National Security Science Spring 2023

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Spring 2023

IN THIS ISSUE

Letters
The enterprise issue
From coast to coast, collaboration among the National Nuclear Security Administration’s laboratories, plants, and sites ensures that America’s nuclear deterrent will remain safe, secure, and effective now and into the future.Read Nowabout the article: The enterprise issue
Abstracts
Engineering the enterprise
Jill Hruby brings a technical perspective to leading the National Nuclear Security Administration.Read Nowabout the article: Engineering the enterprise
The Other Enterprise
A fictional spaceship inspires generations of scientists and engineers.Read Nowabout the article: The Other Enterprise
Ask an associate director
Mark Anthony, head of Plutonium Infrastructure, answers three questions.Read Nowabout the article: Ask an associate director
The Mutual Defense Agreement
For 65 years, the treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom has allowed the two countries to exchange nuclear materials, technology, and information.Read Nowabout the article: The Mutual Defense Agreement
Talkin' trash
Waste disposal plays an important role in the nuclear security enterprise.Read Nowabout the article: Talkin' trash
The Nuclear Weapons Council
Nuclear Weapons Council members and affiliates visit Los Alamos.Read Nowabout the article: The Nuclear Weapons Council
Nuclear enterprise road trip
80 Years of the Nuclear Enterprise
Dozens of facilities across the United States have supported nuclear weapons production since the 1940s.Read Nowabout the article: 80 Years of the Nuclear Enterprise
National Nuclear Security Administration
Ensuring a safe, secure, and effective nuclear stockpile requires excellence from coast to coast.Read Nowabout the article: National Nuclear Security Administration
Los Alamos National Laboratory
The remote New Mexico laboratory has designed the majority of weapons in the past and present nuclear stockpile.Read Nowabout the article: Los Alamos National Laboratory
The Dual-Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test facility
Powerful accelerators help ensure national security.Read Nowabout the article: The Dual-Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test facility
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Cutting-edge science keeps the nationʼs nuclear deterrent safe, secure, and effective in an era without nuclear testing.Read Nowabout the article: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Sandia National Laboratories
The engineering-focused facility meets national security needs.Read Nowabout the article: Sandia National Laboratories
Preserving the past
Decades of old weapons components find a home at Sandia’s Legacy Hardware Laboratory.Read Nowabout the article: Preserving the past
Kansas City National Security Campus
Eighty percent of the nonnuclear components in Americaʼs nuclear weapons are made by the plant, which has locations in Missouri and New Mexico.Read Nowabout the article: Kansas City National Security Campus
Y-12 National Security Complex
For 80 years, the Tennessee site has managed the nationʼs enriched uranium.Read Nowabout the article: Y-12 National Security Complex
Savannah River Site
The South Carolina facility leverages its unique history to tackle new challenges.Read Nowabout the article: Savannah River Site
Pantex Plant
The nationʼs only nuclear assembly and disassembly plant sits at the center of the nuclear enterprise.Read Nowabout the article: Pantex Plant
Nevada National Security Site
The nuclear enterprise comes together to conduct crucial experiments.Read Nowabout the article: Nevada National Security Site
A blast from the past
A National Security Science writer travels back in time to explore relics of the nuclear testing era.Read Nowabout the article: A blast from the past
Beyond the enterprise
From sea to shining sea
The U.S. Air Force and Navy are equipped to deliver nuclear weapons at a moment’s notice.Read Nowabout the article: From sea to shining sea
Only the best come north
Every day, at Air Force bases across the northern United States, missileers tend to the nation’s Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles. Most shifts are uneventful, but not always.Read Nowabout the article: Only the best come north
Analysis
Enterprise experience
Meet 11 current and former Los Alamos employees who spent portions of their careers at different sites across the nuclear security enterprise.Read Nowabout the article: Enterprise experience
Being essential
Protecting the enterprise
Classification Officer Diana Hollis safeguards secret information.Read Nowabout the article: Protecting the enterprise