A limited liability company that includes the Texas A&M University System will manage Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Department of Energy announced Friday.
Triad National Security, LLC — principals are the Texas A&M system, Batelle Memorial Institute and the University of California — was awarded the contract to manage and operate the laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Lisa E. Gorden-Hagerty, undersecretary for nuclear security and administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, said in a statement that she is “confident that Los Alamos’ world-class workforce will continue to answer the nation’s call” under Triad National Security.
In a statement from Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp’s office, the company said it is unable to provide more information about its plans until it is given the official notice to proceed from the NNSA.
“We are committed to building on the legacy of world-class research, unparalleled innovation, and service to public good that have been the hallmark of the laboratory since it was founded in 1943,” the company said in the statement.
The five-year contract has an estimated value of $2.5 billion annually and can be extended up to five more years.
“We are committed to working with the new management team to ensure a seamless transition,” Terry Wallace, Los Alamos lab director, said in a statement. “While the contract change will bring in a new team of parent companies, the lab’s mission remains the same: to serve the nation with excellence.”
According to the Department of Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory’s primary mission is national security, which includes the design, qualification, certification and assessment of nuclear weapons. It is one of three National Laboratories charged by Congress to report each year to the president and U.S. secretaries of energy and defense on the state of the nuclear stockpile.
The lab also conducts research on space exploration, renewable energy, medicine, nanotechnology and supercomputing.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott congratulated the Texas A&M University System and Sharp on securing the contract in a statement Friday, saying it will provide “significant opportunities” for skilled workers in Texas to make contributions to the country’s national security.
“Today’s announcement charges the Texas A&M University System with the management of one of the world’s premier laboratories in the areas of defense, nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation,” Abbott said in the statement. “The award links Texas with one of the world’s premier R&D institutions, and I am proud of the expanded contributions our state will make towards our nation’s defense.”
I have to go do my cancer cure now. I was going to comment some more first, but in comes this lady with her 4 or 5 yr. old son… dressed all in black pig uniform with POLICE written on the back.
I WANT TO SPIT IN HER STUPID SHEEPLE BRAIN-DEAD FACE!!!!! 😡
COMMENT RE-POST from “Split the Atom” article:
So an LLC that runs national security stuff owns Texas A&M? So this company that will “manage” a laboratory that uses nuclear waste for whatever reason owns a university that also has a branch in Galveston that studies sea life (marine biology and marine fisheries are two of the majors at A&M Galveston)….gee I wonder if this company is going to dump their nucear waste into the Gulf of Mexico to see how it “affects” dolphins and yellow fin tuna and red snappers and hundreds of other underwater species? (Angel I can’t believe the U my son graduated from is owned by a company that runs nuclear waste sites like Los Alamos! Gig ’em?)
Okay okay…partners with…same thing IMHO. 🙁