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  Is the NIF a ignition achievement worthy of a Nobel Prize? I have my own options but didn’t want to bias the question.

  DeVry University in Arizona use to offer 3 Electronics Technology Degrees, a BSET, an ASET, and an AAET, which was basically Electronics “Lite”, with minimal math and science requirements. UC/LLNL hired at least one DeVry Arizona college student (that I know of), who had not even completed 1 year of his AAET, which was the Electronics Lite Certificate portion of the AAET degree. Most UC/LLNL ET new hires at the time either completed a BSET, ASET, or had significant Military ET experience. So why did UC/LLNL hire this DeVry student who had not completed his AAET degree? Because UC/LLNL was HELL-bent on filling “underutilized” job categories. It was DEI on steroids. Because of his “underutilize” status, this individual quickly became a Teflon Politician/manager, nothing bad ever stuck to him. Oddly, this manager would often speak of the need to hire from top tier ET colleges for Lab jobs. Oh, the hypocrisy of the anointed ones.

  Giant laser from 'Star Trek' to be tested in fusion breakthrough https://phys.org/news/2022-12-giant-laser-star-trek-fusion.html

  Was “LIFE” completely defunded in 2012, after NIF failed to reach ignition goals in 2012?

  Secretary Granholm Statement on DOE Order Vacating 1954 Atomic Energy Commission Decision In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer https://www.energy.gov/articles/secretary-granholm-statement-doe-order-vacating-1954-atomic-energy-commission-decision In 1954, the Atomic Energy Commission revoked Dr. Oppenheimer’s security clearance through a flawed process that violated the Commission’s own regulations. As time has passed, more evidence has come to light of the bias and unfairness of the process that Dr. Oppenheimer was subjected to while the evidence of his loyalty and love of country have only been further affirmed. The Atomic Energy Commission even selected Dr. Oppenheimer in 1963 for its prestigious Enrico Fermi Award citing his “scientific and administrative leadership not only in the development of the atomic bomb, but also in establishing the groundwork for the many peaceful applications of atomic energy.” When Dr. Oppenheimer died in 1967, Senator J. William Fulbright took t...

  Edward Teller is the father of the hydrogen bomb. From Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/news030908-6 This used to be mainly a LLNL blog. Many of us that worker there saw Edward and knew many people who interacted with him at one time. The stories we have are numerous and I invite people to share them here. Unfortunately there has been a thread about Teller that has relied on canned attacks and verbal gymnastics to discount his contributions and label him a villain. I would like to have a discussion that looks at the entire man and measures his impact on science and the nation.

  The quality of life in Los Alamos seems to be declining. Too much traffic take forever to get to work whether driving or riding the bus, grocery shelves sometimes empty, prices too high for bad quality products, no housing available,constant blackouts, etc. The lab should be more straightforward with new employees and let them know the town is full.

  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11548419/J-Robert-Oppenheimer-father-atomic-bomb-black-mark-government-nullified.html Architect of the American atomic bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer is finally CLEARED - 68 years after losing his security clearance amid accusations he was a communist: Cillian Murphy to play the genius in new biopic. I guess Teller was wrong.

 Poor new On-Line training, brought in as a last-minute pandemic patch. Recycled horribly ended and recorded videos. Where the Audio Level will constantly change up and down, from section to section so distracting that it's almost impossible to follow the subject matter. Or where the person making the video didn't pay attention to the scaling, and you end up with a 3-inch Square video, in the middle of your 40 inch monitor. Yet LLNL has it in-house video production division. That generates some of the most polished videos, with a production value that is worthy of a luxury car ad. Even the most current videos that were being used during training. We're almost unintelligible and unwatchable. I realize that certain concessions had to be made due to the pandemic. We are tell Rita hands on training classes that should have taken a few hours, we're reduced down to a few minutes. No actual testing of your knowledge was done. Either the instructor would tell everyone the answe...

  Either the LLNS employee Copper thief that stole $117,667 worth of copper from LLNL from 2011 to 2014, is the luckiest guy on Earth for only given a misdemeanor charge, or LLNS navigated a path to minimize or eliminate a NNSA financial penalty for this chronic copper theft. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-biden-official-sam-brintons-mug-shot-released-bail-set-15000

  the current process seems to be specifiy whatever you want from whatever manufacturer you want it from regardless of the cost. And we will order three or four of them. Just a waste at Site 300 alone, keeps a multiple amount of recycling companies in business, scrapping stainless steel, brass and copper there are cabinets full of parts at Site 300, for various projects, that will never be used. Either they were ordered in haste, to have enough on hand only for project to be canceled. Or they were just continuously ordered by people thinking that they were still needed. As an example, a small box made by Pomona electronics. Approximately 2 in long with a BNC connector on each end, commonly they will have cable Equalization circuits built inside. I have personally seen a box that contains over 500 of these Parts enclosures unused. Yet more were ordered because these were "old and used flat blade instead of Phillips screws" each enclosure list price Which is less than the gover...

