Organizations

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

1952

Department of Energy nuclear-weapons laboratory in California, co-founded by Edward Teller in 1952 as a rival to Los Alamos. Home of the SDI X-ray-laser (Star Wars) effort led by Teller and Lowell Wood, and a pillar of the U.S. weapons-physics establishment alongside Los Alamos and Sandia.

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Connections (7)

confirmedLowell Wood

astrophysicist there for decades; led the SDI X-ray-laser work

Source: Wikipedia: Lowell Wood

confirmedHerbert York

its first director (1952)

Source: Wikipedia: Herbert York

confirmedBechtel Corporation

co-manages it as a partner in Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC

Source: Bechtel.com; LLNS LLC

confirmedBattelle Memorial Institute

co-manages it via Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC

Source: Battelle.org, National Lab Management

confirmedEdward Teller

co-founded it in 1952 as a rival to Los Alamos

Source: Wikipedia: Edward Teller

confirmedDepartment of Energy

a Department of Energy national weapons laboratory

Source: Wikipedia: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

confirmedRonald Reagan

his SDI program was built around Livermore's X-ray-laser work

Source: Wikipedia: Ronald Reagan

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