U. of California and Texas A&M Win Bid to Run Birthplace of Atom Bomb
The University of California and Texas A&M University systems are the leaders of a team that was awarded the contract on Friday to run Los Alamos National Laboratory. The two systems will be joined by the research and development organization Battelle in a limited-liability corporation, Triad National Security… The University of California system currently operates the lab in partnership with the engineering and construction firm Bechtel, but their joint-management company has come under fire in recent years for a series of safety and security blunders… Texas A&M threw its hat into the ring in recent months, and eventually joined the California system’s bid… Texas A&M has helped the California system run another national laboratory, Lawrence Livermore, since 2007.
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by Megan Zahneis, The Chronicle of Higher Education.