UNM-LA student, Althea Denlinger, receives Danny Nichols Memorial Scholarship May 18, 2021
Althea Denlinger said she always knew she wanted to work with computers - so enamored by how they work, it prompted Denlinger and her brother to build a desktop at home.
After moving to Los Alamos from Pittsburgh, Denlinger worked at Hot Rocks Café and made friends with some of the customers who she learned worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). After earning a New Mexico High School Equivalency Diploma in 2019, Denlinger enrolled in the Associate of Science in Computer Science program at UNM-Los Alamos (UNM-LA).
In February, N3B announced the availability of the Danny Nichols Memorial Scholarship - established to attract students into the energy, environmental and radioactive waste management industry. N3B manages the 10-year, $1.4 billion Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office.
Mexican Spotted Owl Protected In Los Alamos Cleanup - 11:23 am
The Mexican spotted owl, which finds a home in Northern New Mexico’s canyons and forests, is a threatened species that N3B strives to protect. Courtesy/Don Ulrich, taken in Flagstaff, Ariz.
N3B News:
To protect a treasured ecological species of Northern New Mexico, Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) recently began its annual task of modifying legacy waste cleanup activities at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) ahead of the Mexican spotted owl breeding season.
N3B cleans up hazardous and radiological waste generated at LANL during the Manhattan Project and Cold War eras for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office.