The detonation of carbon-rich high explosives yields solid carbon as a major constituent of the product mixture, as well as a variety of carbon allotropes and...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) Summer Internship Program provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to participate in projects...
Teams from around the Southwest will wrangle their bomb-squad robots at the tenth annual Robot Rodeo beginning June 14, 2016 at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. “The...
Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories have recently conducted plutonium experiments using Sandia’s pulsed power Z Machine that have reached regions of pressure, temperature and density...
The National Research Council has published a new report from the Committee on Assessment of the Governance Structure of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) National...
One essential factor to ensure safety and functionality of aging nuclear weapons is understanding the fundamental properties of the high explosives that are part of these...
The United States is running perilously low on Helium-3 gas, a crucial component in today’s neutron radiation detectors. Neutron detectors are deployed at ports of entry...
