Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program (OSELP) Software and Computing Strategy for the Future of Weapons Physics Applications [Slides]

Technical Report · Tue Mar 08 04:00:00 EST 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1853919· OSTI ID:1853919

Schraad, Mark William ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Mission drivers at the national level are evolving to accommodate a broadening landscape. The U.S. faces a rapidly evolving, threat-based environment with an associated expansion of national-level priorities. Priorities continue to include all aspects of sustaining the existing, aging stockpile. Now, however, we must also include consideration of options for a future deterrent, including efficacy of the deterrent against new threats (threat assessment and response), capability needs associated with new materials and modern manufacturing and production processes, and efficiency requirements for a modern workflow for weapons design. Executing this complex strategy will come with challenges. We must execute our current mission, while we prepare for future missions and an increasingly uncertain future.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: 89233218CNA000001
• OSTI ID: 1853919
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-22-22136
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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