LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — A former top official in U.S. nuclear weapons research at Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos national laboratories has died from...
LOS ALAMOS , N.M. — A former top official in U.S. nuclear weapons research at Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos national laboratories has died from injuries after an automobile crash in New Mexico , authorities said. He was 69.
“On behalf of the entire Laboratory, I would like to express deepest sympathies to the McMillan family and to the many current and former employees who worked closely with Charlie and knew him well,” lab Director Thom Mason said in a statementcalling McMillan “an extraordinary leader, scientist and human being who made far-reaching contributions to science and technology in service to national security and the greater good.
He oversaw the lab during expansion and safety incidents, including a 2014 radiation leak at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in southern New Mexico attributed to a waste drum that was improperly packaged at the lab. The National Nuclear Security Administration found in 2015 that the lab violated health and safety rules and docked it more than $10 million in performance awards.Mason pointed to McMillan’s work to develop a vaccine for HIV and new modeling to better understand climate change.
LOS ALAMOS Charles Mcmillan Los Alamos National Laboratory Automobile Crash Lawrence Livermore Thom Mason Martin Heinrich Santa Fe New Mexican Livermore Laboratory Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
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