Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan addressed the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities last Friday, giving an overview of the state of the laboratory.
The biggest piece of news was that LANL has just completed a new strategic plan. McMillan spelled out three themes underlying the plan.
“These are themes that for me have been part of my thinking about the laboratory since I took on the leadership. And today our plan lays out these themes into ideas, into strategies, into mission, vision, goals,” McMillan said.
“First, we have to deliver on our commitments while simultaneously insuring the capabilities that the nation will need, and for an uncertain future.
“The first part of that I think is self-evident. If we aren’t able to deliver on our commitments today, there’s simply not going to be a future to talk about.
“The second part, though, is equally important. When I think about the laboratory, I feel responsibility for the laboratory at two phases in its life. One is for, the laboratory of today. The other is the laboratory 20 years from now.

Dan Krivitsky’s success in facilitating work between federal agencies and his efforts in counter-terrorism initiatives and Intelligence Work For Others earned him Employee of the Year for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Los Alamos Field Office.
Krivitsky of Los Ranchos, near Albuquerque, is a member of the field office’s Security Operations Team.
He and federal employees from around the state were recognized Thursday at a banquet sponsored by the New Mexico Federal Executive Board.
In 2013, Krivitsky was instrumental in forming a counter-threat working group at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), ensuring that disparate security and intelligence stakeholders met routinely to discuss potential threats to the laboratory. He also fostered relationships with numerous State and Federal agencies to improve the flow and expand the network of threat information providers for the laboratory.
 

The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development today announced the award of a $25 million grant to a North Carolina State University-led consortium for research and development (R&D) in enabling capabilities for nonproliferation. This sizeable, long-term investment will support the consortium at $5 million per year for five years. The grant is in response to a funding opportunity announcement issued in May 2013.
This grant will provide the U.S. government with cutting edge research and development to identify and address multi-disciplinary and cross-functional technology and research needs that are critical to detecting foreign nuclear weapon proliferation activities.
Specifically, the research projects pursued by the consortium will include technologies to enhance simulation capabilities, algorithms and modeling; new test and evaluation models for detection sensors; new remote sensing capabilities; and applications of data analytics and data fusion to better characterize and detect special nuclear materials.

Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz swore in Frank G. Klotz as the Department of Energy’s Undersecretary for Nuclear Security and NNSA Administrator in a private ceremony Thursday afternoon.
General Klotz was joined by his wife, Nancy, and Acting Administrator Bruce Held.
“I am very pleased that General Klotz has now been sworn in as the fourth Undersecretary of Nuclear Security and Administrator for the National Nuclear Security Admiration,” said Moniz. “With his years of service to our country, his vision for NNSA’s nuclear security programs, and his dedication to supporting the men and women of the organization, I am confident General Klotz will bring strong leadership and management to this critical Department of Energy mission. I look forward to working closely with Frank in support of the President’s nuclear security priorities.”
“The nuclear security enterprise has responsibility for an enduring and critically important national security mission,” Klotz said. “The United States is committed to maintaining a safe, secure and effective nuclear arsenal, as long as nuclear weapons exist. Our nation is also committed to leading international efforts to limit and reduce nuclear arsenals, prevent nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism, and secure nuclear materials across the globe.