Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS LLC) was a private

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(LLC) formed by the

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, BWX Technologies, and URS Energy and Construction (which was purchased by AECOM in 2014). From its creation until November 1, 2018, it operated

Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, ...

(LANL) for the

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and the

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. It took over direct management and operation of the Los Alamos National Laboratory from the University of California on June 1, 2006. It was based in

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. Operation of Los Alamos National Laboratory are now overseen by Triad National Security. An agreement between the four LANS members established a Board of Governors that were charged with oversight and governance of LANS, LLC. The Board included three individuals appointed by the

and three individuals appointed by

, as well as four independent Governors who were selected for their expertise and experience in fields pertinent to LANL operations. The Board included an Executive Committee that consisted of the six University of California and Bechtel appointees. The President of LANS LLC, Charles F. McMillan, reported directly and solely to the LANS LLC Board of Governors. McMillan also served as laboratory director. LANS was formed during a period of doubt about whether the University of California would be awarded the management contract, after it was forced to compete for the contract for the first time since it had first began to manage LANL during the

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as a result of numerous scandals and dissatisfaction with its management. LANS eventually was pitted against the

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partnered with

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, and was awarded the LANL contract in December 2005. In addition to being reimbursed for the cost of operating LANL ($2.2 billion annually), LANS receives a yearly fee for managing LANL of approximately $79 million from the Department of Energy. In September 2007, director Michael R. Anastasio announced a possible layoff of 2500 people based on predicted budget shortfalls of $350M for FY08. The operating fee of approximately $79M and the state of New Mexico gross receipts tax (LANL was formerly operated by UC as a

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) contributed approximately half of the expected budget shortfall. A series of

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sLANL: The Rest of the Story
Lanl-the-rest-of-the-story.blogspot.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-15. monitored and discussed the management of LANL since then-director Pete Nanos shut the laboratory down in response to several alleged safety and security incidents.

LANS Board of Governors

* Norman J. Pattiz (LANS Chairman), chairman of

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. * Craig M. Albert, president of Bechtel Systems & Infrastructure, Inc. * S. Robert Cochran, president of B & W Technical Services, Inc. * Bruce B. Darling, Executive Vice President,

Office of the President. * William R. Frazer, emeritus professor, University of California. * Craig Weaver, executive vice president of Bechtel Systems and Infrastructure, Inc. * Dr.

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, professor emeritus and deputy director at the

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, and senior fellow at the

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. *

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, retired commander of U.S. Strategic Command. * Nick Moore, retired global chairman of

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. *

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, member of the

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Related partnerships

, one of the LANS partners, is also a partner in the operations of several other

facilities which collectively comprise the core of the United States' nuclear weapons design and production capability: *

Savannah River Site The Savannah River Site (SRS) is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) reservation in the United States in the state of South Carolina, located on land in Aiken, Allendale, and Barnwell counties adjacent to the Savannah River, southeast of August ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a federal research facility in Livermore, California, United States. The lab was originally established as the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Livermore Branch in 1952 in response ...

Pantex Pantex is the primary United States nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility that aims to maintain the safety, security and reliability of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. The facility is located in the Panhandle of Texas on a site ...

Hanford Site The Hanford Site is a decommissioned nuclear production complex operated by the United States federal government on the Columbia River in Benton County in the U.S. state of Washington. The site has been known by many names, including SiteW a ...

Y-12 National Security Complex The Y-12 National Security Complex is a United States Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration facility located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. It was built as part of the Manhattan P ...

Another LANS partner, BWX Technologies, also participates in the partnerships that manage Lawrence Livermore, Pantex, and Y-12.

References

External links

LANL: The Rest Of The StoryArchived LANS websiteBechtel websiteSavannah River Site website
{{Authority control Los Alamos National Laboratory Companies based in New Mexico

LANS Board of Governors

Related partnerships

See also

References

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