Photos placed in horizontal position with even amount of white space between photos and header 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 Ullrich Corporate Historian SAND2005-6126C
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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
What’s in a Weapon?
3
Origins: Creating Z Division
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Jerrold R. Zacharias
Origins: Choosing a Site
Origins: Building a Lab
6
JTF-1 Operation Crossroads
Operation Crossroads
21 kt Baker Shot; July 24, 1946
Building 800—Kruger Design
Early Assembly Facilities
Transition in Sandia Lab Status
First Sandia Corporation President, George Landry
Main Sandia Tech Area: 1949
Los Alamos
Sandia
Oak RidgeY-12
Rock Island
HanfordBurlingtonKansas City
Mound
PicatinnyInyokern
Oak RidgeK-25
The Nuclear Weapons Complex1949
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
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
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.
Pushing for Variety in Weapons Designs
Laydown Weapons
Fat Man
Result of Growth: Complex
Result of Growth: Complex
1958 Employee Brochure
Reflecting Policy and Place (1958)
Result of Growth: Sandia
Result of Growth: Albuquerque
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Populations
25
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
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
Conclusions
Questions?
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