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Rumor: LANS departs in September

Word is leaking out that it will be announced on Monday that LANS is departing in September and an interim management team will operate LANL until a new contract can be competed.

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Anonymous said…
Title subject says it all - nothing more than a RUMOR
Anonymous said…
NNSA just cannot get a bid going, NNSA is completely incapable of doing anything anymore. NNSA will need LANS to keep the machine running for several more years at the very least. The next contract will be exactly like the old contract or even worse, there is no way they can move away from the LLC model as the state of New Mexico will not and can not allow it. Maybe the actors will change but not the model and my guess is that it will be Bechtel again. LANL is a monetary white dwarf locked to a binary black hole systems of corporate profit and state revenue and there is no force in the universe that stop this system from collapsing until all the money is gone and the it is admitted that the lab can no longer function and must be shut down. It may last 10 years or more but this is it, all the players see it and are going to get as much cash as they can. The sad part is after it is all over people will ask "how could we have let this happen".
Anonymous said…
Under Napolitano, UC no longer has the brains or will power to redefine what is needed. Sponsor is morose. Funding inadequate. Customer is very both difficult and ignorant. UC better off leaving LANS.
Anonymous said…
No one with authority cares about this topic. Therefore the course is ballistic. Only details will change.

It will take a major upset, wmd disaster, accident, or enemy breakout to awaken the level of concern to stimulate helpful action.

Otherwise, the new normal.
Anonymous said…
Under Napolitano, UC no longer has the brains or will power to redefine what is needed. Sponsor is morose. Funding inadequate. Customer is very both difficult and ignorant. UC better off leaving LANS.

May 1, 2016 at 5:55 AM

Poster ignorant, inadequate, and confused. No one will employ, bitter and jealous. Poster dishonest and stupid.
Anonymous said…
May 1, 2016 at 9:09 AM

Poster repetitive and boring. And insulting. Is that you, Donald?
Anonymous said…

Poster repetitive and boring. And insulting. Is that you, Donald?

May 1, 2016 at 10:18 AM

Is that you Chris?

Mic drop
Anonymous said…

Its Monday, where is the news?
Anonymous said…
Does this mean all of the LANL people will quit posting here come September?
Anonymous said…
No, it means the LANL people will be the only ones posting here. LLNL is dead.

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