According to security and safeguards division there continue to be no known immediate threats to the Laboratory. Laboratory management, as always, continues to closely monitor the security status of the Laboratory and will take reasonable and prudent precaution as required.
The Laboratory has implemented several actions to achieve SECON 2 by increasing security patrols and establishing additional traffic controls at key Laboratory locations and maintaining the Pajarito Road corridor restrictions, as well as other less visible activities. It is not known at this time how long the Laboratory will remain at SECON 2; typically the Laboratory follows the upgrading and downgrading of the national terrorist threat levels.
Pajarito Road is currently limited to badge holders only. This restriction has remained in place continuously since the Laboratory upgraded to SECON 2 in February 2003 and will remain in place until further notice, regardless of SECON level. One badge holder per vehicle will be required and that badge holder will be responsible for any other passengers in the vehicle.
To lessen the possibility of traffic tie-ups, Laboratory personnel and area motorists are encouraged to seek alternative routes unless they have a specific need to enter the Pajarito Road corridor.
Los Alamos enhances global security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile, developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction, and solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health and national security concerns.
Los Alamos National Laboratory, a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security, is operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, a team composed of Bechtel National, the University of California, The Babcock & Wilcox Company, and Washington Group International for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.
Los Alamos enhances national security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile, developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction, and solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health, and global security concerns.