News Releases
National Security / Threat Reduction > Nonproliferation & Arms Control
Nonproliferation & Arms Control
Los Alamos Recovery Team Sets New Record
May 7 — With the delivery of a batch of radioactive pellets from a company in California, a Los Alamos team has now recovered 15,000 unused or unwanted radioactive sources.
NNSA satellite launched on Atlas-5 rocket
March 9 — A small-but-smart satellite experiment, the Cibola Flight Experiment (CFE) developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), launched at 10:10 p.m. EST last night aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas-5 rocket and was successfully placed in orbit 350 miles above Earth.
Sealed sources leave the Hill, destined for WIPP
August 17 — In the first shipment since May 2003, fourteen 55-gallon drums of radioactive sealed sources were shipped from storage at Los Alamos National Laboratory to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) on Thursday, July 28.
Los Alamos and Surrey Satellite contract for Cibola flight experiment platform
March 10 — Los Alamos National Laboratory and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) announced today a contract agreement for development of an advanced satellite platform for ionospheric and lightning studies.
Los Alamos tracking system helps flag route errors for WIPP trucks
January 11 —
A smart computer system developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory can now provide an almost instant alarm signal when nuclear waste transport drivers waver off course. For waste-carrying trucks bound for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, this is a timely addition to their on-board shipment-tracking systems
