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An Overview of Los Alamos National Laboratory Carolyn Zerkle Executive Director New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee July 18, 2018 LA-UR-18-26508 Operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy's NNSA 75

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Operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy's NNSA

Carolyn Zerkle Executive Director

New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee July 18, 2018

LA-UR-18-26508

An Overview of Los Alamos National Laboratory

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75 Years of Serving the Nation: Our Priorities

Do the work our nation needs Our mission does not wait Empowered and accountable Leaders show that safety, security, and compliance are non-negotiable Manage through contract transition not to a specific date Set the focus, and plan for the future Do what is right for the Laboratory and the nation Honor, integrity, and service

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A complex, dynamic system of people, facilities, materials, and services

40 square miles 47 technical areas 1,280 buildings/ 9M sq ft 11 nuclear facilities 268 miles of roads >8,750 career employees / >12,000 workers on site >2,100 R&D scientists 1,100 veterans 390 postdocs 1,300 students at peak $2.6B budget 4,700 projects 600 B&R codes 5 PADS 13 Directorates 80 Divisions

Weapons Programs

  • Weapons Physics Design and Computation
  • Weapons Engineering
  • High Explosives
  • Plutonium
  • Tritium/GTS
  • Uranium, Beryllium, Salts, Metals
  • Detonators
  • Component Fabrication and Assembly

Science, Technology and Engineering

  • Chemistry, Earth and Life Sciences
  • Accelerator Science
  • Engineering Sciences
  • Materials and Physical Sciences
  • Theoretical and Computational Sciences

Global Security

  • Nuclear Nonproliferation
  • Nuclear Counter‐Proliferation
  • Emerging Threats
  • Intelligence Community
  • National Defense and Homeland Security

Institutional Operations

  • Business Services
  • Environmental, Safety, and Health
  • Nuclear & High Hazard Operations
  • Security and Mission Assurance

Director’s Office

  • Institutional Management

Capital Projects

  • Project Management Services

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Mission: Strategic Nuclear Deterrence

Detecting and preventing the development or use

  • f nuclear weapons and

improvised devices Reducing and limiting nuclear arms and the spread of nuclear materials, technology, and expertise through cooperation and diplomacy Assuring our nation’s defense with a strategic nuclear deterrent through theory, modeling and simulation, and experimentation

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Slide 5 Los Alamos National Laboratory

LANL budget is growing, even with Environmental Management work moving to a new contractor

FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 est. FY19 est. LANL 2,093 2,117 2,250 2,434 2,442 2,574 2,859 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600 1,800 2,000 2,200 2,400 2,600 2,800 3,000

Costs by Fiscal Year ($M)

FY17: NMGRT paid ~$80M

EM $182M EM $198M EM $153M EM $161M EM $170M EM $96M EM $28M

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Capital & Infrastructure Projects

Infrastructure Projects: $379M Portfolio of 114 active projects

A Small Project Initiative is developing a graded cost-estimating process specifically for small projects

Capital Projects: >$1.26B Portfolio

CMRR: Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Project TWF: Transuranic Waste Facility completed and

  • perational

TRP: TA-55 Reinvestment Projects I and II LLW: Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Facility Upgrade Project/Low-Level Liquid Waste Project EC3E: Exascale Class Computer Cooling Equipment TA-3 Substation

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Business Services 1528 Executive 53 IT 745 Operations 1530 Project/Program Mgt 753 R&D 2364 Science & Engineering Support 1336 Lab Assoc 54 Post Doc 394 Student 1518 Staff Aug 515 Protective Force 262 Craft 1042

12,094 People: Our strengths are the diversity and quality of our employees

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LANL has grown since 2013

7,495 754 391 940 7,428 758 368 1,006 7,386 904 351 1,122 7,681 930 333 1,319 8,145 999 370 1,508 8,285 1,038 392 1,511 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000

Career Craft Postdoc Student

Employees

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

41% of current employees were born in New Mexico (4,635)

GRA, UGS, and High School Regular and Term Employees

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Hiring continues to keep pace with terminations

341 456 484 530 620 631 281 336 512 1013 944 698

Projected Terminations 808 Projected Hires 933

200 400 600 800 1000 1200 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18

Employees

LANL Hires and Terminations FY13-18 YTD

Terminations Hires

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LANL’s attrition rate continues to be driven by retirements

FY 2018 Terminations Annualized Attrition Rate Retirement 258 4.5% Voluntary Non-Retirement* 258 4.5% Other 63 1.1% Total 579 10.1%

2.7% 2.2% 1.2% 6.1% 3.6% 2.3% 0.7% 6.6% 4.1% 2.0% 1.0% 7.2% 4.3% 2.3% 1.3% 7.9% 3.1% 3.1% 0.7% 6.9%

0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% 7.0% 8.0% 9.0%

Retirement Voluntary Non-Retirement Other Total

Annual Attrition Rate

FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 YTD *FY18 YTD includes 100 individuals who left as part of the EM Contract transition.

Security clearances average more than 500 days, and we have 1,500 in the queue. These delays impact

  • ur ability to retain early-career

employees.

