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'''Los Alamos National Laboratory''' (LANL) | '''Los Alamos National Laboratory''' (LANL) is a [[U.S. Department of Energy]] (DOE) national laboratory located in [[Los Alamos]], [[New Mexico]]. Since 2005, it has been managed and operated by [[Los Alamos National Security]] (LANS)<ref name=LANS/> and is one of the world's leading science and technology institutes. | ||
At various times in the past, LANL has been known as '''''Site Y''''', '''''Los Alamos Laboratory''''', ''''' | LANL's primary mission is to ensure the safety, security, and reliability of the nation's nuclear deterrent.<ref name=LANL-Mission/> In addition to its primary mission, LANL's research work serves to advance [[Biology|bioscience]], [[chemistry]], [[computer science]], [[Earth science|earth]] and [[environmental science]]s, [[materials science]], and [[physics]] disciplines.<ref name=LANL-About/> | ||
At various times in the past, LANL has been known as '''''Site Y''''', '''''Los Alamos Laboratory''''', and '''''Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory'''''. | |||
==History== | |||
{{Image|Trinity test.jpg|left|250px|Trinity test of an [[Nuclear weapon|atomic bomb]] on July 15, 1945 at 0.016 seconds after detonation. The fireball was about 200 metres wide.}} | |||
The [[Manhattan Project]] was the secret [[United States]] project conducted primarily during [[World War II]], with the participation of the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Canada]], that culminated in developing the world's first [[nuclear weapon]] commonly referred to at that time as an ''atomic bomb''. | |||
The project was initiated in 1939 by [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]], after he received a letter from physicist [[Albert Einstein]] (drafted by fellow physicist [[Leó Szilárd]]) urging the study of [[nuclear fission]] for military purposes, under fears that [[Nazi Germany]] would be first to develop nuclear weapons. Roosevelt started a small investigation into the matter which eventually became the massive [[Manhattan Project]] that employed more than 130,000 people at universities across the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada as well as at the three major design, development and production facilities at: | |||
* The weapons design and development facility at Los Alamos, New Mexico known then as '''''Site Y''''', later to become the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and now the Los Alamos National Laboratory. | |||
* The [[plutonium]] production facility at the [[Hanford Site]] in eastern [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington state]]. | |||
* The [[uranium]] enrichment facilities at [[Oak Ridge, Tennessee]]. | |||
The Manhattan project culminated with the detonation of the first nuclear weapon , known as the [[Trinity test]], | |||
in 1945 at [[White Sands]], [[New Mexico]]. | |||
==LANL Organization== | |||
{{Image|LANL Organization.png|center|906px|LANL Organization Chart}} | {{Image|LANL Organization.png|center|906px|LANL Organization Chart}} | ||
==Staff and budget== | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 18:51, 2 June 2011
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory located in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Since 2005, it has been managed and operated by Los Alamos National Security (LANS)[1] and is one of the world's leading science and technology institutes.
LANL's primary mission is to ensure the safety, security, and reliability of the nation's nuclear deterrent.[2] In addition to its primary mission, LANL's research work serves to advance bioscience, chemistry, computer science, earth and environmental sciences, materials science, and physics disciplines.[3]
At various times in the past, LANL has been known as Site Y, Los Alamos Laboratory, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
History
Trinity test of an atomic bomb on July 15, 1945 at 0.016 seconds after detonation. The fireball was about 200 metres wide.
The Manhattan Project was the secret United States project conducted primarily during World War II, with the participation of the United Kingdom and Canada, that culminated in developing the world's first nuclear weapon commonly referred to at that time as an atomic bomb.
The project was initiated in 1939 by U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, after he received a letter from physicist Albert Einstein (drafted by fellow physicist Leó Szilárd) urging the study of nuclear fission for military purposes, under fears that Nazi Germany would be first to develop nuclear weapons. Roosevelt started a small investigation into the matter which eventually became the massive Manhattan Project that employed more than 130,000 people at universities across the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada as well as at the three major design, development and production facilities at:
- The weapons design and development facility at Los Alamos, New Mexico known then as Site Y, later to become the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and now the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- The plutonium production facility at the Hanford Site in eastern Washington state.
- The uranium enrichment facilities at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
The Manhattan project culminated with the detonation of the first nuclear weapon , known as the Trinity test, in 1945 at White Sands, New Mexico.
LANL Organization
Staff and budget
References
- ↑ About LANS From the website of Los Alamos National Security, LLC.
- ↑ LANL History Overview] From the website of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- ↑ About LANL From the website of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.