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Radiological Laboratory Utility Office Building (RLUOB)

CMRR project groundbreaking Jan 2006
Groundbreaking for the RLUOB, the first leg of the Chemistry & Metallurgy Research Replacement (CMRR) project,
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Jan 13, 2006

updated 9 Dec 2022

The following are from CMRR public meeting transcripts:
 • LA-UR-08-0357, Sep 26, 2007, Vol 4
 • LA-UR-08-04500, Mar 25, 2008, Vol 5
 • LA-UR-09-02749, Mar 10, 2009, Vol 7
 • LA-UR-10-00676, Sep 23, 2009, Vol 8
 • LA-UR-10-02173, Mar 3, 2010, Vol 9
 • LA-UR-10-08363, Oct 6, 2010, Vol 10
 • LA-UR-11-03155, Mar 10, 2011, Vol 11
 • LA-UR-11-06849, Sep 20, 2011, Vol 12
 • LA-UR-12-23038, Apr 25, 2012, Vol 13
 • RLUOB team celebration, Jun 14, 2012
 • RLUOB layout
 • RLUOB exterior
 • RLUOB levels

• LANL plutonium programs, pit production, safety concerns, & related capital projects
• LANL plutonium programs & CMRR, 2006 - 2014
• NNSA Performance Evaluation Plans & Reports (PEPs & PERs)
• NNSA Planning & Budgeting Documents
• LANL Criticality & Safety Issues
Plutonium Disposition
• Reprogramming Request of Sept 13, 2012
• Resources on TA-55 Security System (Nuclear Materials Safeguards and Security Upgrades Project - NMSSUP)

Background information & articles
 • RLUOB recategorization for pit mission in early ’23, Los Alamos says, Exchange Monitor, Dec 9, 2022
 • RLUOB Recategorization in April ‘22 Instead of March ‘22, Defense Board Reports, Exchange Monitor, 11 Jun 2021
 • Corroded valves in the radioactive liquid waste system [in RLUOB] are carbon steel rather than the required stainless steel, DNFSB, Jun 14, 2019
 • More plutonium approved for lab facility, Albuquerque Journal, Aug 17, 2018
 • LASG comments on the “Draft EA of Proposed Changes for AC & MC at the RLUOB, Apr 25, 2018
 • NNSA Issues Draft EA for One Part of Its Proposed Plutonium Factory Complex at LANL, press release, Feb 22, 2018
 • Draft EA of Proposed Changes for AC & MC at the RLUOB, LANL, Feb 2018
 • US has Pu options short of new facility build, CRS report says, Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor, Mar 7, 2014
 • A fresh approach to Los Alamos’ plutonium problem, Albuquerque Journal, Mar 4, 2014
 • Administration plutonium strategy: no new construction at Los Alamos for now, Albuquerque Journal, Mar 4, 2014
 • Analysis offers options for plutonium pit production, Santa Fe New Mexican, Mar 3, 2014
 • Report details pit options, Los Alamos Monitor, Mar 1, 2014
 • US Nuclear Weapon “Pit” Production Options for Congress, Jonathan E. Medalia, CRS, Feb 21, 2014
 • Existing facilities could be option for further plutonium work, Los Alamos Monitor, Feb 25, 2014
 • Washington expert thinks outside the box, Los Alamos Monitor, Feb 22, 2014
 • Thinking Inside the Boxes: Can Existing Buildings Meet DoD’s Pit Needs?, Medalia, CRS, Feb 12, 2014 slides
 • Pit Production Options, Jonathan Medalia, CRS, Nov 20, 2013
 • Construction lessons learned, Rick Holmes, Jul 21, 2009

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