  Why was it necessary for the lab to privatize all of the cafeterias. And close the cafeteria at site 300. So the employees had to create a workaround by creating their own snack shacks. Where are they purchase items at Costco and store them in freezers. Should you forget to bring your lunch. I remember a time at the Nevada Test site, where the food was good, made in-house and very inexpensive. Made the assumption that this was one of the perks of working for the Federal government, in a remote location. Now all is offered is subpar industrial food, brought in by either Cisco or nugget depending who got the contract, you will pay top dollar for food that is barely edible. Don't believe the fancy video that shows you a day in the life of a live employee. There is very little idea like about it, and the breakfast they show you when I duplicated it during my employment, it cost me $18.

“The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs found that Richland-based Washington River Protection Solutions discriminated against Hispanic applicants seeking jobs as health physics technician trainees throughout 2019.” https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/agreement-reached-over-hanford-site-contractors-alleged-hiring-discrimination/?amp=1

https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/net-energy-gain-us-scientists-makes-breakthrough-nuclear-fusion The US department of energy has said energy secretary Jennifer Granholm and under-secretary for nuclear security Jill Hruby will announce “a major scientific breakthrough” at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on Tuesday. “If this is confirmed, we are witnessing a moment of history,” said Dr Arthur Turrell, a plasma physicist whose book The Star Builders charts the effort to achieve fusion power. “Scientists have struggled to show that fusion can release more energy than is put in since the 1950s, and the researchers at Lawrence Livermore seem to have finally and absolutely smashed this decades-old goal.” Russian propoganda?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11526987/California-scientists-make-history-using-worlds-biggest-laser-replicate-reaction-powers-sun.html Amazing!!!. 2023 Noble for LLNL for sure. Nuclear weapons are cool and all that but a far more greater threat to humanity is global warming. NIF may have just solved that and saved all of our lives. Tip of the hat folks!!! Unlimited free energy.

  https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/sam-brinton-biden-nuclear-waste-official-luggage-theft-1234644687/ 12/09/2022 7:05 PM   Anonymous  said... It has recently come to light that Sam Brinton, a high-level government Trans-Activist diversity hire with a puppy play fetish, has been caught stealing luggage at airports. This is a shocking and disappointing revelation, to say the least. It begs the question: why do the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense insist on hiring people in the service of a woke ideology, even when they have clear and obvious flaws and can pose grave security risks? Sam was recently a feature on LLNL Newsline and had an hour long webex chat posted celebrating his hire. Furthermore, another diversity hire, LLNL lab director Kim Budil, was recently arrested for a DUI. This raises even more concerns about the hiring practices of these government agencies and LLC's such as LLNS. It is clear that something needs to be done to ...

  A DOE official with a passion for fashion may be sourcing their wardrobe from stolen luggage. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/sam-brinton-biden-nuclear-waste-official-luggage-theft-1234644687/

  5 more years  Mason Says Triad LLC Five-Year Contract Extension Is Direct Result Of Workforce’s Hard Work And Dedication This is a outstanding news and shows the comment and experience of UC in leading LANL. Hopefully NNSA will see what is going on and get rid of Bechtel from LLNL. Congrats to LANL, UC, and TRIAD!

  https://www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-create-a-wormhole-using-a-quantum-computer-20221130/ Physicists Create a Holographic Wormhole Using a Quantum Computer The unprecedented experiment explores the possibility that space-time somehow emerges from quantum information. Physicists have purportedly created the first-ever wormhole, a kind of tunnel theorized in 1935 by Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen that leads from one place to another by passing into an extra dimension of space. This is incredible and scary at the same time suppose China or Russia can do the same thing? This will make nuclear weapons seem like cap guns. We will be throwing black holes at either going through space time wormholes on quantum computer created on quantum computers! This shows that the labs are misguided and trying to fight the cold war when new technologies and quantum weapons are the future. We need to reinvest our money now to start looking at the future. Bombers, missiles, guns are not gone mea...

  In November 2021, the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California achieved  a historic step forward for inertial confinement fusion . https://www.sciencealert.com/fusion-technology-is-reaching-a-turning-point-that-could-change-the-energy-game

  LLNL, Site 300 operations up for review https://www.ttownmedia.com/tracy_press/llnl-site-300-operations-up-for-review/article_0dc3f3b8-71d6-11ed-a941-873cd80c3a96.html

By Scott Wyland  Updated Oct 5, 2022  https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/lanls-pit-production-a-year-behind-schedule/article_ca2262a2-43f9-11ed-84da-eb276b365663.html