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  • Beating Not Tied to LANL, Police Say (06-10-05)

  • Accounts of Man's Beating Differ (06-10-05)

  • Strip Club Stories Vary For Auditor (06-08-05)

  • Lab Whistle-Blower Beaten (06-07-05)

  • LANL Worker, Blogger Retiring (06-03-05)

  • Preserving Homestead Heritage (05-29-05)

  • Lockheed Adds Partners to LANL Bid (05-28-05)

  • Gov. Urges LANL Employees to Hang On (05-28-05)

  • UC to Fight for Lab Contract (05-27-05)

  • UC Moves Closer to a Bid for LANL (05-26-05)

  • LANL, UC-San Diego Join Forces for Degree (05-23-05)

  • LANL Critic Whistled Before (02-13-05)

  • Lab Auditor Claims Retaliation (02-10-05)

  • LANL Sees Budget Hike; Sandia Funds Drop (02-10-05)

  • LANL Boss, Security Under Attack (02-09-05)

  • Guest Opinion: LANL Workers Will Get Benefits (02-06-05)

  • Missing Journals Had Column Critical of LANL (02-05-05)

  • Lab Gets Funds To Go 'Medialess' (02-02-05)

  • Blog a Forum for LANL Workers (01-31-05)

  • Comments on Draft Lab Contract Go to Agency (01-30-05)

  • 'Missing LANL Disks Weren't (01-29-05)

  • Beryllium Found at Lab (01-21-05)

  • Lawmakers Echo LANL Employees' Concerns (01-25-05)

  • Regular Activities To Resume at LANL (01-22-05)

  • UC May Have LANL Bid Partner (01-21-05)

  • DOE Nominee Wants Lab Benefits To Stay (01-20-05)

  • Anti-Nuke Groups May Bid on LANL Contract (01-20-05)

  • LANL Workers Threaten Exodus (01-18-05)

  • Lab Employees Organize (01-18-05)

  • Lab Waste Flows Restricted (01-15-05)

  • Chancellor To Recommend UT Not Pursue Contract (01-14-05)

  • Shutdown Cost Review Sought (01-12-05)

  • Lab's Management Criteria Change (01-10-05)

  • LANL Impact Under DOE Review (01-08-05)

  • LANL May Lose Task to Sandia Labs (01-08-05)

  • More Time Given for Comments on Management Criteria (01-07-05)

  • FBI Completes Investigation of Missing Disks (01-07-05)

  • Bingaman Wants Comments Deadline Extended (01-06-05)

  • Lab Awards Nearly $800,000 in Contracts (01-02-05)

  • Lab's Nuke Waste Transfer on Track (12-27-04)

  • LANL Disputes DOE Report on Particle Accelerator (12-26-04)

  • Lab Facility's Future Uncertain With Move of Nukes (12-26-04)

  • Lab Managers Wanted Fraud Report Held, Official Says (10-16-04)

  • LANL Employees' Jobs Guaranteed (10-02-04)

  • Nanos Creating a Climate of Fear (08-11-04 guest commentary)

  • LANL Retirees Voice Anger, Anguish (08-08-04)

  • LANL Improvements Can't Wait (07-25-04 guest commentary)

  • LANL Restrictions Now Nationwide (07-24-04)

  • Lab Worker Aided FBI in Theft Case (05-30-04)

  • Scientist Wants To Rank LANL Waste (05-09-04)

  • Paying Too Much for a Bad Machine (04-18-04 guest commentary)

  • Lab's Temps To Go Permanent (03-17-04)

  • LANL's Nuke Site Standing Solidified (03-14-04)

  • Group: Suit Causes Labs To Cut Support (02-12-04)

  • Lab Says Spending Controlled (01-25-04)

  • LANL Losing Cleanup Funds (01-22-04)

  • LANL Needs To Face Reforms (01-18-04 guest commentary)

  • LANL Sued on Pay Rates (01-07-04)

  • DOE To Take Bids for LANL Contract (04-30-03)

  • LANL Zinged on Computer Security (04-29-03)

  • Gov., Senators Urge Delay of LANL-U.C. Decision (04-26-03)

  • Domenici Backs Bidding for LANL Contract (04-23-03)

  • DOE Slams Lab Report on 2001 Accident (03-26-03)

  • Ex-Lab Official Stunned by Move (03-25-03)

  • LANL Audits Chief Leaving (03-14-03)

  • LANL Officials Defend Firings (03-13-03)

  • LANL No 'Den of Thieves,' Ex-Official Says (03-13-03)

  • LANL Security Chief, Deputy To Leave Lab (03-11-03)

  • Several Lab Workers Say They Were Slandered in Testimony (03-08-03)

  • LANL Managers Brace for Congressional Grilling (03-07-03)

  • Keep UC Running LANL, Richardson Says (03-01-03)

