Public meeting on CMRR project today
By Tatjana K. Rosev, The LANL NewsBulletinMarch 10, 2009
The next regularly scheduled public meeting about the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement project (CMRR) is today.
The meeting is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Best Western Hilltop House, 400 Trinity Drive.
The CMRR project consists of three phases. The new facilities will provide a wide range of scientific and technological capabilities including nuclear materials handling, materials processing, fabrication, stockpile management, manufacturing technologies, nonproliferation programs, special nuclear material storage, and waste management capabilities.
Work continues on the first phase of the project, the Radiological Laboratory/Utility Office Building. This building will house several of the Lab’s mission-critical projects, including analytical chemistry, materials characterization, and actinide research and development.
The CMRR project is part of the Laboratory’s stockpile stewardship program. It replaces the old CMR building constructed in 1952.
I wonder if Newsmax will be there?
There is $97 M fund for this project this year. Good for LANL.
ReplyDeleteWhy does this need a public meeting?
ReplyDeleteThis is the year 2009! It seems that the time has come to give the "Stockpile Stewardship" concept the credit that it deserves.-Roughly nothing at all.
ReplyDeleteThis Domenici pork barrel needs to be killed. We can't afford a $97 million dollar nuclear sandbox whose only goal is to keep a bunch of PhDs in the highest per capita and smallest county in the U.S. employed.
ReplyDeleteShould we mandate that all counties be the same size and have equal median incomes?
ReplyDeleteI thought CMRR got canceled?
ReplyDeleteNo, that was CMRRW.
ReplyDelete4:45 pm: "We can't afford a $97 million dollar nuclear sandbox whose only goal is to keep a bunch of PhDs in the highest per capita and smallest county in the U.S. employed."
ReplyDeleteWell, the requirement for the capability still exists. So what - we let the work go on in a building that could any day fail due to earthquake or any other failure mode unforseen in the 1950's, and potentially spread contamination, or we recognize the need and just build the damn thing, and stop arging about it while the cost continues to go up?
"4:45 pm: "We can't afford a $97 million dollar nuclear sandbox whose only goal is to keep a bunch of PhDs in the highest per capita and smallest county in the U.S. employed."
ReplyDeleteYes we can!
This Blog has many anti-LANLs. IMHO, Washington will keep investing new weapons in the future. LANL will continue its role far into 21st century. Think about it, most of our industries have either lost their competitiveness or moved overseas. The only way we can continue is to keep the strongest military and weapons, 20 years ahead of major rivals. Then we can still borrow money from Asia and Europe and buy sprotcars. Believe me, RRW is not dead. After some years, RRW will be back.
ReplyDelete$97M is better than nothing. Omnibus Appropriation Bill 2009 has been passed and signed. LANL supposed to got a good share of $ from this bill. Can anyone have a discussion about it?
ReplyDeleteSEE BELOW. LANL still holds. Certainly LANL needs transformation which has been doing for a couple of years.
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Bingaman: Congress Approves Bill that Funds Labs, Key New Mexico Projects
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today reported that the U.S. Senate gave final approval to a spending bill that contains funding for New Mexico’s labs and other key initiatives in the state.
The FY 2009 Omnibus Spending Bill would fund the work of most federal agencies through September. Bingaman reported that the bill contains guarantees a total of $6.38 billion will be spend this year maintaining the nuclear stockpile to ensure it is safe and reliable and $1.48 billion for nuclear nonproliferation to find and secure loose nuclear materials. Much of that funding will support work at Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories. The bill also contains $222.74 million for cleanup at LANL and $231.67 million for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
“This bill will fund the extremely important work performed at our national laboratories, while supporting a variety of key transportation, public lands and water projects in our state,” Bingaman said. “It’s a good bill for New Mexico.”
Whew, that was close! I thought I'd have to stop work at LANL and clean out my desk by next week if this spending bill didn't pass.
ReplyDeleteGood news.
ReplyDeleteWhew, that was close! I thought I'd have to stop work at LANL and clean out my desk by next week if this spending bill didn't pass.
ReplyDelete3/11/09 12:17 PM
You only have to stop work at LANL when I say so.
- Nanos
I would love to have one of those high-paying jobs and work in the "OLD" CMR Building!
ReplyDeleteI thought CMRR got canceled?
ReplyDelete3/10/09 7:26 PM
Frank Young said...
No, that was CMRRW.
3/10/09 7:38 PM
Can someone on this blog help me? In watching today's hearing there is discussion of CMRR-NF. Is that the same as your CMRRW?
CMRRW was a joke. Sorry for the confusion.
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