tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post5381097669177240507..comments2023-08-27T06:53:36.768-06:00Comments on LANL: The Rest of the Story: Budget SoupFrank Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-56880070246695096702009-07-22T22:20:36.010-06:002009-07-22T22:20:36.010-06:00To 1:10 AM,
We'll miss you, too, Eric Schelte...To 1:10 AM,<br /><br />We'll miss you, too, Eric Schelter. Good luck getting those actinide proposals funded. Don't be discouraged by the fact that none of your three LDRD attempts made it through the first round. And don't worry about getting students either. There must be a few dimwits out there who will look past your whiny, arrogant personality. As for the tenure thing, well, maybe Penn will keep you on a a "token" for diversity's sake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-16993385452382510042009-07-20T22:36:21.384-06:002009-07-20T22:36:21.384-06:007/19 8:35 pm: "Oh, very clever! Notre Dame go...7/19 8:35 pm: "Oh, very clever! Notre Dame got the money, so LANS (led by a construction company) will withhold technical data from the project because it is "classified".<br /><br />You can take the quotes off. The actinide data that is classified is Restricted Data (see the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 as amended, U.S.C. 42; Chapter 23, Subchapter XI), and that applies to everyone, not just the government. Look it up. It won't be LANS's choice if any data gets withheld.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-87545894936908504882009-07-20T21:18:44.519-06:002009-07-20T21:18:44.519-06:00"...we need to follow the direction led by in..."...we need to follow the direction led by inspirational scientists like Bill Priedhorsky and Terry Wallace."<br /><br />Shoot, you really had me going there until I hit this sentence. <br /><br />Funny!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-35456686538673712622009-07-20T01:10:40.618-06:002009-07-20T01:10:40.618-06:00I agree with you 10:31 PM, I too just left and am ...I agree with you 10:31 PM, I too just left and am enjoying the academic life and looking forward to wiping LANL's actinide reputation off the face of the earth and bringing the new center of actinide chemistry to UPenn, baby. Eat shit and die, LANL!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-92189532917914228492009-07-19T22:31:35.728-06:002009-07-19T22:31:35.728-06:00Thank you, 10:22, for reminding me what a small, p...Thank you, 10:22, for reminding me what a small, petty world you people live in up there on the hill. I'm very glad I no longer work there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-69341459951038959112009-07-19T22:22:07.587-06:002009-07-19T22:22:07.587-06:00aside from doc aq, who thinks actinide science is ...aside from doc aq, who thinks actinide science is important anymore? seriously, that is the past and quantum dots (Jenn Hollingsworth, Richard Schaller, Victor Klimov) and hydrogen (John Gordon, Fran Stevens, Dave Thorn) science are the future, just look at the last couple of years of ldrd. Priedhorsky has rightfully seen the future and accordingly directed ldrd this way. this Lab needs new directions beyond actinides and nuclear fuel. the future funding lies in alternative fuels beyond nuclear. if LANL is to have any innovative scientific future we need to follow the direction led by inspirational scientists like Bill Priedhorsky and Terry Wallace. <br /><br />Clearly, Wallace should be our future Director and not Rees (who believes in actinide forensics) as indicated in other threads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-47934998892632616602009-07-19T20:55:49.837-06:002009-07-19T20:55:49.837-06:00oh 8:35 PM, get your undies out of a bind. I have...oh 8:35 PM, get your undies out of a bind. I have heard of several actinide scientists at LANL being recruited by Notre Dame (and Argonne). Just wait and see the list ... and yes, they will keep their clearances as they have for years you jackass. <br /><br />Notre Dame (ie closely tied in with Argonne) not so dumb as LANL management. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-36669080547290035882009-07-19T20:35:16.771-06:002009-07-19T20:35:16.771-06:00Oh, very clever! Notre Dame got the money, so LAN...Oh, very clever! Notre Dame got the money, so LANS (led by a construction company) will withhold technical data from the project because it is "classified".<br /><br />See? Not all the smart people have left LANL yet.<br /><br />I'm trying to guess at which point Congress gets involved on this one.<br /><br />Hello? Washington? This is the direct line from Los Alamos. Did you get that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-74928064322962919052009-07-19T20:19:08.183-06:002009-07-19T20:19:08.183-06:007/18 3:33 pm: "Where is all the external fund...7/18 3:33 pm: "Where is all the external funding?<br /><br />Oh yeah, it went to Notre Dame ... they got an EFRC center of excellence for actinide science and performing studies on materials under extreme radiative environments."<br /><br />A lot of the properties of actinides under extreme environments are classified. Should prove interesting at Notre Dame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-24603575407277517192009-07-19T09:39:09.628-06:002009-07-19T09:39:09.628-06:00"If this is true then why is LANL still tryin..."If this is true then why is LANL still trying to build a MaRIE signature facility? Not so signature if the country already has funding for the unique virtual MaRIE. The country doesn't need two, especially in the tough current financial times."<br /><br />I nominate this for Stupid Question Of The Week. Answer: to get money to pay for LANS' big, fat, huge, bloated management layer.