Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Plutonium Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

About

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, CA) –LLNL is located 45 miles southeast of San Francisco, California, is a nuclear weapon research and development laboratory. It provides technical expertise to support stockpile stewardship and management, including consulting on the surveillance and dismantlement of nuclear weapons. Most defense nuclear activities are conducted in the Superblock complex, which includes the Plutonium Facility and the Tritium Facility.

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Status
Active
Primary Function
Stewardship of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile is the foremost responsibility of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
Ongoing Operations
Livermore experts are combining materials research, experiments, and advanced numerical models to anticipate any problems in America's aging nuclear weapons.

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