The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration is taking comments between now and Jan. 17 on plans for a new 14-mile electric power transmission line serving the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
A draft environmental assessment was published and public comment period commenced Dec. 19 on the Los Alamos National Laboratory Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade Project, according to a public notice.
The draft considers potential environmental effects from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)’s proposal to build a 14-mile, 115-kilovolt power transmission line and related infrastructure upgrades on public land within the Caja del Rio area of Santa Fe County, according to the notice. A public meeting is scheduled Jan. 11 at 4 p.m. Mountain Time at the Santa Fe Community College, the Los Alamos Reporter, an online newspaper, reported recently. The new line is needed because the two existing power lines could reach their capacity limit by the end of 2027, according to the notice.
Several inches of snowfall caused a two-hour late opening Thursday morning at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, according to a Facebook.
A winter storm warning is in effect through 6 a.m. local time Friday with below-freezing temperatures and occasional flurries expected through Sunday, according to the National Weather Service’s local forecast.
Pajarito Mountain, the ski resort near the lab, had 44 of its 53 trails and four of its six lifts open as of Tuesday, according to the resort’s website. Between eight and 14 inches were forecast for the ski resort.
Neil Subin left Centrus Energy Corp.’s board of directors on New Year’s Eve, capping a roughly six-year stint on the board, the company said in a press release ahead of the winter holidays.
Subin, a wealth manager, remains a Centrus investor, the company said in the press release. He had been on the board since 2017, the company said. Centrus’ board planned to replace him.
