Los Alamos National Laboratory sponsors 16th Hazmat Challenge
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Competition tests skills of hazardous materials response teams
LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, July 31, 2012
What: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) hosts 16th annual Hazmat Challenge.
Who: Fifteen hazardous materials response teams from New Mexico, Texas, Missouri and Oklahoma respond to simulated hazardous materials emergencies such as a rail car, a clandestinelaboratory, transportation and industrial piping scenarios, a simulated radiological release, and more. The finale of the Hazmat Challenge is an obstacle course; teams are graded on their response skills.
When: Aug. 7-10, 2012
Where: Technical Area 49, LANL.
More information: A video about the Hazmat Challenge is on the Laboratory’s YouTube channel.
News media representatives interested in attending the Hazmat Challenge can contact the Communications Office at (505) 667-7000 to coordinate travel to the site. Photo opportunities.
July
- Frontiers in Science Lectures
- Hazmat Challenge
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- Presidential Early Career Award
- Scientists Among Duke-Led Consortium
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