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Procurement Spending is estimated to rise significantly this FY

$600,000,000 $620,000,000 $640,000,000 $660,000,000 $680,000,000 $700,000,000 $720,000,000 $740,000,000 $760,000,000 $780,000,000 $800,000,000

FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 (Estimated)

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Procurements Made in New Mexico / Northern New Mexico from FY15 – FY18

$0 $50,000,000 $100,000,000 $150,000,000 $200,000,000 $250,000,000 $300,000,000 $350,000,000 $400,000,000

FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 (YTD)

NM Dollars NNM Dollars

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Top New Mexico / Northern New Mexico Suppliers to the Laboratory

Major Small-Business, New Mexico-based Suppliers to LANL

Compa Industries Inc Staff Augmentation Cross Connection Inc Construction Tsay Construction and Services LLC Custodial Services (Native Owned) Wildflower International Ltd IT Equipment Holmans USA LLC IT Equipment Franks Supply Co. Inc Industrial Supplies Rocky Mountain Business Systems Inc Business Equipment Edgewater Technical Associates Professional Support Services Hacienda Home Centers Inc Industrial Supplies RG Construction Services LLC Construction Goodmans Office Furniture

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Small Business Achievements

FY 2015 DOE Protégé of the Year RG Construction Services LLC FY 2015 DOE Mentor of the Year Los Alamos National Laboratory FY 2016 DOE Small Business Program Manager of the Year Christopher Fresquez FY 2018 SBA Family Business of the Year Holman’s USA LLC FY 2018 LANL Mentor Protégé Program Graduate RG Construction Services LLC

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2018 Student Projections are similar to 2017

Over 2,200 students and postdocs worked at LANL in FY17

  • 1,791 students were part of
  • ur workforce in FY17
  • 45% of our students are native

New Mexicans

2017

  • Returning students: 1,205
  • May/June hires: 375
  • Student guests: 200

2018

Summer peak projection is 1,780 students

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A strong Laboratory depends on a strong region

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Education and workforce development

  • RTC training course at Northern New Mexico College and

environmental technician training course at Santa Fe Community College

  • 139 students from the region received $712,000 in scholarships from

the Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund this year.

  • June 1 we completed our Employee Scholarship campaign with record

setting contributions from employees.

Working with business and local government partners to grow the economy

  • Last year, the Laboratory’s economic development initiatives helped

create or retain 1,700 jobs at New Mexico companies

  • Laboratory workers raised $3M in a record-setting Employee Giving

Campaign last year, benefitting mostly New Mexico nonprofits

  • The LANS Board approved a $1.875M grant to support education,

economic development, and community giving in the region in 2018

Gabriella Rodriguez from Santa Fe is a 2018 LAESF Scholar and recipient of a Silver Award

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We Work Safely: At historical low for injury / illness rates 76% 89%

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Wildland Fire Risk

Mitigation Preparedness Response Capabilities Fire Potential/Weather Outlook

Treated Fire Road Treated Fire Break

  • Drought conditions continue to be at

historic severity.

  • Fire potential outlooks remain above-

normal levels.

  • Fuel moisture content is low.
  • Monsoonal moisture is projected to

increase throughout July. Current Mitigation Projects

  • Defensible Space: Creating barriers by clearing

vegetation around LANL structures and Technical Areas.

  • Fire Roads: Ensuring fire roads have clear ingress and

egress routes for first responder access.

  • Fire Breaks: Creating a separation of fuels in

strategically placed areas around LANL that can be used as line of defense against fires.

  • Firing Site Improvements: Completed inspection of all

firing sites. Working with the weapons programs and facilities to strengthen mitigation effort.

  • Both the Southwest Coordination Area and the National Preparedness levels have

been elevated to preparedness level III.

  • LANL Wildland Fire Program has been promoting wildland fire prevention campaigns,

and conducting interagency response training and drills.

  • SEO-EP and EES-16 have collaborated to integrate next generation wildland fire

modeling software into preparedness and response protocols.

  • USFS provided Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS) training to LANL

personnel on July 12th. This allows LANL to become a super user of the WFDSS software package which enhances situational awareness on Incident Command

  • bjectives and fire behavior models for incidents that could impact LANL.
  • LANL Wildland Fire Program developed wildland fire response checklists for LANL

Agency Representatives, Technical Specialists, Archeologists, and Resources Advisors.

  • LANL Wildland Fire Program and Agency Representatives integrated into the T3

Incident Management Team structure during the San Antonio Fire, which burned over 400 acres in June 2018.

  • LANL Wildland Fire Staff and Emergency Managers have become compliant with

National Wildland Coordination Group (NWCG) standards.

  • Protocols are in place to ensure the integration of offsite wildland fire management

agencies to support LANL wildland fire response efforts.

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Start of Contract Transition Oct 1 2018 July 5 2018 Jun 8 2018 NNSA Award  Triad Assumes Contract Responsibility

M&O Contract Transition

 FY19 LANS  FY18  Contract Responsibility Nov 1 2018 Est.

Laboratory’s Philosophy

Manage through transition not to transition Support our workforce

  • Prompt, open communications with our workforce through DIR all hands, DIR communications,

and transition webpage

  • Ensure that decisions regarding personnel are done early in transition (benefits, pension,
  • rganizational mapping, etc.)

Maintain safe, secure, and compliant operations

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75th Anniversary Honor, Integrity, Service

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Operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy's NNSA