ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 24 -- TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC, Los Alamos, New Mexico has been assigned a patent (No. US 12339068 B1, initially filed May 3, 2024) developed by six inventors Robert Stowers Reid, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Morgan T. Biel, Los Alamos, New Mexico; Lindsey M. Gaspar, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Kirk Weisbrod, Los Alamos, New Mexico; Katrina M. Sweetland, Los Alamos, New Mexico; and Robert A. Zimmerman, Los Alamos, New Mexico, for "Heat pipe wick formation."  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following activity report for the week ending June 6, 2025: * * * TO: Technical Director FROM: Los Alamos Site Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending June 6, 2025 Plutonium Facility--Criticality Safety: Facility personnel identified a concern that materials that are effective neutron reflectors may not be explicitly bounded b  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 24 -- TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC, Los Alamos, New Mexico has been assigned a patent (No. US 12337394 B1, initially filed March 10, 2023) developed by Mark Justin Smith, Los Alamos, New Mexico, for "Quick change tool block adapter, systems, and methods."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 24 -- DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Angeles, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12337523 B2, initially filed Dec. 17, 2021) developed by seven inventors R. Bruce Madigan, Butte, Montana; Mark J. Cola, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Scott Betts, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Darren Beckett, Corrales, New Mexico; Alberto M. Castro, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Lars Jacquemetton, Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Martin Piltch, Los Alamos, New Mexico, for "Sensor deconfliction in multila  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48194) on June 23, 2025, entitled "The U.S. Nuclear Security Enterprise: Background and Possible Issues for Congress" by defense policy analyst Anya L. Fink. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Created in 2000, the Department of Energy's (DOE's) semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is responsible for managing the U.S. stockpile of nuclear warheads that the Department   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48194) on June 23, 2025, entitled "The U.S. Nuclear Security Enterprise - Background and Possible Issues for Congress:" (Continued from Part 1 of 3) * * * Nuclear Security Enterprise Facilities Title 50, Section 2501 of the U.S. Code (50 U.S.C. Sec.2501) defines the NNSA "nuclear security enterprise" (NSE) as "the physical facilities, technology, and human capital of the national security la  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48194) on June 23, 2025, entitled "The U.S. Nuclear Security Enterprise - Background and Possible Issues for Congress:" (Continued from Part 2 of 3) * * * Possible Issues for Congress As Congress conducts oversight of DOE's and NNSA's management, operations, and programs, and also authorizes and appropriates funds for NNSA Weapons Activities, it may address a range of issues. This section of  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New Mexico. *** Rod Stand ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 24 -- An inventor from Los Lunas, New Mexico, David Maestas has been awarded a patent (No. US 12336521 B2, initially filed Aug. 2, 2023) for "Rod stand." *** Quick Change Tool Block Adapter, Systems, and Methods ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 24 -- TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC, Los Alamos, New Mexico has been assigned a patent (No. US 12337394 B1, initia  more