COMPETITION FOR A CONTRACT TO RUN LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY IS ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THAT THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION IS EXPECTED TO RELEASE MORE DETAILS IN THE COMING WEEKS.
THE CURRENT CONTRACT ENDS NEXT YEAR. LANL HAS COME UNDER FIRE RECENTLY FOR ITS SAFETY LAPSES. JUST LAST WEEK IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE LAB HAD IMPROPERLY SHIPPED SOME NUCLEAR MATERIAL.
