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 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 07/18/2018 | 2
A complex, dynamic system of people, facilities, materials, and services Director’s Office • Institutional Management Weapons Programs • Weapons Physics Design and Computation • Weapons Engineering • High Explosives • Plutonium • Tritium/GTS Global Security • Nuclear Nonproliferation • Uranium, Beryllium, Salts, Metals • Nuclear Counter‐Proliferation • Detonators • Emerging Threats • Component Fabrication and Assembly • Intelligence Community • National Defense and Homeland Security Science, Technology and Engineering • Chemistry, Earth and Life Sciences • Accelerator Science • Engineering Sciences • Materials and Physical Sciences Institutional Operations • Theoretical and Computational Sciences • Business Services • Environmental, Safety, and Health • Nuclear & High Hazard Operations Capital Projects • Security and Mission Assurance • Project Management 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 $2.6B budget 4,700 projects 600 B&R codes 5 PADS 13 Directorates 80 Divisions 07/18/2018 | 3
Mission: Strategic Nuclear Deterrence Detecting and preventing Reducing and limiting the development or use nuclear arms and the of nuclear weapons and spread of nuclear materials, improvised devices technology, and expertise through cooperation and diplomacy Assuring our nation’s defense with a strategic nuclear deterrent through theory, modeling and simulation, and experimentation 07/18/2018 | 4
LANL budget is growing, even with Environmental Management work moving to a new contractor Costs by Fiscal Year ($M) 3,000 2,800 2,600 2,400 2,200 2,000 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,000 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 est. FY19 est. LANL 2,093 2,117 2,250 2,434 2,442 2,574 2,859 EM $182M EM $198M EM $153M EM $161M EM $170M EM $96M EM $28M FY17: NMGRT paid ~$80M 07/18/2018 | 5 Los Alamos National Laboratory Slide 5
Capital & Infrastructure Projects Capital Projects: >$1.26B Portfolio Infrastructure Projects: $379M Portfolio of 114 active projects CMRR: Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Project A Small Project Initiative is developing TWF: Transuranic Waste Facility completed and a graded cost-estimating process operational specifically for small projects 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 07/18/2018 | 6
12,094 People: Our strengths are the diversity and quality of our employees Business Services Craft 1528 Protective Force 1042 Staff Aug 262 Executive 515 53 IT 745 Student 1518 Operations Post Doc 1530 394 Lab Assoc 54 Project/Program Mgt Science & Engineering 753 Support R&D 1336 2364 07/18/2018 | 7
LANL has grown since 2013 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 8,285 9,000 8,145 7,681 7,495 7,428 7,386 8,000 7,000 41% of current employees were born in New Mexico 6,000 (4,635) Employees 5,000 4,000 3,000 1,508 1,511 1,319 2,000 1,122 1,038 1,006 999 930 940 904 754 758 1,000 391 392 368 351 370 333 0 Career Craft Postdoc Student Regular and Term Employees GRA, UGS, and High School 07/18/2018 | 8
Hiring continues to keep pace with terminations LANL Hires and Terminations FY13-18 YTD 1200 1013 944 Projected Hires 1000 933 Projected Terminations 808 800 698 Employees 631 620 600 530 512 484 456 341 336 400 281 200 0 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 Terminations Hires 07/18/2018 | 9
LANL’s attrition rate continues to be driven by retirements 9.0% 7.9% 8.0% 7.2% 6.9% Annual Attrition Rate 6.6% 7.0% 6.1% 6.0% 5.0% 4.3% 4.1% 3.6% 4.0% 3.1% 3.1% 2.7% 3.0% 2.3% 2.3% 2.2% 2.0% 2.0% 1.3% 1.2% 1.0% 0.7% 0.7% 1.0% 0.0% Retirement Voluntary Non-Retirement Other Total FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 YTD FY 2018 Terminations Annualized Attrition Rate Security clearances average more Retirement 258 4.5% than 500 days, and we have 1,500 Voluntary Non-Retirement* 258 4.5% in the queue. These delays impact Other 63 1.1% our ability to retain early-career employees. Total 579 10.1% *FY18 YTD includes 100 individuals who left as part of the EM Contract transition. 07/18/2018 | 10
Procurement Spending is estimated to rise significantly this FY $800,000,000 $780,000,000 $760,000,000 $740,000,000 $720,000,000 $700,000,000 $680,000,000 $660,000,000 $640,000,000 $620,000,000 $600,000,000 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 (Estimated) 07/18/2018 | 11
Procurements Made in New Mexico / Northern New Mexico from FY15 – FY18 $400,000,000 $350,000,000 $300,000,000 $250,000,000 $200,000,000 $150,000,000 $100,000,000 $50,000,000 $0 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 (YTD) NM Dollars NNM Dollars 07/18/2018 | 12
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 07/18/2018 | 13
Small Business Achievements FY 2015 RG Construction Services LLC DOE Protégé of the Year FY 2015 Los Alamos National Laboratory DOE Mentor of the Year FY 2016 Christopher Fresquez DOE Small Business Program Manager of the Year FY 2018 Holman’s USA LLC SBA Family Business of the Year FY 2018 RG Construction Services LLC LANL Mentor Protégé Program Graduate 07/18/2018 | 14
2018 Student Projections are similar to 2017 2017 Over 2,200 students and postdocs worked at LANL in FY17 • 1,791 students were part of our workforce in FY17 • 45% of our students are native New Mexicans 2018 Summer peak projection is 1,780 students • Returning students: 1,205 • May/June hires: 375 • Student guests: 200 07/18/2018 | 15
A strong Laboratory depends on a strong region 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 Gabriella Rodriguez from Santa Fe is a Campaign last year, benefitting mostly New Mexico nonprofits 2018 LAESF Scholar and recipient of a Silver Award • The LANS Board approved a $1.875M grant to support education, economic development, and community giving in the region in 2018 07/18/2018 | 16
We Work Safely: At historical low for injury / illness rates 76% 89% 07/18/2018 | 17
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