University of California retains contract to run Los Alamos lab

AspenRose

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Wed Dec-21-05 01:26 PM
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University of California retains contract to run Los Alamos lab

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20051221-0957-wst-losalamoscontract.html

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. � The University of California has retained the contract to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory, The Associated Press has learned.
The contract to run the nation's preeminent nuclear lab had gone out to bid earlier this year for the first time in the lab's 63-year history.

A source in a position to know the results of the competition for the contract told the AP that UC had prevailed. They will jointly manage the seven-year contract with Bechtel Corp.

Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman was set to formally announce the decision at a news conference in Washington scheduled for 2 p.m. EST.

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mopinko

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Wed Dec-21-05 01:30 PM
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1. bechtel!

oh good, let bechtel have access to nuclear secrets!! wake up sheeple!!!

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AspenRose

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Wed Dec-21-05 01:33 PM
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2. I know, I know

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BTW Bill Richardson was ALL FOR UC keeping the contract....

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DrRang

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Wed Dec-21-05 02:00 PM
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3. So would you rather have Lockheed-Martin run it? n/t

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AspenRose

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Wed Dec-21-05 02:45 PM
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4. I think they're the lesser of two evils...

Edited on Wed Dec-21-05 02:47 PM by DesertedRose

It would have been nice to have consistency since they run Sandia already.

PS I've heard too many things from LANL types that they didn't want Bechtel.

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