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Our Science,
Our Future
The Laboratory is the largest institution in Northern New Mexico with more than 9,000 employees plus approximately 650 contractor personnel. Our annual budget is approximately $2.2 billion.
From its origins as a secret Manhattan Project laboratory, Los Alamos has attracted world-class scientists and applied their energy and creativity to solving the nation's most challenging problems. That tradition remains today. As one of the U.S. Department of Energy's multi-program, multi-disciplinary research laboratories, Los Alamos thrives on having the best people doing the best science to solve problems of global importance.
New LANL Management
Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS) comprises four top U.S. organizations that have extensive experience in nuclear defense programs—Bechtel National, University of California, BWX Technologies, and Washington Group International. Our combined record of accomplishments and awards is unmatched in both science and industry.
Los Alamos' core values combine security awareness, intellectual freedom, and scientific excellence with national service to generate scientific and engineering solutions for the nation's most pressing problems. Maintaining the nation's nuclear stockpile is Los Alamos' most important job; certifying that the nation's nuclear weapons remain safe and reliable without underground testing remains the biggest technical challenge. The Laboratory is the second-largest manufacturing site in the nuclear weapons complex and one of only two national laboratories operating at this high level of mission importance and scientific excellence.
Our Goal
By integrating top science and scholarship with leadership, innovation, and best business practices, LANL will foster the secure, efficient environment necessary for new scientific breakthroughs and delivery of national security milestones. Our highly skilled management team of nuclear experts and industry leaders are focused on making Los Alamos the premier national security laboratory of the 21st century.
The new management structure at Los Alamos is a fully integrated, efficient, and accountable organization with clear lines of responsibility and authority. All levels of our new organization share responsibility for helping the Laboratory accomplish its missions and maintain it as a source of pride and strength for the nation.
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Site Characteristics
- 40 square miles
- 49 separate technical areas
- More than 1,300 individual facilities containing 9 million gross square feet with a $5.9 billion replacement value |
