Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Pension or 401k
Has anyone heard whether LANL's TRIAD will offer a traditional pension (rather than 401k matching) to stop the constant early career brain drain?? A pension was explicitly allowed in the newest RFP. Since DOE encourages benefits to trend together, both LANL and LLNL would be affected eventually. California has lots of Representatives to amend the LLNL operating contract fairly quickly....
LANL worker hurt
"LANL worker hurt by chemical reaction"
https://www.abqjournal.com/1224908/lanl-worker-hurt-by-chemical-reaction.XHTML
https://www.abqjournal.com/1224908/lanl-worker-hurt-by-chemical-reaction.XHTML
LANL explosion sends one to hospital
LANL explosion sends one to hospital and results in "imminent and substantial endangerment to human health"
An explosion in a densely staffed sector of Los Alamos National Laboratory on Sept. 14 left one employee with multiple cuts and prompted lab officials to request emergency approval from the New Mexico Environment Department to safely detonate two compromised vessels containing highly explosive hazardous waste.
Both of the approximately 1.7-ounce containers were "unstable due to heat exposure and the presence of etching on the vessel exterior," an incident report said.
"This condition posed an imminent and substantial endangerment to human health and the environment," the report reads
https://taosnews.com/stories/explosive-accidentally-detonates-at-lanl,52007
An explosion in a densely staffed sector of Los Alamos National Laboratory on Sept. 14 left one employee with multiple cuts and prompted lab officials to request emergency approval from the New Mexico Environment Department to safely detonate two compromised vessels containing highly explosive hazardous waste.
Both of the approximately 1.7-ounce containers were "unstable due to heat exposure and the presence of etching on the vessel exterior," an incident report said.
"This condition posed an imminent and substantial endangerment to human health and the environment," the report reads
https://taosnews.com/stories/explosive-accidentally-detonates-at-lanl,52007
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Incoming LANL Director to Give Update on Lab Transition
Incoming LANL Director to Give Update on Lab Transition
"The head of Triad National Security is slated Wednesday to brief the University of California Board of Regents’ National Laboratories Subcommittee about the company’s progress in assuming the management and operations contract for the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico."
https://www.exchangemonitor.com/incoming-lanl-lab-director-give-update-lab-transition-today/
"The head of Triad National Security is slated Wednesday to brief the University of California Board of Regents’ National Laboratories Subcommittee about the company’s progress in assuming the management and operations contract for the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico."
https://www.exchangemonitor.com/incoming-lanl-lab-director-give-update-lab-transition-today/
Friday, September 21, 2018
Energy Savings Performance Contract
What the what? Half a billion bucks for heating of "residential spaces" and other at LANL.
Siemens‘ U.S. government subsidiary has received a potential $554.6M energy savings performance contract to update power generation and heating systems within an administrative area at the Energy Department‘s Los Alamos National Laboratory.
DOE announced the award of the three-phase LANL Steam Plant Replacement Project to Siemens Government Technologies through a FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday.
SGT will replace the TA-3 Steam Plant’s aging steam distribution system, as well as repair or rebuild natural gas high-pressure pipelines at the facility.
The building includes residential space for LANL employees and multiple laboratories for experimental sciences, biological and nuclear research, materials synthesis and metallic and ceramic processing efforts.
The project is expected to be completed in 2021.
https://www.govconwire.com/2018/09/siemens-receives-555m-contract-for-repair-work-at-los-alamos-national-laboratory/
Siemens‘ U.S. government subsidiary has received a potential $554.6M energy savings performance contract to update power generation and heating systems within an administrative area at the Energy Department‘s Los Alamos National Laboratory.
DOE announced the award of the three-phase LANL Steam Plant Replacement Project to Siemens Government Technologies through a FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday.
SGT will replace the TA-3 Steam Plant’s aging steam distribution system, as well as repair or rebuild natural gas high-pressure pipelines at the facility.
The building includes residential space for LANL employees and multiple laboratories for experimental sciences, biological and nuclear research, materials synthesis and metallic and ceramic processing efforts.
The project is expected to be completed in 2021.
https://www.govconwire.com/2018/09/siemens-receives-555m-contract-for-repair-work-at-los-alamos-national-laboratory/
Stop moderating blog
"If you stopped moderating comments altogether the stale blog would improve. Few care any longer."
A little harsh. The blog moderator needs to operate the blog as he deems appropriate, but he has been open to helpers. Are you interested? By the way, employees and retirees are still interested in value of this blog and have been since its inception, when LLNS took over operational management of LLNL.
A little harsh. The blog moderator needs to operate the blog as he deems appropriate, but he has been open to helpers. Are you interested? By the way, employees and retirees are still interested in value of this blog and have been since its inception, when LLNS took over operational management of LLNL.
Bechtel Injury Record Keeping
September 12, 2018 DOE Office of Enforcement FNOV against Bechtel for a November 4, 2016 Hanford Waste Treatment event, involving injury, improper injury record keeping, improper training, and other violations
https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2018/09/f55/Final%20Notice%20of%20Violation%20Bechtel%20National%20Inc.pdf
June 2018 DOE Office of Enterprise Assessments Assessment of Occupational Injury and Illness Record Keeping and Reporting by Lawrence Livermore National Security (LLNS) for CY 2015-2017 involving a number of work related injuries that were improperly reported as not work related
https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2018/06/f52/Assessment%20of%20OII%20Recordkeeping%20and%20Reporting%20at%20LLNL.pdf
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