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Sandia, AMD collaborate to improve stockpile mission
January 26, 2023 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories, in partnership with Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national labs, has awarded a contract to AMD that funds research and development of advanced memory technologies expected to accelerate high-performance simulation and computing applications in support of the nation’s stockpile stewardship mission. The National Nuclear...
Categories: Military / Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Science / Technology / Engineering
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Successful crash test meets major milestone for nuclear deterrence program
October 8, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A full-scale crash test involving a semitruck impacting the side of the first prototype of a new weapons transporter successfully took place at Sandia National Laboratories this summer.[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Data from the Mobile …
Categories: Coronavirus, Homeland security, Nuclear Weapons, Science / Technology / Engineering, Transportation
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Expanding testing capacity for Sandia weapons modernization programs
September 30, 2020 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration and Department of Energy’s under secretary for nuclear security, joined Sandia National Laboratories Deputy Labs Director Dori Ellis and other Sandia leaders today f…
Categories: Nuclear Weapons, Science / Technology / Engineering
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Earthquake or underground explosion?
August 7, 2019 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers, as part of a group of National Nuclear Security Administration scientists, have wrapped up years of field experiments to improve the United States’ ability to differentiate earthquakes from underground explosi…
Categories: Nonproliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Physics, Science / Technology / Engineering
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Sandia delivers first DOE sounding rocket program since 1990s
October 22, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A new rocket program could help cut research and development time for new weapons systems from as many as 15 years to less than five. Sandia National Laboratories developed the new program, called the High Operational Tempo Sounding Rocket Program, or HOT SHOT, and integrated it for...
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HOT SHOT

Radiation security team from Sandia works behind the scenes at events to protect public
November 14, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Richard Stump has been to five Super Bowls and hasn't seen a single pass, run or touchdown.[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Sandia National Laboratories Radiological Assistance Program senior scientist Richard Stump monitors a football fie…
Categories: Homeland security
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Richard Stump in a football stadium.

Security professional at Sandia nationally recognized with annual NNSA award
July 18, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories security professional Paulette Solis has received the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Bradley A. Peterson Contractor Security Professional of the Year Award. This year’s federal honoree is Susan Christian-Payne of the Nevada Field Office, who received the NNSA’s Bradley A. Peterson Federal Security Professional...
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Improved ranking test for supercomputers to be released by Sandia
November 15, 2013, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researcher Mike Heroux has helped craft a new benchmark that more accurately measures the power of modern supercomputers for scientific and engineering applications. Heroux collaborated with the creator of the widely used LINPACK benchmark, Jack Dongarra, and his colleagues at the University of Tennessee...
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Mike Heroux

Sandia recognized for sustainable greenhouse gas management
October 24, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) awarded Sandia National Laboratories a Best in Class Sustainability Award for improvements in the labs’ Saturn and High Energy Radiation Megavolt Electron Source (HERMES) III pulsed power facilities. Sandia was recognized for reducing the use of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) with an...
Categories: Awards, Energy / Environment / Water
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High Energy Radiation Megavolt Electron Source (HERMES) pulsed power facility

Sandia National Laboratories hosts NATO visitors
May 10, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — NATO delegates toured Sandia National Laboratories during a three-day visit highlighting the labs' programs that support extended deterrence to U.S. allies, as well as broader national security programs ranging from homeland security to preventing the p…
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NATO visit