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The LANL ASC multiscale, multiphysics codes are continually incorporating fuller physics models that are closer to nature, thereby reducing reliance on calibration of parameters and building a more flexible predictive capability. This increased flexibility allows us to address physical regimes that have not or cannot be tested, or to address anomalous situations. Photo credit: LeRoy Sanchez
Building the Future at Los AlamosBeing the premier national security science laboratory requires unparalleled science and engineering innovation, strong leadership, and excellence in operations.
The Laboratory’s role is to anticipate, innovate, and deliver to meet a broad range of national security challenges. These challenges include maintaining the effectiveness of the nation’s nuclear deterrent, supporting the nation’s nonproliferation and threat reduction priorities, and addressing emerging national security issues with urgency and agility. A strong basic research program that interweaves the multidisciplinary talents of Lab scientists and our unique facilities is essential to this mission. Our reputation in science is extremely strong; I am committed to creating a future where our impact and role will be equally strong. As part of this effort, we are demonstrating an institution-wide commitment to excellence in operations, safety, and security that will bolster our reputation. We must be a leader in integrating science and operational excellence as a model for the DOE complex. In our first fiscal year of operations under Los Alamos National Security (LANS, LLC) we achieved important operational and technical successes. These were highlighted in the 2007 annual report for the LANS Board of Governors and in the 2007 year-end newsletter at http://www.lanl.gov/news. The Los Alamos staff has contributed to a number of strategic activities recently, demonstrating continued passion concerning the future vitality of our science and technology. Eight Grand Challenges were developed, with broad staff participation, in a series of workshops in 2006-2007. The Grand Challenges are dynamic, far-reaching, and ambitious, so that our scientific and technical capabilities address national needs as they evolve. Three strategic thrusts that crosscut the Grand Challenges have been established:
Supporting these thrusts, the Laboratory is pursuing a new experimental signature facility, (MaRIE, to study matter-radiation interactions in extreme environments) and building a petaflop supercomputing facility, Roadrunner. These science priorities and facilities support our core mission, and enable our targeted program growth areas: Global Threat Reduction and Energy Security. Over the last 65 years, we have encountered and overcome many challenges. We must continue to adapt, invest in, and develop our future as one Laboratory. I ask for your continued commitment to create this future together. Michael Anastasio, Director  |
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Los Alamos National Laboratory plays an indispensable role in building America as a science and technology powerhouse, and our staff are an incredible resource to the nation and the world. Building the Future lays out our approach for maintaining a vital Laboratory, our vision of how Los Alamos should evolve in the next decade and beyond, and concrete steps for how we will get there. This document is not a strategic plan, rather it describes the guiding principles by which Los Alamos senior managers define priorities and make decisions related to programs, capabilities, and operations.