrator Jill Hruby posted the following as a letter in Science, in response to the June 2024 article titled "The weapons potential of high-assay low-enriched uranium." * * * On Jan. 2, 2025, NNSA Administrator Jill Hruby posted the following as an e-letter in Science, in response to the June 2024 article titled "The weapons potential of hig  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news: On December 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) completed the Last Production Unit (LPU) of the B61-12 Life Extension Program (LEP). The B61-12 is the latest modification to the B61 family of gravity bombs, which are deployed from U.S. Air Force and North Atlantic Treaty Organization bases. The B61 family of bombs has over   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news: * * * NNSA has published its Draft Site-Wide Environment Impact Statement (SWEIS) for Los Alamos National Laboratory assessing current and future impacts of the Lab's operations. 60-day public review and comment period available, public hearings scheduled for February * * * The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has published its D  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (TNSFR) -- The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), part of the U.S. Department of Energy, has released a Draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for the continued operation of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). This document, required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), evaluates the potential environmental impacts of ongoing and new operations at the facility, including the construction of new buildings and upgrades to existing  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: Sandia National Laboratories is collaborating with other research institutions to head off a potential future energy crisis that could be driven in part by artificial intelligence. "We face an unprecedented microelectronics energy efficiency challenge," Sandia's Jeffrey Nelson said. "Computing alone is projected to consume a significant portion of the total planetary  more