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1 day ago · NRHP reference No. 66000893 [1] Added to NRHP. 15 October 1966. The Los Alamos Laboratory, also known as Project Y, was a secret laboratory established by the Manhattan Project and operated by the University of California during World War II. Its mission was to design and build the first atomic bombs.
1 day ago · Nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory that designed the bombs. The Army program was designated the Manhattan District, as its first headquarters were in Manhattan; the name gradually superseded the official codename, Development of Substitute Materials, for the entire project.
May 21, 2024 · EM-Los Alamos. The EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) is dedicated to the cleanup of legacy contamination of radioactive and chemical materials and waste resulting from operations during the Manhattan Project and Cold War eras at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico.
5 days ago · The weapons development portion of this project was located at the Los Alamos Laboratory in northern New Mexico, under the directorship of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. The University of Chicago , Columbia University and the Radiation Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley conducted other development work.
May 19, 2024 · Los Alamos National Laboratory occupies nearly 40 square miles of Department of Energy-owned land, the majority of which is accessible only to lab employees.
May 21, 2024 · LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B), the legacy cleanup contractor at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), are demonstrating a new system to more accurately analyze the contents of radioactive waste drums.
Apr 30, 2024 · Recreational trails at Los Alamos National Laboratory are uniquely located on Department of Energy (DOE) land and are highly valued as one of the benefits of working and living in Los Alamos County.
