Global InformationLos Alamos National Laboratory information
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 Aerial view | |
| Established | 1943 |
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| Budget | $3.92 billion[1] |
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| Director | Thomas Mason |
| Staff | 12,752[1] |
| Students | 1,613[1] |
| Location | Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States 35°52′32″N 106°19′27″W / 35.87556°N 106.32417°W |
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Operating agency | Triad National Security LLC |
| Website | https://www.lanl.gov/ |
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. Historic district | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark District | |
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| Location | Central Ave., Los Alamos, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35°52′54″N 106°17′54″W / 35.88167°N 106.29833°W |
| Area | 22,200 acres (9,000 ha)[3] |
| Built | 1943 |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/Craftsman, Modern Movement, Ranch |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000893[2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
| Designated NHLD | December 21, 1965[4] |
Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the American southwest. Best known for its central role in helping develop the first atomic bomb, LANL is one of the world's largest and most advanced scientific institutions.[5]
Los Alamos was established in 1943 as Project Y, a top-secret site for designing nuclear weapons under the Manhattan Project during World War II.[note 1] Chosen for its remote yet relatively accessible location, it served as the main hub for conducting and coordinating nuclear research,[6] bringing together some of the world's most famous scientists, among them numerous Nobel Prize winners.[7][8] The town of Los Alamos, directly north of the lab, grew extensively through this period.
After the war ended in 1945, Project Y's existence was made public, and it became known universally as Los Alamos. In 1952, the Atomic Energy Commission formed a second design lab under the direction of the University of California, Berkeley, which became the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).[9] The two labs competed on a wide variety of bomb designs, but with the end of the Cold War, have focused increasingly on civilian missions. Today, Los Alamos conducts multidisciplinary research in fields such as national security, space exploration, nuclear fusion, renewable energy,[10] medicine, nanotechnology, and supercomputing.
While owned by the federal government, LANL is privately managed and operated by Triad National Security, LLC.[7][11]
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- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "LANL Location and Infrastructure". Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks Survey, New Mexico" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
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