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UC, Bechtel Could Seek Livermore Contract
The public-private team that will operate the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico might also join forces to seek the management contract for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, the Associated Press reported yesterday (see GSN, Jan. 17). The University of California alone had operated both facilities since they opened. However, a series of financial, security and safety troubles led the Energy Department to put the management contracts up for bid. The university last year joined with engineering firm Bechtel Corp. to win the Los Alamos contract (see GSN, Dec. 22, 2005). University officials said Wednesday that the two entities would team up again if the university decides to compete for the Livermore contract. While university administrators have not yet made a decision, they have told staff to prepare for a bid, AP reported. The university has also appointed a new interim director for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, AP reported. George Miller has been an associate director of the facility since 1985 and became associate director at large in June (Michelle Locke, Associated Press/Monterey County Herald, March 16). Miller immediately replaces Michael Anastasio, who has been chosen to manage Los Alamos, the San Francisco Chronicle reported yesterday. Miller said Building 332, Livermore’s plutonium facility, is “something on the order of 50 percent” back to full operation. It was shut down last year for a security reassessment and possible improvements, according to the Chronicle. Miller also confirmed that Gatling machine guns are now being installed to protect the laboratory (Keay Davidson, San Francisco Chronicle, March 16).
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