NEVADA TEST SITE
KEY FACILITIES
Joint Actinide Shock Physics Experimental Research
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The Joint Actinide Shock Physics Experimental Research (JASPER) Facility, located at NTS, is a multi-organizational research facility hosting Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, NSTec, and DOE NNSA. LLNL maintains management and project responsibility. JASPER is capable of generating and measuring data on the properties of radioactive chemical elements at high shock pressures, temperatures, and strain rates approximating the conditions in nuclear weapons by using a two-stage gas gun. The data is used to determine material equations-of-state and validate computer models of material response. The work advances predictive capability, thus ensuring confidence in the nuclear stockpile.
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