LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY
KEY FACILITIES
Technical Areas
TA-0 Offsite facilities
TA-2 Omega West nuclear reactor
TA-3 Lab center, main technical area Chemical, Low Level Waste (LLW), Mixed LLW (MLLW) Yes (Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building, Sigma Complex)
TA-5 Physical support facilities
TA-6 Mostly undeveloped
TA-8 Dynamic testing site Chemical, LLW, MLLW (Radiographic Test Facility)
TA-9 Explosives research Chemical, LLW, MLLW
TA-11 Explosives testing Chemical, LLW, MLLW
TA-14 Dynamic testing site Chemical, LLW, MLLW
TA-15 PHERMEX (5), weapons testing, Dual-Axis Radiographic Hydrotest Facility (DARHT) Chemical, LLW, MLLW
TA-16 Weapons Engineering Tritium Facility (WETF), high explosives processing Chemical, LLW, MLLW (WETF)
TA-18 Nuclear materials studies Chemical, LLW, MLLW Yes (Los Alamos Critical Experiments Facility)
TA-21 Tritium fabrication & testing Chemical, LLW, MLLW, Transuranic waste (TRU) Yes (Tritium Site Test Assembly & Tritium Science and Fabrication Facility)
TA-22 Detonator studies Unknown
TA-28 Explosives storage Chemical, LLW, MLLW
TA-33 High-pressure tritium lab Unknown Yes (Nonproliferation R&D)
TA-33, located in the eastern portion of LANL, is an active testing area. It was used to test initiators (components of nuclear weapons) from 1947 to the 1950's. Tritium plume monitoring called SEAMIST are continuing to track the movement and concentrations of a tritiated water. Tritium plume measurement Installation of absorbers on SEAMIST membrane to 300 ft for wicking of water in vadose zone. Los Alamos National Laboratory TA-33 August 1994 to present Jake Turin
TA-35 Nuclear safeguards research Chemical, LLW, MLLW
TA-36 Explosives testing Chemical, LLW, MLLW
TA-37 Explosives storage Chemical, LLW, MLLW
TA-39 Non-nuclear weapons studies, shock wave physics Chemical, LLW, MLLW
TA-40 Detonator studies Chemical, LLW, MLLW
TA-41 Nuclear components R&D
TA-43 Biology/Genetics Chemical, LLW, MLLW
TA-46 Lasers/Photochemistry & Wastewater system
TA-48 Radiochemistry R&D Chemical, LLW, MLLW Yes (Radiochemistry Lab)
TA-49 Historic underground subcritical tests and unknown current use
TA-50 Waste management Chemical, LLW, MLLW, TRU Yes (Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Facility & Waste Characterization, Reduction, and Repackaging Facility)
TA-51 Radwaste impact research
TA-52 Nuclear reactor performance & safety R&D
TA-53 Los Alamos Neutron Science Center Chemical, LLW, MLLW (Isotope Production Facility)
TA-54 Waste disposal and management Chemical, LLW, MLLW, TRU(Area G, Radioassay and Nondestructive Testing Facility)
TA-55 Plutonium Facility site, plutonium processing R&D Chemical, LLW, MLLW, TRU, Mixed TRU waste (MTRUW) (Plutonium Building)
TA-57 Astrophysics observatory and environmental research
TA-58 For future use
TA-59 Health & safety stuff
TA-60 Testing & rack assembly
TA-62 Experimental science
TA-63 Major growth area
TA-64 Hazardous Materials Response Team Headquarters
TA-66 Industrial partnership activities
TA-67 Environmental buffer
TA-68 Dynamic testing site
TA-69 Environmental buffer
TA-70 Environmental buffer
TA-71 Environmenal buffer
TA-72 Firing range
TA-73 Los Alamos airport
TA-74 Water wells
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