National Security Science, December 2014 (LALP-14-003]
Barbara Maes, Leslie Sandoval and Kelly Parker (Il Los Alamos, NM: Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2014. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus. Wraps. 39 pages, 910, plus front and rear covers [4]. Illustrations (many in color). National Security Science magazine showcases the importance, breadth, and depth of the Lab's scientific and technical work for solving challenges to national security to policy makers, the general public, academia, and scientific and technical experts. In this issue are articles on the Rethinking the Unthinkable, Debunking Six Big Myths About Nuclear Weapons, and Charlton Heston From Mount Sinai to Los Alamos. Boldly signed on the front cover Robert Thanks for all you done in briefing for our Secretary! Terry. This was for Dr. Robert Hanrahan. Terry was Houston T. Hawkins (invariably known as Terry). Terry Hawkins was a Senior Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and was the Senior Scientist, Principal Associate Directorate for Global Security (PADGS). He served on the Board of Directors of the American Center for Democracy and as a Distinguished Research Fellow with the Institute of Physical Science, McLean, VA. Throughout his career, he led successful S&T organizations involved in significant technical challenges and dynamic change. His leadership was focused on assembling the best teams possible and using multidisciplinary science and technology to develop truly "game changing" solutions. He was an internationally recognized expert on modern terrorism involving the potential use of weapons of mass destruction, Throughout his career at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and previously with the US Air Force, he led complex technical programs in advanced materials, prevention of terrorism, reconnaissance, intelligence, radiochemistry, forensics, treaty verification, nonproliferation, space, and support to the US warfighter. Robert Hanrahan Ph.D., JD, has worked on nuclear weapons science and engineering since 1991, first at Los Alamos National Laboratory and since 2007 as a federal employee of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA.) He holds Ph.D. is in Materials Science from the University of Florida and a JD from George Mason School of Law. Los Alamos National Laboratory (or LANL; previously known at various times as Project Y, Los Alamos Laboratory, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) is one of two laboratories in the United States in which classified work towards the design of nuclear weapons has been undertaken (the other being Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory). The laboratory is one of the largest science and technology institutions in the world. It conducts multidisciplinary research in fields such as national security, space exploration, renewable energy, medicine, nanotechnology, and supercomputing. The laboratory was founded during World War II as a secret, centralized facility to coordinate the scientific research of the Manhattan Project, The work of the laboratory culminated in the creation of several atomic devices, one of which was used in the first nuclear test near Alamogordo, New Mexico, codenamed "Trinity", on July 16, 1945. The other two were weapons, "Little Boy" and "Fat Man", which were used in the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Nuclear Weapons, Los Alamos, Stockpile Stewardship Program, Nuclear Stockpile, National Security, Science-Based Stewardship, Robert Hanrahan, Terry Hawkins, Charlton Heston
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