Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Motto"Science and technology on a mission"
EstablishedSeptember 2, 1952 (1952-09-02)
Research typeNuclear and basic science
Budget$1.5 billion
DirectorKimberly S. Budil
Staff8,968
LocationLivermore, California, U.S.
37°41′N 121°43′W / 37.69°N 121.71°W / 37.69; -121.71
Campus1 square mile (2.6 km2)
Operating agency
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
Websitellnl.gov
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is located in California
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Location in California

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a federally funded research and development center in Livermore, California, United States. Originally established in 1952, the laboratory now is sponsored by the United States Department of Energy and administered privately by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.[1]

The lab was originally established as the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Livermore Branch in 1952 in response to the detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb during the Cold War.[2] It later became autonomous in 1971 and was designated a national laboratory in 1981.[3]

A federally funded research and development center, Lawrence Livermore Lab is primarily funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and it is managed privately and operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (a partnership of the University of California, Bechtel, BWX Technologies, AECOM, and Battelle Memorial Institute in affiliation with the Texas A&M University System).[4] In 2012, the synthetic chemical element livermorium (element 116) was named after the laboratory.[5]

The Livermore facility was co-founded by Edward Teller and Ernest Lawrence, then director of the Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley.[6]

  1. ^ "Master Government List of Federally Funded R&D Centers | NCSES | NSF". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  2. ^ "The 1950s". Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  3. ^ "Lawrence Livermore Laboratory". Physics History Network. American Institute of Physics. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  4. ^ "LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC". www.llnsllc.com.
  5. ^ "Livermorium and Flerovium join the periodic table of elements". www.llnl.gov. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  6. ^ "History". Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Retrieved January 30, 2020.

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