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Homeland Security

Los Alamos Management Program Moves Ahead Without Protests

Friday, July 6th, 2018

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Los Alamos Management Program Moves Ahead Without Protests

Triad National Security appears set to take over the Los Alamos National Laboratory this fall, after no one protested the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) June 8 award of its potentially 10-year management contract.Triad’s three main partners are Battelle Memorial Institute, the University of California, and Texas A&M University. The University of California managed Los Alamos solo for most of the facility’s roughly 70-year history, then was one of the lead partners on outgoing management prime Los Alamos National Security.Under…

Congress

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Budget

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Congress

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