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    Sandia National Laboratories

    Sandia National LaboratoriesU.S. Department of Energy
    Work Albuquerque NM 87185 work Work Phone: (505) 844-8066work Website: Sandia National Laboratories

    Biography

    Sandia National Laboratories is a Federally-Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) operated and managed by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation. Sandia Corporation operates Sandia National Laboratories as a contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).

    Although most of Sandia’s approximately 10,000 employees work at Sandia’s headquarters in Albuquerque, New Mexico, or at its second principal laboratory in Livermore, California, others are working at various sites in the U.S. and abroad.

    Sandia is responsible for all non-nuclear components of the nuclear explosive package to create a militarily effective and logistically sustainable U.S. nuclear deterrent. Sandia’s nuclear weapons mission is focused on three imperatives:

    • Maintain the U.S. stockpile through surveillance and the exchange of weapon components that have limited life
    • Sustain the stockpile into the future through Life Extension Programs and Alterations
    • Maintain and advance Sandia’s required engineering and science capabilities, operations and infrastructure to ensure the health and vitality of Sandia’s nuclear weapons mission.

    Sandia evaluates the reliability and safety of every active stockpile weapon type on an annual basis, and documents its findings in a letter from the laboratory director to the Energy and Defense Secretaries.

    In terms of nuclear nonproliferation and arms control, Sandia plays a critical role in the development of national space and ground systems to monitor nuclear explosions, pioneered the systematic analysis and design of physical protection systems for both civilian and military nuclear facilities, developed the concept of portal perimeter monitoring for arms control and enabled international partners to secure nuclear materials around the world.

    Sandia also maintains the Chemical Security Program (CSP), which supports a variety of activities to promote chemical security in partner countries, including: chemical safety and security trainings for academic and industry  audiences, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)-led chemical security workshops for government and industry representatives, trainings to strengthen academic chemical societies, the development of a chemical security toolkit, architectural design support for chemistry lab construction, agrichemical security initiatives, and grants for training and physical security upgrades at academic and industrial facilities with dangerous chemicals.

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    • Radiation Security Teams Protect Crowds at Large Events (Nov 2016)
    • Advancing Fragment Tracking to Better Understand Explosive Threats (Nov 2016)
    • Creating Rotational Fires to Improve Modeling Tools (Apr 2016)
    • Studying the Complexities of Plutonium (Apr 2016)
    • Weaseling in for Critical Infrastructure Protection (Mar 2016)
    • SecuritySeal Detects Tampering with Nuclear Material Containers (Jul 2015)
    • Sandia and UNM Sign New Collaborative Agreement (Jul 2015)
    • Los Alamos, Sandia Host Non-Proliferation Representatives (Apr 2015)
    • Big Picture: Sandia National Laboratory MESA Complex (Apr 2015)
    • Sandia Labs Recognized for Ruggedized Anthrax Detector (Feb 2015)
    • Study: Long-Term Aging of Electronics in Nuclear Weapons (Dec 2014)
    • Nuclear Device Detection for Emergency Responders (Nov 2014)
    • Showcase Highlights Sandia Commercialization Opportunities (Sep 2014)
    • Sandia Researching New Detectors for Chemical, Biological Threats (Sep 2013)
    • New Method Discovered To Protect Against Chemical Weapons (May 2014)
    • Emergency Response Tech Partnerships Program at Sandia National Lab (Apr 2013)
    • New Instrument to Quickly Detect Botulinum, Ricin, Other Biothreats (Apr 2013)
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