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 Newsletters
2004
December 2004
A Savannah River Site helicopter In this issue:
  • NNSA Supercomputers Among the Fastest in the World
  • NNSA's Life Extension Program Meets Defense Needs Without Testing or New Weapons
  • NNSA Ombudsmen Work to Resolve Workplace Concerns
  • Kansas City Plant is World Leader in Detecting Organic Contaminants and Testing Cleanliness
  • Savannah River Site Aviation Program Earns Second Award From Aviation Administration
  • LANL "Holdup" Specialists Hit Kazakhstan Site
  • Office of Secure Transportation Competes in 2004 Defender Challenge
  • Sandia Z Machine Refurbished to Advance Fusion Capabilities and Serve Weapons Program
  • Dr. Steven Aoki Named Acting Deputy Undersecretary for Counterterrorism
  • Livermore Projects Receive Awards from Public Relations Society of America
  • NNSA Staffer Volunteers Time for Indian Community Projects
  • U.S. and Indonesia Governments Sign Arrangement on Nuclear Safeguards
November 2004
Energy Secretary Abraham signs the first rack for the BlueGene/L supercomputer In this issue:
  • New LLNL Computer, A Work in Progress, Is World's Fastest
  • NNSA Employee Wins Service to America Award
  • Secret Mission By U.S., Russia Recovers HEU
  • Livermore, Sandia Researchers Win Presidential Early Career Awards for Outstanding Work
  • HEU Transparency Program Marks Three Major Milestones
  • Los Alamos Instrument Survives Satellite Crash, Provides Important Scientific Data
  • Management Team Complete at NNSA Service Center
  • NNSA Expands Efforts to Combat Illicit Smuggling
  • Livermore and Los Alamos Scientists Win E.O. Lawrence Awards for Nuclear Science Work
  • NNSA Assists Security Success at '04 Olympics
  • Pantex Wins P2 Award for Community Outreach
October 2004
Jerry Paul visits the Office of Secure Transportation Western Command in Albuquerque, NM In this issue:
  • Jerry Paul Confirmed as NNSA Deputy Administrator
  • Y-12 Awards New HEU Storage Facility Contract
  • NNSA Helps Train ICBM Convoy Security Personnel
  • LLNL's Ted Saito Receives Exceptional Public Service Award
  • Pantex Works With DoD on Environmentally Friendly Solvents
  • Don't Hedge Your Bets on JASPER Shots
  • Sandia, Navy Plan New Carriers
  • Sandia Rocket Sled Track Celebrates 50 Years of Service
  • NNSA Volunteer Raises Soldier's Spirits With Gift
  • LANL Advances The Art and Science of Silica Aerogels
September 2004
NASA's Mercury MESSENGER spacecraft In this issue:
  • NNSA Researchers Capture Twelve Awards for Top Industrial Innovations
  • Spent Nuclear Fuel Returned to the United States from Germany
  • Savannah River Tritium Facility Wins Secretary's Project Management Award
  • Pantex Reaches Plutonium Pit Repackaging Milestone
  • NNSA Managers Win Award for Outstanding Work
  • Mercury MESSENGER Carriers Livermore Technology
  • There's a KCP Safety Professional of the Year (SPY) in Town
  • U.S., Russian Lab Directors Advocate Global Expansion of New Nuclear Energy Technologies
  • Sandia Labs Supercomputer to be World's Fastest
  • Livermore "Got Science?" Extravaganza Huge Success
  • Los Alamos Helps Map the Evolution of a Virus
  • Unique Sandia Labs Facility Celebrates Ten Years of Making the World a Safer Place
  • Livermore Researchers Develop Hybrid Fuel Tank
August 2004
The Atlas Machine at the Nevada Test Site In this issue:
  • U.S. Removes Iraqi Nuclear and Radiological Materials
  • NNSA Plants Play Major Role in Stockpile Stewardship
  • KCP Cyber Security Has Cure for Computer Virus Infections
  • NTS Atlas Pulse Ready to Beat
  • NNSA Provides Unique Experience for Summer Interns
  • LLNL Replaces Substandard Facilities With FIRP Funding
  • LANL Scientist Fred Begay Selected to New York Academy of Sciences for Lifetime Achievements
  • Space Simulator Models the Universe on a Budget
  • Laboratory Diversity Calendar Gets DOE Award
  • Bechtel Scientist Develops Geiger Counter for Pets
July 2004
A high southwest view of Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico In this issue:
  • Brooks Submits Stockpile Report to Congress
  • Nevada's Kathy Carlson Focuses on People
  • DOE to Conduct Separate Competition for Los Alamos and Livermore National Labs
  • Andrew Bieniawski Departs DOE Moscow Office
  • Sandia Knowledge Management Program Launches Tool for Accessing Insights of Retired Weaponeers
  • NNSA Participates in Government-Wide Security Exercise
  • NNSA Nonproliferation Experts Helping Foreign Governments Lock Up Dirty Bomb Ingredients
