Plutonium workers get a new level of education in the actinide mission

Technical Report · Mon Feb 08 04:00:00 EST 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1764883· OSTI ID:1764883

Lunn, Maureen Elizabeth ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

The Associate Laboratory Directorate for Weapons Production (ALDWP) and the National Security Education Center (NSEC) have teamed to develop a new Nuclear Enterprise Science and Technology (NEST) Academic Certificate program offered through the University of New Mexico – Los Alamos (UNM-LA). The pilot program, which virtually kicked off on January 19 even amidst snow closures, received accreditation by the State Higher Education Department (HED) in FY20 and is designed for LANL’s existing fissile material handler technician and technologist employee workforce. It will provide essential science, operations, and business education on all aspects of working in modern nuclear materials handling and processing facilities. The first course for the certificate program is called “Nuclear Facility Fundamentals.” A call for nominations went out to the directorate and a cohort of 15 individuals has been established to start the program.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: 89233218CNA000001
• OSTI ID: 1764883
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--21-21128
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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