What makes the B61-12 particularly impressive is the bomb’s ability to adjust its destructive yield depending on the ...

Many scientists say “subcritical” experiments and computer simulations make nuclear weapons testing unnecessary.

With the completion of the B61-12 program, work has now started on the B61-13, specifically designed for “certain harder and ...

Approximately 30,000 nuclear weapons were spread across Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine, with Ukraine possessing ...

She has guided Sandia’s contributions to nuclear weapon systems engineering ... where she oversaw the development and operational support for advanced weapons systems for the DOD. In 2019, she was ...

Titanium sub-hydride potassium perchlorate, a highly specialized explosive used to open valves, was once produced exclusively for Sandia National Laboratories at a U.S. Department of Energy site in ...

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His visit to Oak Ridge followed a Feb. 26 visit to Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratory, two Department of Energy nuclear weapons labs in New Mexico. In Oak Ridge, the ...

Right here in Sandia National Labs ... "Are we going to slow down or tear back the next generation of research in nuclear weapons? No." He also touched on the importance of infrastructure.