A nuclear blast equation used by the US military for decades to guide the construction of bombproof shelters is not always accurate, according to a new study by Chinese researchers.
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Blog rules
- Stay on topic.
- No profanity, threatening language, pornography.
- NO NAME CALLING.
- No political debate.
- Posts and comments are posted several times a day.
Sunday, December 27, 2020
Jennifer Granholm and the awesome Department of Energy
By L. King, White House Chronicle
December 19, 2020President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to nominate Jennifer Granholm — former governor of Michigan, lawyer, politician and television host — to be the next secretary of energy is curious.
The idea circulating is that her primary assignment, in Biden’s mind, will be to speed Detroit’s development of electric vehicles.
Friday, December 25, 2020
More on Biden and Nuc spending
WSJ: Biden to Review U.S. Nuclear-Weapons Programs, With Eye Toward Cuts
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-to-review-u-s-nuclear-weapons-programs-with-eye-toward-cuts-11608805800WASHINGTON—The incoming Biden administration is planning a review of the nation’s $1.2 trillion nuclear-modernization program with an eye toward trimming funding for nuclear weapons and reducing their role in Pentagon strategy.
President-elect Joe Biden promised during the campaign to reduce the U.S.’s “excessive expenditure” on nuclear arms and criticized President Trump’s decision to develop new sea-based weapons, including a submarine-launched cruise missile.
The new administration is also likely to review the Pentagon’s decision to develop a new land-based intercontinental ballistic missile, which is estimated to cost more than $100 billion when its warhead is included, some former officials said.
“We have to modernize our deterrent,” said one former official. “But we cannot spend the amount of money that is currently being allocated.”
The expectation that Mr. Biden will take a fresh look at the modernization programs has spurred a debate over the future of the U.S. nuclear deterrent.
The debate has also been driven by Mr. Biden’s campaign pledge to narrow the role that nuclear weapons play in the U.S. military doctrine, stating that their “sole purpose” should be to deter or respond to a nuclear attack.
Biden to review excessive Nuc spending
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
COVID relief and LANL and LLNL
Thursday, December 17, 2020
More about the scandal
MICROSOFT hacked! Sad!
Russian hackers!
New scandal.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9064709/Russian-hack-federal-government-hard-overstate-says-ex-homeland-security-adviser.html
Russian hackers breached Microsoft as part of their campaign that infiltrated the US nuclear weapon stockpile network, the Los Alamos lab and the Energy Department, officials reveal
What the hell is going on?
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Sunday, December 13, 2020
Question
Is there an effective way to put the kibosh on a Tech Associate promotional review on a 500 series tech?
Towards "An artificial sun"
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/towards-artificial-sun-will-china-win-nuclear-fusion-race
Beijing has a lot of irons in the global energy market fire, facing off against Russia for nuclear energy dominance in Africa, ramping up coal-fired capacity abroad while simultaneously touting its lofty decarbonization plans back at home, and now, powering up a brand new, cutting-edge “artificial sun.”
The so-called sun is a nuclear fusion reactor which came online for the first time last week, “marking a great advance in the country's nuclear power research capabilities,” according to a report by Science X Network’s Phys.org.
Friday, December 11, 2020
Trump order to dismantle 'deep state'
The Department of Energy is advancing an executive order from Trump that could make it easier to fire agency workers.
What would he do a thing like this?
llnlthetruestory is 13 years old today
December 11th 2007, the start of this blog. It was intended to replace the short-lived llnlthefinalstory blog and as a step up from llnltherealstory one.
As llnltherealstory sank into a period of virulent insults among LANL employees and inflammatory remarks towards LLNL's, it was time to begin a new blog that encourages intelligent debate.
The torch was lit and LANL readers saw it and hopped on fast. Participation shot up and moderation was challenging despite clear blog rules.
On the 1st anniversary, I asked for a volunteer to take it over. I heard the echo of my own voice.
Since then, I had brief help from "Doobydew" whose nickname I still use today. Thanks Doobydew! whoever you are. I also hard help from a tech-savvy guy named "TheEvil Eye". Thank you.
With some exceptions, LANL dominated this blog negatively and disregarded civility and the call for intelligent debate. That made moderation that much difficult.
13 years later, many have questioned the relevance of this platform. I believe there is a need to have a place where issues are brought up, abuse is reported, important information is passed.
What does everyone think?
Julian/Scooby/Doobydew
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
COVID cases at LANL
370 cases for employees LANL so far, 238 fully recovered. Los Alamos county has only 176 cases.
I am guessing the people are catching it elsewhere than at work.
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