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DOE facing possible budge reductions
Collaborations such as DOE's Academic Strategic Alliance Program are critical to science-based stockpile stewardship, says Lab director
Limited access to some technical areas Tuesday
Clarification from the Badge Office regarding receiving tags for bags
Santa Ana Pueblo students participate in summer education program
All-day symposium to honor Director Sig Hecker slated for Thursday
Park-and-ride pilot program begins today
DOE facing possible budget reductions
Department of Energy Secretary Federico Peña issued a memo to all DOE employees Friday in which he noted that DOE is facing the possibility of severe budget reductions in its program direction accounts, which are accounts in which funding for payrolls, travel and other activities needed to do DOE work are located. go to
Taking a calculated risk
A chemical spill occurs and the wind is picking up! The emergency response team needs to calculate a range of risk factors, including how the toxic plume may disperse and what potential dose and toxic concentrations might be expected. A new software program running on a hand-held calculator provides the answers. The program, called GAUS1, analyzes how plumes of gases and particles disperse in the atmosphere, settle on the ground and get lifted back into the air under different weather conditions. GAUS1 includes more parameters for meteorological and source conditions than are available with mainstream computing systems. When physical parameters such as source, the distance down-wind and surface roughness are entered, the program determines dispersion and deposition effects. The Laboratory program developed in Atmospheric and Climate Science (EES-8) can be used for training and for emergency response operations in the field. The program also can be applied to hazard evaluation, air pollution engineering, environmental impact assessment and education.
Collaborations such as DOE's Academic Strategic Alliance Program are critical to science-based stockpile stewardship, says Lab director
On Thursday, Laboratory Director Sig Hecker attended the Department of Energy's announcement of the winners of the DOE Defense Programs' Academic Strategic Alliance Program competition for five awards for Centers of Excellence. In his Inside Story, the director talks about that event and the importance of this type of collaboration to science-based stockpile stewardship. He also shares comments he made during the announcement ceremony. go to
Limited access to some technical areas Tuesday
Access to technical areas 33, 39 and 49 will be limited Tuesday morning. Arrangements have been made for those who work in these areas to have access. Individuals planning to visit any of these sites Tuesday morning should contact their host(s) for access information.
Clarification from the Badge Office regarding receiving tags for bags
The Badge Office is notifying employees that the office creates tags for employees' tote bags, briefcases, backpacks, purses and similar items on a walk-in basis only, and that employees must bring business cards with them in order for the Badge Office to create the tags. If employees do not have business cards, they must get their tags through Emergency Management and Response (FSS-20) by writing to emr@headcrash.lanl.gov or emrweb@lanl.gov by electronic mail. Neither the Badge Office nor FSS-20 will hand out the actual materials needed for employees to make the tags themselves.
Employees also may obtain tags by sending their business cards (three maximum) to FSS-20 by interoffice mail at Mail Stop K496.
Santa Ana Pueblo students participate in summer education program
PHOTO: Melissa Garcia of Santa Ana Pueblo touches the Van de Graaff static electricity generator at the Bradbury Science Museum. The museum uses the generator to demonstrate principles of static electricity and to describe work being done at the Lab. The first-through-sixth-grade students are participating in the pueblo's summer education program. They toured the museum as part of a field learning trip arranged by Barbara Grimes of the Community Involvement and Outreach (CIO) Office. Photo by Mike Kolb, CIO
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