NNSA a threat to trump's bid?

 Could the NNSA labs be what will figuratively "nuke" Donald Trumps next presidential bid?

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-lacked-power-declassify-secret-100929256.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZHJ1ZGdlcmVwb3J0LmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAK1fX5cikn_B68haX47RkAasPNvtwleI2KNsPnQm_uYU0YzgYgbhNFcYuf25qMk7rvnjI2bShQdZb2JCY2Xh-aRYvf9fvBbLlSGdTxtg8v2qTkQ8WLRvfABHfjKJub2pZDlLB7pzZN-RWuX_A4utukIAWd--IzcRlPLGtnUpteWm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even when he was president, Donald Trump lacked the legal authority to declassify a U.S. nuclear weapons-related document that he is charged with illegally possessing, security experts said, contrary to the former U.S. president’s claim.

The secret document, listed as No. 19 in the indictment charging Trump with endangering national security, can under the Atomic Energy Act only be declassified through a process that by the statute involves the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense.

For that reason, the experts said, the nuclear document is unique among the 31 in the indictment because the declassification of the others is governed by executive order.

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Where are LANS managers?

 LANS Managers after the Transition to Triad?

It has been years now since the LANS for-profit contractor was removed from LANL. What happened to all the LANS managers popular and not so popular, after Triad took over LANL management? Did they stay more or less in their respective positions, given the boot, blend into the woodwork, or did they become born again Triad managers? 

DOE get two ransom notices

 https://news.yahoo.com/us-energy-dept-got-two-201406903.html

LANL cowboys scientist screw up yet again.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-energy-dept-got-two-ransom-requests-cl0p-data-breach-2023-06-16/
U.S. Energy Dept gets two ransom notices as MOVEit hack claims more victims.

The DOE contractor Oak Ridge Associated Universities and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the New Mexico-based facility for disposal of defense-related radioactive nuclear waste, were hit in the attack, which was first reported on Thursday.

WIP was a disaster due to the cowboy scientists at LANL. A bunch of people from LANL have moved to ORNL and made it go cowboy. Nanos was right as long as there are cowboys or scientists at LANL we will have problems. What is done at LANL that cannot be done elsewhere? Yet another scandal.

You guys got rid of Bechtel and here we are 3 yeas latter with cowboys riding horses.

Baking soda as the key to energy storage?

PNNL scientists investigate the promising properties of a common, Earth-abundant salt.

https://scitechdaily.com/unleashing-hydrogens-potential-baking-soda-as-the-key-to-renewable-energy-storage/?expand_article=1

 

Are we really doing this?

According to Business Insider, 

The US is sending $1 billion every year to Russia's nuclear program, despite pledging to cripple its economy with sanctions

 https://www.businessinsider.com/us-1-billion-russia-nuclear-agency-sanctions-ukraine-zaporizhzhia-2023-6

AI vision at ANL

 Over 1,000 scientists, engineers and staff from U.S. Department of Energy national labs, academia, and technology companies discussed the rapidly emerging opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence for science, energy and security....

https://www.anl.gov/article/visionary-report-unveils-ambitious-roadmap-to-harness-the-power-of-ai-in-scientific-discovery

TRIAD violations

 https://losalamosreporter.com/2023/05/31/triad-hit-by-doe-with-preliminary-notice-of-violation-for-5-nuclear-safety-issues-at-plutonium-facility-pf4-in-2021/

Triad Hit By DOE With Preliminary Notice Of Violation For 5 Nuclear Safety Issues At Plutonium Facility PF4 In 2021