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Building a Nuclear Ordnance Engineering Lab:. A History of Sandia Rebecca Ullrich Corporate Historian SAND2005-6126C. What’s in a Weapon?. Origins: Creating Z Division. J. Robert Oppenheimer. Jerrold R. Zacharias. Origins: Choosing a Site. Origins: Building a Lab. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-program laboratory managed and operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. SAND NO. 2011-XXXXP
Building a Nuclear Ordnance Engineering Lab:A History of Sandia
Rebecca UllrichCorporate Historian
SAND2005-6126C
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What’s in a Weapon?
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Origins: Creating Z Division
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Jerrold R. Zacharias
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Origins: Choosing a Site
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Origins: Building a Lab
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JTF-1 Operation Crossroads
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Operation Crossroads
21 kt Baker Shot; July 24, 1946
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Building 800—Kruger Design
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Early Assembly Facilities
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Transition in Sandia Lab Status
First Sandia Corporation President, George Landry
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Main Sandia Tech Area: 1949
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Los Alamos
Sandia
Oak RidgeY-12
Rock Island
HanfordBurlingtonKansas City
Mound
PicatinnyInyokern
Oak RidgeK-25
The Nuclear Weapons Complex1949
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Los Alamos
Sandia
Oak RidgeY-12
Rock Island
HanfordBurlington
Kansas City
Mound
PicatinnyInyokern
Oak RidgeK-25
Pantex NTS
SavannahRiver FernaldRocky Flats
The Nuclear Weapons Complex1950-1951
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Los AlamosSandia
Oak RidgeY-12
Albuquerque
HanfordBurlington
Kansas City
Mound
PicatinnyInyokern(Salt Wells)
Oak RidgeK-25
Pantex Nevada(NTS)
SavannahRiver FernaldRocky Flats
Livermore
Paducah
Portsmouth
The Nuclear Weapons Complex1952-1953
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From: Linking Legacies: Connecting the Cold War Nuclear Weapons Production Processes to Their Environmental Consequences, DOE/EM-0319(U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management, 1997), 122.
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Pushing for Variety in Weapons Designs
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Laydown Weapons
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Fat Man
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Result of Growth: Complex
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Result of Growth: Complex
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1958 Employee Brochure
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Reflecting Policy and Place (1958)
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Result of Growth: Sandia
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Result of Growth: Albuquerque
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Populations
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Year Albuquerque Population
Bernalillo County
Population
Sandia Workforce
Base Workforce
1930 26,570 1940 35,449 69,391 1946 100 9791949 1,740 1,6271950 96,815 145,673 >2,100 2,7231954 185,800 >5,600 6,0251955 150,000 205,500 5,725 5,4141957 7,064 1960 201,189 262,199
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Sandia Purchasing in New Mexico
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Housing Permits, 1940-1954
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Year Housing Permit $1940 >2.3 million
1949 20.4 million
1952 >25 million
1954 <37.4 million
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Conclusions
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Questions?
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