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People

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.
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As of Aug. 18, 2020

NEW ISSUE: Winter 2020

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National Security Science

NSS showcases the importance, breadth, and depth of the Lab"s scientific and technical work for solving challenges to national security to policy makers, the general public, academia, and scientific and technical experts.

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Frequency: 3 times a year

1663

The Lab's science and technology magazine presents some of the most significant research initiatives and accomplishments of the Laboratory to a diverse audience. The articles cover topics from the entire portfolio of national-security-related programs, as well as from the discretionary research projects that advance the frontiers of basic science.

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Frequency: 3 times a year

Community Connections

News and opportunities for the Lab's neighbors and friends, with a primary focus on economic development, education and community giving.

To be added to the email distribution, contact connections@lanl.gov.
Frequency: monthly

Actinide Research Quarterly (ARQ)

This publication of the Glenn T. Seaborg Institute for Transactinium Science, a part of the National Security Education Center in the LANL Institutes Office. ARQ highlights progress in actinide science in such areas as process chemistry, metallurgy, surface and separation sciences, atomic and molecular sciences, and more.