Sandia technology engineering and science accomplishments

Technical Report · Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10176188· OSTI ID:10176188

Sandia is a DOE multiprogram engineering and science laboratory with major facilities at Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Livermore, California, and a test range near Tonapah, Nevada. We have major research and development responsibilities for nuclear weapons, arms control, energy, the environment, economic competitiveness, and other areas of importance to the needs of the nation. Our principal mission is to support national defense policies by ensuring that the nuclear weapon stockpile meets the highest standards of safety, reliability, security, use control, and military performance. Selected unclassified technical activities and accomplishments are reported here. Topics include advanced manufacturing technologies, intelligent machines, computational simulation, sensors and instrumentation, information management, energy and environment, and weapons technology.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 10176188
• Report Number(s): SAND-92-2395; ON: DE93017676
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Mar 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
42 ENGINEERING
SANDIA LABORATORIES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
ARMS CONTROL
ROBOTS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
SOLAR THERMAL CONVERSION
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
REMOTE HANDLING EQUIPMENT
290500
350300
450200
440000
420203
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND COMMERCIALIZATION
VERIFICATION
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS AND EXPLOSIVES
INSTRUMENTATION
HANDLING EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES