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Los Alamos National Laboratory marks 20 years without full-scale nuclear testing
The test, code named “Divider,” was detonated on Sept. 23, 1992 as the last of an eight-test series called “Julin.” - 9/26/12
Los Alamos National Laboratory names Jeffrey Mousseau Associate Director of Environmental Programs
Mousseau currently works for the Lab’s transuranic waste disposal program. - 9/18/12
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Other News from LANL
- Los Alamos National Laboratory marks 20 years without full-scale nuclear testing The test, code named “Divider,” was detonated on Sept. 23, 1992 as the last of an eight-test series called “Julin.”September 26, 2012
- Los Alamos National Laboratory names Jeffrey Mousseau Associate Director of Environmental Programs Mousseau currently works for the Lab’s transuranic waste disposal program. September 18, 2012
- Los Alamos provides HOPE for radiation belt storm probes The HOPE analyzer is one of a suite of instruments that was successfully launched as part of the Radiation Belt Storm Probe mission.August 30, 2012
- Los Alamos researcher named as American Chemical Society Fellow Kristin Omberg named for her contributions to national security as a “technical leader in detecting and mitigating biological threats” and to the ACS community.August 30, 2012
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