Total employees: 13,137 Triad National Security, LLC: 9,397 Centerra Group, LLC Los Alamos (Guard Force): 281 Compa, Staff and support contractors: 478 Students: 1,323 Unionized craft workers: 1,160 Post doctoral researchers: 498
Place
Located 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on 34.7 square miles of DOE-owned property.
1,280 individual facilities, including 47 technical areas with 9 million square feet under roof.
Replacement value of $14.2 billion
Budget
FY17: 63% Weapons programs 10% Nonproliferation programs 4% Safeguards and Security 7% Environmental Management 4% DOE Office of Science 3% Energy and other programs 9% Work for Others
Demographics
Triad and students only 35% of employees live in Los Alamos, the remainder commute from Santa Fe, Española, Taos and Albuquerque.
Average Age: 43 65% male, 35% female 45% minorities 67% university degrees 27% hold undergraduate degrees 19% hold master’s degrees 21% have earned a PhD
Awards
145 R&D100 awards 34 E.O. Lawrence Awards 9 Presidential Early Career Awards 3 Glenn Seaborg Medals Edward Teller Medal Nobel Prize in Physics, Frederick Reines
Directions
Albuquerque to Los Alamos, NM 98 miles; 1 hr, 51 min. Driving directions