  • LANL Deputy Did Not Resign (02-28-03)

  • Testimony on LANL Called Outrageous (02-27-03)

  • Clock Running Out for LANL (02-23-03)

  • Secret Witness To Be at LANL Hearing (02-20-03)

  • LANL Petitioners Support UC Management (02-19-03)

  • Lab Employees Want UC To Stay (02-15-03)

  • 96% of Lab Purchases Reconciled, UC Auditor Says (02-11-03)

  • 2 Get New LANL Jobs (02-06-03)

  • Lab Fraud Put U.S. at Risk, Officials Say

  • DOE Report Slams Lab Managers (01-31-03)

  • DOE Report on Lab Fair, Congressional Delegates Say (01-31-03)

  • DOE Calls Firing of Whistleblowers "Incomprehensible" (01-30-03)

  • DOE Denies Retribution in Suspension of LANL Nuke Safety Officer (01-30-03)

  • Lab Vendors Losing Sales (01-29-03)

  • LANL Wants To Gain Employees' Trust (01-28-03)

  • 2 LANL Workers To Stay in Jobs (01-25-03)

  • California Lab Faces Scrutiny Amid LANL Problems (01-24-03)

  • LANL Business Division Restructured (01-24-03)

  • Lab Boss Backs Rehiring Sleuths (01-21-03)

  • University Rehires LANL Sleuths (01-18-03)

  • LANL Says it May Have Lost Hard Drive (01-17-03)

  • LANL Boss To 'Drain the Swamp' (01-16-03)

  • LANL's Head of Audits Reassigned (01-11-03)

  • No Pay Cuts Came With Lab Demotions (01-10-03)

  • University of Calif. Names Lab Oversight VP (01-09-03)

  • LANL Security Managers Demoted (01-08-03)

  • 'Lab Could've Been Heroes,' Fired Security Worker Says (01-05-03)

  • Many LANL Purchases Unreconciled (01-04-03)

  • LANL Shakeup -- Top 2 Managers Quit (01-03-03)

  • Director's Tenure Was Turbulent (01-03-03)

  • LANL Changes Draw Congressional Reaction (01-02-03)

  • LANL Director Browne Resigns (01-02-03)

  • Text of John Browne's Resignation Letter (01-02-03)

  • U.S. Senator Sets Sights on LANL (12-12-02)

  • Lab E-Mail Backtracks Order To Provide Documents (12-12-02)

  • Lab Told To Clean Up Its Act (12-11-02)

  • LANL Wants Copies of Probe Papers (12-10-02)

  • U.S. House Latest To Probe LANL (12-09-02)

  • Tracking Lab Property Not Easy (12-08-02)

  • Labor Dept. Finds for Mid-'90s Lab Whistle-Blower (12-06-02)

  • Lab Says It's Out to Find Fraud (12-05-02)

  • Charges Not New to LANL (12-04-02)

  • University Won't 'Tolerate' LANL Theft (11-23-02)

  • Lab Staff Lax on Purchase Reports (11-22-02)

  • Another $723,000 in Items Missing (11-21-02)

  • DOE Team Arrives To Probe Lab Problems (11-19-02)

  • $3 Million of LANL Items 'Lost' (11-17-02)

  • Missing LANL Items High-Tech Devices (11-17-02)

  • LANL Official Announces Resignation (11-09-02)

  • LANL Probe Targets Workers (11-06-02)

  • Official LANL site


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    Friday, July 01, 2005

    LANL Successfully Completes Nuclear X-Ray Test


    Associated Press
          LOS ALAMOS — Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have successfully completed a series of experiments to help ensure the reliability of aging W76 nuclear warheads.
        The experiment at the northern New Mexico lab's Dual Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test Facility on Wednesday used the world's most powerful flash X-ray machine, according to the lab.
        Working on the same principle as a dental X-ray, the lab's machine can see what happens during an explosion of the non-nuclear parts of a warhead.
        The X-ray image and other data collected during the series of tests will be used to improve computer models of weapons explosions, which replaced underground nuclear tests after they were banned in 1992.
        "Now the (computer) model is much more important,'' lab spokesman Jim Danneskiold said Friday. "We spend much more time to put more and more data into the model.''
        In the next few months, Los Alamos researchers will compare the image and data with the computer models to refine them so they accurately reflect weapon behavior.
        The W76 is carried on Trident submarine-launched ballistic missiles. There are about 2,700 W76s in the U.S. nuclear arsenal — more than any other nuclear weapon.
        Late next year, the National Nuclear Security Administration plans to begin manufacturing some W76 components based on the data collected in this series of experiments, the release said.
        The lab's test facility will be the primary experimental site for certifying the nuclear stockpile in the next decade, the lab said.
        As the stockpile ages, the Energy Department started programs at Los Alamos and other labs to determine the effects of time and changing maintenance on different weapons.
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