Nuclear weapon facilities to expand in New Mexico
Aerial view of Los Alamos National Laboratory
(Image by Los Alamos National Laboratory)
LANL leases second office complex in Santa Fe as nuclear weapons growth pushes admin staff off “The Hill”
2,000 more staff needed for “24/7” plutonium “pit” production mission for only 20 pits/year
Today Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has announced that it has signed a 10-year lease for two adjacent office properties totaling 77,856 square feet, at the corner of Pacheco Street and St. Michael’s Drive in Santa Fe — enough space, LANL says, for 500 employees in “human resources, procurement, finance, and information technology.”