Science and Technology Review Articles Associated with the
Stockpile Stewardship Program

As part of our primary mission to make sure that the nation's nuclear stockpile is safe, secure, and reliable without nuclear testing, WCI scientists conduct research in a broad range of disciplines.

Plasmas and Lasers A Stellar Performance—Recent Experiments at NIF Safe and Sustainable Energy with LIFE Meeting the Target Challenge Preparing for the X Games of Science Doing a Stretch of Time
Shock Waves Ten Times More Data for Shock-Physics Experiments A Simple Way to Better Protect Soldiers against Head Trauma An Accelerated Collaboration Meets with Beaming Success New Routes to High Temperatures and Pressures Measures for Measures
Materials Science Experiments and Simulations A Home for Energetic Materials and their Experts Plutonium Hitches a Ride on Subsurface Particles Enhancing Confidence in the Nation’s Nuclear Stockpile The Hunt for Better Radiation Detection Dissolving Molecules to Improve Their Performance A Defensive "Coat" for Materials under Attack
Leading-Edge Computing A New Application for a Weapons Code Predicting the Bizarre Properties of Plutonium A Code to Model Electromagnetic Phenomena Three Dimensional on the Nanoscale Thunder’s Power Delivers Breakthrough Science
Weapons Engineering Simulation and Precision Engineering Lead to Extraordinary Results in Experiment Extending the Life of an Aging Weapon A CAT Scanner for Nuclear Weapon Components Monitoring a Nuclear Weapon from the Inside Standardizing the Art of Electron-Beam Welding
Astrophysics Too Close for Comfort Ring around a Stellar Shell: A Tale of Scientific Serendipity A Laboratory to Probe a Planet's Deep Interior
Hydrodynamics Ramrods Shepherd Hydrodynamic Tests A Laboratory to Probe a Planet's Deep Interior Ramrods Key to Extraordinary Record An Accelerated Collaboration Meets with Beaming Success Planets and Stars under the Magnifying Glass