U1a Complex

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The U1a Complex is an underground experimental facility at the Nevada National Security Site used for subcritical nuclear weapons testing and related research.

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instanceOf nuclear weapons research facility
underground experimental facility
access restricted
associatedWith Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Sandia National Laboratories
country United States
depth hundreds of meters below ground
environmentType underground tunnel complex
hasInfrastructure containment systems for nuclear materials
diagnostic facilities
drifts
experimental chambers
high-speed radiography systems
tunnels
locatedIn southern Nevada desert
locatedUnderground yes
location Nevada National Security Site
near former Nevada Test Site underground test areas
operator National Nuclear Security Administration
United States Department of Energy
partOf United States nuclear weapons complex
underground laboratory network at Nevada National Security Site
purpose support nuclear stockpile reliability without full-scale nuclear testing
regulatoryOversightBy National Nuclear Security Administration
United States Department of Energy
relatedTo Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty compliance
subcritical experiment program
researchFocus behavior of plutonium under high pressure
code and simulation validation for nuclear weapons
weapon physics validation
riskMitigationFeature engineered containment for experiments
geologic isolation from surface
safetyCharacteristic experiments remain subcritical
no self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction
securityLevel high-security facility
state Nevada
subjectOf U.S. nuclear stockpile stewardship program documentation
supportsProgram Stockpile Stewardship Program
usedFor hydrodynamic experiments
materials science research under extreme conditions
nuclear weapons physics experiments
radiography experiments
stockpile stewardship research
subcritical nuclear weapons testing

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