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UC is done!

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By scooby
UC is done with the whole thing, UNM and UNLV should run LLNL, LANL and Sandia. Unless someone can make money of this thing why bother? What is done at NNSA labs that cannot be done better and cheaper or not at all elsewhere? Bechtel can modernize an entire nation like Iraq to a more advanced level than Switzerland in a brutal war-zone but it cannot make workers have respect for management authority to NNSA labs? Tell me what is wrong with this picture and if you can you have the reason why UC has no interest in running these out of control labs.

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Anonymous said…
UC founded LLNL. It began as a division of LBNL. I know as a direct fact that neither UC (Regents or President) will surrender without a big fight a lab that UC started and carries the name of UC's first Nobel Laureate. The Govenor is also a Regent, and the state legislature would grill UC for not fighting to the end to keep another state's university out of California.
5/27/2016 8:17 PM
Anonymous said…
1. Read "Big Science" (Michael Hiltzik).
2. Know what you are talking about before you do it out loud.
5/27/2016 11:19 PM
Anonymous said…
Why would the UC want to remain involved with the NNSA labs? The whole system is a joke of its former self. This isn't 1950 either, the UC system doesn't support the NW mission anymore. There was exactly one opportunity to get the UC system involved, and that was at the beginning. Today, there is no reason why they would take on the bad PR and liability of being involved with NNSA.
5/28/2016 8:42 AM
Anonymous said…

Agreed there is no way UC wants anything to do with the pure mess that are the NNSA labs, if Bechtel cannot run these places than why would UC want to ran them, it just does not make any sense. There is no money, lots of headaches, cowboys, attitudes, arrogance, and jerks with Phd's, in other words a total mess.

For an completely unbiased and accurate account of the NNSA labs read " Los Alamos: Secret Colony, Hidden Truths — A Whistleblower’s Diary by Chuck Montano", it discusses the secret colony of the Los Alamos. It is a real page turner
5/28/2016 8:51 AM
Anonymous said…
More like a page burner !
5/28/2016 4:17 PM
Anonymous said…

More like a page burner !

May 28, 2016 at 4:17 PM

May Bechtel come and crush to death LANL and all the NNSA labs!!! Destroy them completely and leave nothing behind. Ur Rah!
5/28/2016 10:39 PM
Anonymous said…
I know of one defense contractor that took a look at the labs, then decided they did not want anything to do with them, and will not put in a bid or even try to get any contract work, going forward. I am not sure why. I will try to find out.
5/28/2016 11:28 PM
Anonymous said…
"Bechtel can modernize an entire nation like Iraq to a more advanced level than Switzerland in a brutal war-zone but it cannot make workers have respect for management authority to NNSA labs?"

What universe did this occur in? Certainly not this one.
5/29/2016 1:58 AM
Anonymous said…
"Bechtel can modernize an entire nation like Iraq to a more advanced level than Switzerland in a brutal war-zone but it cannot make workers have respect for management authority to NNSA labs?"

As shown in these statistics:

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/switzerland/gdp-per-capita

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/iraq/gdp-per-capita

Another example of why Bechtel is a disaster. Can't even read and understand the numbers. Called functional illiteracy.
5/29/2016 7:19 AM
Anonymous said…
Right, like statistics cannot be manipulated.....how 'bout facts?
5/29/2016 8:37 AM
Anonymous said…
Every UC employee is smarter than Hillary Clinton. Thaey can use a computer and actually follow handling guidance.
5/30/2016 9:32 PM
Anonymous said…
No evidence.
5/30/2016 9:33 PM
Anonymous said…
May 30, 2016 at 9:32 PM

What are you babbling about?
6/01/2016 7:19 PM
Anonymous said…
A UC-Battelle LLC for LLNL makes the most sense and would be a home run bidding team. Remember that the Battelle CEO Jeff Wadsworth was a Deputy Director at LLNL.

http://www.battelle.org/about-us/leadership/management

I just pray that UC doesn't try this for LANL and fail, which might discourage them from going with UC-Battelle for LLNL.
6/03/2016 3:35 PM
Anonymous said…
LANL is going to become a true "One Company" town.... a Bechtel "One Company" town.
6/05/2016 3:17 PM
Anonymous said…
LANL is not a "town."
6/06/2016 12:50 PM
Anonymous said…
Up is not "down."
6/07/2016 6:01 AM
Anonymous said…
I say we turn it all over to Trump University. They have a proven record.
6/07/2016 2:54 PM
Anonymous said…
Where is your evidence of a proven record??? Such sloppiness.
6/09/2016 3:55 AM
Anonymous said…
The "proven record" is one of fraud, lies, misrepresentation, greed, and pretend innocence, i.e., the essence of Trump. Hopefully, Trump's "wall" will surround only him and be made of steel bars.
6/09/2016 1:27 PM
Anonymous said…

Hello May 28, 2016 at 10:39 PM

Hillary is that you?

Sounds like you and your swine inbred brothers and sisters at Bechtel....
7/02/2016 7:28 PM
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