EM-LA News

EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White participated in the EM Los Alamos Field Office and Los Alamos cleanup contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos quarterly public outreach meeting, the Environmental Management Cleanup Forum, “From Oppenheimer to Tomorrow,” in historic Fuller Lodge, during White’s recent visit to New Mexico.
With the recent uptick in interest in the role Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) played in the World War II-era Manhattan Project, EM Senior Advisor William White was joined by EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) officials in a visit to Los Alamos.
Rebecca Trujillo recently joined Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos (N3B) as a field execution technical lead after attending an N3B job fair at Northern New Mexico College. She represents EM’s sought-after next generation of employees to continue its environmental cleanup mission across the DOE complex.
A series of recent job fairs hosted by the EM Los Alamos Field Office cleanup contractor have resulted in 26 new employees supporting the mission to address environmental impacts from legacy operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
Members of the panel titled “Maximizing Reuse Opportunities at EM Sites” included, from left, Randall Ryti, chair of the Los Alamos County Council; Jennifer Chandler, administrator of the Village of Piketon, Ohio; and Ken Rueter, president and CEO of UCOR.
EM partners near the Hanford, Los Alamos, Portsmouth and Oak Ridge sites highlighted reuse opportunities in the cleanup program during a panel session at the National Cleanup Workshop.
A Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos (N3B) employee collects a soil sample for analysis of potential contaminants associated with historical operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
As part of its goal to increase small business involvement in the legacy cleanup mission, EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos (N3B) recently awarded subcontracts to three small environmental firms.