Consortium of Texas A&M, UC secured NSSA’s Los Alamos Lab contract

Consortium of Texas A&M, UC secured NSSA’s Los Alamos Lab contract 

Supervising one of the top nuclear weapons laboratory in United States that has had security and safety hiccups will be the responsibility of a new administration team that includes a couple of universities and a research and development (R&D) company that does work across the globe, the U.S. government announced on Friday, June 8.

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) opted to hire Triad National Security LLC as the winning bidder to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory, where the atomic bomb has invented. Comprised of Ohio-based Battelle Memorial Institute, Texas A&M University and the University of California, Triad National Security will begin taking over later this 2018.

The contract deal — worth an estimated $2.5 billion per annum — marks a big leap as federal officials look to get the laboratory back on track after safety failures and missed objectives.