<br /><br />Duh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-83480845349630545092009-07-19T09:10:54.669-06:002009-07-19T09:10:54.669-06:003:33 PM wrote ...Where is all the external funding...3:33 PM wrote ...Where is all the external funding? Oh yeah, it went to Notre Dame ... they got an EFRC center of excellence for actinide science and performing studies on materials under extreme radiative environments. <br /><br />If this is true then why is LANL still trying to build a MaRIE signature facility? Not so signature if the country already has funding for the unique virtual MaRIE. The country doesn't need two, especially in the tough current financial times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-25218107782555409152009-07-18T20:29:04.404-06:002009-07-18T20:29:04.404-06:00Thanks 9:32am. So there was no "toxic cloud&...Thanks 9:32am. So there was no "toxic cloud" of chemical vapors floating over TA-35?? LOL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-82826556297979461772009-07-18T15:33:14.430-06:002009-07-18T15:33:14.430-06:00"...MaRIE was the choice made by Terry Wallac..."...MaRIE was the choice made by Terry Wallace and John Sarrao as the lab's Signature Facility after countless LANL workshops and brainstorming sessions ($$$$)..." (from 14:38 PM)<br /><br />Waste, fraud and abuse. Like a previous poster noted, nothing to show for this effort or $$$$. <br /><br />Where is all the external funding?<br /><br />Oh yeah, it went to Notre Dame ... they got an EFRC center of excellence for actinide science and performing studies on materials under extreme radiative environments. <br /><br />Once again the scientific leadership at LANL boggles the mind. Why should congress fund this work again at LANL for so much more money? LANL is no longer an internationally recognized hub of scientific excellence. Thanks, Terry!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-69119849375501350312009-07-18T12:48:59.544-06:002009-07-18T12:48:59.544-06:00"Oh Fuck MaRIE. What a waste of taxpayers mon..."Oh Fuck MaRIE. What a waste of taxpayers money. 4 years of "planning" later and NOTHING to show for it. Congress should just kill it." (4:44 PM)<br /><br />MaRIE was the choice made by Terry Wallace and John Sarrao as the lab's Signature Facility after countless LANL workshops and brainstorming sessions ($$$$). <br /><br />LANL's future as a world class science lab depends on it. MaRIE was suppose to usher in a golden era of new funding opportunities from outside sources to help diversify and fund LANL. <br /><br />Opps! You're right, 4:44 pm, we're f*cked! Bad choice. Seems no one really cares about spending vast sums of money to study materials under extreme radiative environments. Who would of thunk it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-83023072560665573722009-07-17T07:00:40.193-06:002009-07-17T07:00:40.193-06:004:44 PM, it's hard for Congress to kill a prog...4:44 PM, it's hard for Congress to kill a program that exists only in John Sarrao's head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-83680041642027572792009-07-16T09:32:22.935-06:002009-07-16T09:32:22.935-06:00As usual, most of the posts on here have no idea w...As usual, most of the posts on here have no idea what they are talking about.<br />There was no attempted cover-up (sorry you conspiracy theorists but wrong again!). The personnel involved went in to neutralize the spill and then realized that it was larger than they suspected (2L vs 200mL). They then called in hazmat.<br />They took the two to the ER as a precaution. There was no personal injury, period, none!<br />Two bottles broke - one with 200mL waste, one with 2L acid. That's it. No chemical waste or other chemicals spilled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-7685858283072699032009-07-15T08:22:42.501-06:002009-07-15T08:22:42.501-06:00Hey 8:21 PM, but they reinstated LANCSE-R, which S...Hey 8:21 PM, but they reinstated LANCSE-R, which Susie said was THE PRIORITY in her directorate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-36101678325586381842009-07-14T22:42:51.121-06:002009-07-14T22:42:51.121-06:00Loss of the Extreme Materials Hub isn't import...Loss of the Extreme Materials Hub isn't important. MaRIE only needs to fool the public into looking like it's doing really important stuff. That will be easy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-8619453506808176012009-07-14T20:21:38.386-06:002009-07-14T20:21:38.386-06:00Well, while Susie was in Greece, the Senate killed...Well, while Susie was in Greece, the Senate killed the Extreme Materials Hub which would have nicely funded some actual MaRIE science.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-87873556027920605522009-07-13T10:12:12.577-06:002009-07-13T10:12:12.577-06:00Sue Seestrom is still on her fabulous Greecian vac...Sue Seestrom is still on her fabulous Greecian vacation? What did she do, rent out a yacht for her and her well protected hubbie for the rest of the summer?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-57354325288175903282009-07-12T12:00:26.984-06:002009-07-12T12:00:26.984-06:008:47 - the people involved are in MST-8, which mea...8:47 - the people involved are in MST-8, which means that Sue Seestrom (currently on yet another glorious and well deserved vacation - this time to Greece) is the AD in charge. But don't worry sleezy suzie won't be held accountable either. She will just berade those beneath her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-75210330847442509502009-07-11T21:25:53.186-06:002009-07-11T21:25:53.186-06:008:47,
a) Don't know
b) No8:47, <br /><br />a) Don't know <br />b) NoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-90399479146884844052009-07-11T20:47:34.684-06:002009-07-11T20:47:34.684-06:00Was this under the direction of Mary Neu and will ...Was this under the direction of Mary Neu and will she be held responsible?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-68991063542710198962009-07-11T08:49:04.177-06:002009-07-11T08:49:04.177-06:00who are the tsm's involved?who are the tsm's involved?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-19929153524626356912009-07-10T18:55:08.162-06:002009-07-10T18:55:08.162-06:00"Yikes! Sounds like the student's mentors...<i>"Yikes! Sounds like the student's mentors tried to cover up the mess rather than immediately calling Hazmat."</i><br /><br />I think it's a little early to say that. Maybe it's true, but at this point it is equally plausible that they acted to protect the lives of others and valuable government property.Frank Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.com