  • NNSA Engineer Discovers Wealth of Opportunities at DOE NNSA
  • Pollution Prevented, Money Saved at Y-12
  • Scientists Develop Novel Fluorescent Thermometer
June 2004
Radioactive Sealed Sources Being Placed in an Underground Storage Shaft at LANL In this issue:
  • NNSA Surpasses Congressional Target of Recovering Orphaned Radioactive Sources
  • Administrator Brooks Gives Pollution Prevention Awards at Savannah River
  • Infrastructure Update: Milestone Reached at SRS Facility
  • Secretary Abraham Launches Refocused DOE Global Threat Reduction Initiative
  • KCP Chemical Database Will Provide Better Materials With Greater Safety and Cost Savings
  • Livermore Lab Engineer Chosen to be Astronaut
  • NIH Chooses Los Alamos to Model Disease Outbreaks
  • Desert Lab Models Sea Ice Role in Climate
  • Three Sandians Named to 2004 List of Most Influential Hispanics in Technology, Business
  • Security Clearance Processing Time Decreasing
May 2004
Energy Secretary Abraham outside the new Sandia Joint Computational Engineering Laboratory In this issue:
  • Secretary Launches Security Initiatives
  • Abraham Dedicates New Sandia Facility
  • New Fusion Program Oversight Manager Proposed
  • Brooks Names Arkin and Wilmot as New Managers for Savannah River and Los Alamos Site Offices
  • New Sandian Works with Rural Communities in Mexico and Central America on Sustainable Energy Projects
  • NNSA to Implement Security Workforce Study Suggestions
  • Infrastructure Update: New Construction Funding Tool Works at LLNL
  • Safeguards and Security Standdown at Sandia Results in Recommendations to Reduce Risks
  • KCP Trailer Production Reaches Safety Milestone
April 2004
NIF workers install beampath In this issue:
  • NIF Essential to Stockpile Stewardship Program
  • Russian Language Class Led to Career for NNSA Non-Proliferation Staff Member
  • Sandia's MiniSAR Offers Great Promise for Reconnaissance and Precision-Guided Weapons
  • NNSA Names Steve Taylor Manager of Kansas City Site
  • Laboratory Communicators Capture 40 Awards
  • Livermore Develops Test Containment Vessel
  • Los Alamos Weapons Program Restructured
  • Neutron Science Center at Los Alamos Helps Test Circuits for Failures from Cosmic Rays
  • Operation Synergy: NNSA Exercises with Federal, State, Local Emergency Response
  • Survey Names LLNL a Top Workplace for Postdocs
March 2004
Tri-lab Computing In this issue:
  • Advanced Computing Program Enhances NNSA Laboratory Integration, Cooperation
  • NNSA Program to Engage Iraqi Scientists
  • Krol Named NNSA Administrator for Emergency Operations
  • DSP Satellite Includes Nuclear Detection Payload
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory Computer Scientist Honored as Asian American Engineer of the Year
  • Tritium Extraction Facility Heads Toward '05 Finish
  • Patty Wagner is New Sandia Site Office Manager
  • KCP and Pantex Form Partnership, Improve Performance
  • Sandia Begins Major Test Capabilities Upgrade
  • KCP Navigation System Aids Sophisticated Target Practice
  • Sandia Receives Pollution Prevention Best in Class Awards
February 2004
Vilnius Airport in Lithuania In this issue:
  • Lithuanian Airport Gets Rad Detection System
  • President Nominates Jerald Paul for NNSA Post
  • Laboratory Employees Recognized by Native American Science and Engineering Society
  • NNSA Coast Guard Officer Receives Bronze Star for Iraq War Contributions
  • Security Research Facility Opens at Livermore
  • Y-12 Tests New Diskless Computer Technology
  • SRS Aviation Program Earns National Recognition
  • Cyber Security Programs Consolidated at Nevada
  • BWXT Y-12 Wins Top Small Business Award
  • Fly Me to the Moons- of Jupiter
  • Pioneer Scientist Honored with Laboratory Medal
  • Sandia Develops Source Tracking System
  • Pantex Lends Fire Trucks to Amarillo College
January 2004
HEU Returned from Bulgaria In this issue:
  • U.S. Nonproliferation Efforts Continue as Nuclear Material is Removed from Bulgaria
  • NNSA Dismantles Last Nuclear Artillery Shell
  • Kansas City Plant's PIRATE Ready to Set Sail
  • Y-12 Develops Mobile Medical Shelter System
  • NNSA Biologist Works with Law Enforcement, Other Agencies on Anti-Terrorism Task Force
  • Infrastructure Update: Roof Management Contract in Place
  • Los Alamos Program Recovers Orphaned Radioactive Sources
  • Nuclear Radiological Threat Reduction Task Force
  • BWXT Y-12 and Tennessee State University Strengthen Mentoring-Protege Agreement
  • NNSA Portal Receives Administrator's Gold Medal
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