LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
KEY FACILITIES
Livermore Computing and the Terascale Computing Facility
Livermore Computing provides computational infrastructure for LLNL researchers. It provides terascale computers. The Terascale Simulation Facility (TSF) houses BlueGene/L and ASC Purple, two of the world's fastest supercomputers, which support the Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) Program, part of DOE NNSA's Stockpile Stewardship Program
Contained Firing Facility
A hydrodynamic test facility located on Site 300. It was designed to conduct indoor, non-nuclear high-explosive experiments to support NNSA's Stockpile Stewardship Program.
Gas-Gun Facility and JASPER
The Gas-Gun Facility is a 20-meter-long hypervelocity gun used to study materials under extreme pressures and at high temperatures. LLNL also manages the Joint Actinide Shock Physics Experimental Research (JASPER) Facility, a two-state gas-gun, which is located at the Nevada Test Site. It is a multi-organizational research facility with LLNL, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratores, NSTec, and DOE NNSA. JASPER has been used in the testing of the nuclear weapons stockpile by gathering data about material properties in extreme laboratory conditions, approximating those in nuclear weapons. The information is used to validate computer models and to determine material equations-of-state.
The Radiation Detection Center
Radiation detection techniques and technologies are developed at the RDC. It also serves a resource for LLNL and government agencies for radiation detection.
National Atmosphere Release Advisory Center
The National Atmosphere Release Advisory Center (NARAC) is a national support and resource center that for planning, real-time assessment, and emergency response. It primarily serves DOE NNSA and DOD by providing tools and services to map the probable spread of hazardous material released into the atmosphere. It supplies atmospheric plume predictions and is capable of 3-D modeling. In 2002 a dispersion modeling system capable of three-dimensional diagnostic, dispersion, and weather forecasts became operational. It includes an Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
The Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI), established in 1989, develops improved methods and tools for the diagnosis, validation, and intercomparison of general circulation models (GCMs) to simulate the global climate. It also conducts research on problems in climate modeling and analysis. It also supported modeling studies for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It is funded by the Climate Change Research Division of the DOE Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program.
Special Engineering Capabilities and Unique Facilities
To support LLNL's R&D efforts in energy, the environment, and biotechnology, the Engineering department owns and manages a number of facilities, including engineering labs, shops, and office buildings. Using LLNL's Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) facility, engineers have created a geophysics model of Southern Nevada, which, when coupled with a structural model, can be used to simulate of seismic events. The range also includes a microtechnology building, mechanical fabrication facility, a materials evaluation and nondestructive evaluation capabilities, electronics manufacturing facilities, a high-pressure lab, and defense science facilities and electromagnetics.
Biodefense Knowledge Center
The Biodefense Knowledge Center (BKC), a multi-institution national resource, was created in 2004 to create a distributed knowledge management infrastructure for anticipating, preventing, and responding to biological terrorism. It is a Department of Homeland Security facility.
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