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Apr 15, 2008 5:29 pm US/Pacific

Lawrence Livermore Lab To Layoff 500 More Workers

LIVERMORE (AP) ― Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced Tuesday that it will lay off another 535 workers.

The lab is one of the nation's premier nuclear weapons research facilities. In recent months it has already shed some 900 jobs.

The cuts are driven by budget shortfalls due to declining federal funding.

Lab spokeswoman Lynda Seaver said the lab's funding is dropping by $100 million.

Seaver said some scientists and engineers will be let go in the upcoming round of 535 layoffs, but she said most of the jobs are administrative in nature.

Congressman Jerry McNerny, the Democrat who represents the district, says the cuts could threaten the lab's ability to continue some of its pioneering research into national-security and renewable energy projects.

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