This is insane!

 Covid is skyrocketing in the US with record number of cases. At the same time LANL plans to go back to full time or at least 80% onsite work next week. This is insane, what where they thinking?

Discrimination at Sandia

 Sandia accused of racism. Lawsuit filed:

https://www.abqjournal.com/2455361/asian-american-scientist-accuses-sandia-operators-of-discrimination-e.html

Vaccine mandate suspended at LLNL

 According to news outlets, COVID-19 vaccine mandates at LLNL have been suspended until further notice.

Chinese ties

 Not a very good day for Chinese intelligence operations in the US:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charles-lieber-harvard-professor-guilty-hiding-ties-china/

Marvin Adams to lead NNSA Defense Programs.

 JASON Marvin Adams nominated by Biden Administration to lead NNSA Defense Programs.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/O/2021/12/15/president-biden-announces-key-diplomatic-and-agency-nominees/

OMICRON!

 OMICRON!

Do the labs go in lockdown again. The story at LANL is we go back full time in Jan, just when OMICRON! gets going. OMICRON! 

By the way Colorado said Covid done so do as you please, maybe the labs should do the same thing. Fire anyone is not boosted, fire anyone who gets Covid and we are good to go.

NNSA Rethinking Pivot From Fusion

 Good News for Future NNSA Funding of NIF Inertial Confinement Fusion Experiments?

"Record Setting NIF Experiment Has NNSA Rethinking Pivot From Fusion"

"An Aug. 8 experiment at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility that dazzled scientists, weapons-focused and otherwise, has the National Nuclear Security Administration rethinking plans to focus the facility more strictly on nuclear-weapons…"

Sorry in advance. The rest of the article requires a subscription. Question: Is this NNSA "rethinking" up to date or just a lag response to the August 2021 NIF inertial confinement fusion experiment, or does the NNSA "rethinking" include the 3 subsequent NIF inertial confinement fusion experiments too?

https://www.exchangemonitor.com/record-setting-nif-experiment-has-nnsa-rethinking-pivot-from-fusion/

900 parking spots

 900 new parking spots added under Triad. That’s all folks! Billions wasted but at least there are parking spaces.

Blasting 'woke' math movement

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10288277/Hundreds-professors-sign-letter-blasting-woke-math-movement-eliminate-advanced-classes.html#reader-comments

Hundreds of college professors - including Ivy League - sign open letter blasting 'woke' math movement to eliminate 'discriminative' advanced classes and say it will put American kids at HUGE disadvantage.

At least the labs can always people from overseas who can do math.

Vaccine at the labs

 2nd court issues injunction for the COVID vax. What does the lab do with those who haven't taken the jab now?

Russian invasion impact

 https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KLfS5NPqxhYn4AV4RXNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1638706894/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.foxnews.com%2fworld%2fus-russia-ukraine-invasion-2022-biden-putin/RK=2/RS=.IyVDErqt4bWqWR7PgXwJVDDWkA-

Russian may be planning to invade Ukraine. If this happens could it lead to a US - Russia conflict or even a limited nuclear exchange. How could this effect the labs.

Ignition efforts fall short

 https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.2.20211203a/full/

Isn't odd?

I find it very very odd that a real investigative reporter has not reviewed the near concurrent departure of NNSA LANS Field Office Manager Lebak at or about the time LANL Director McMIllan stepped out of LANL management. Was Lebak complicit with something not made public?

Voluntary nuclear waste sites

 https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/583671-energy-department-to-seek-feedback-on-voluntary-nuclear-waste