United States nuclear weapons complex

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national security infrastructure nuclear weapons infrastructure

The United States nuclear weapons complex is the nationwide network of laboratories, production plants, and storage facilities responsible for the research, development, maintenance, and dismantlement of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national security infrastructure → nuclear weapons infrastructure →
alsoKnownAs	U.S. nuclear security enterprise → U.S. nuclear weapons complex → U.S. nuclear weapons enterprise →
country	United States →
employs	engineers → scientists → technicians →
expandedDuring	Cold War →
fundedBy	U.S. federal budget →
governedBy	United States Department of Energy →
historicalOrigin	Manhattan Project →
includesFacility	Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (historical) → Hanford Site (historical weapons production) → K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical) → Kansas City National Security Campus → Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory → Los Alamos National Laboratory → Mound Laboratory (historical) → Nevada National Security Site → Oak Ridge National Laboratory (historical weapons-related work) → Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical) → Pantex Plant → Pinellas Plant (historical) → Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical) → Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (cleanup successor) → Rocky Flats Plant (historical) → Sandia National Laboratories → Savannah River Site → Waste Isolation Pilot Plant → Y-12 National Security Complex →
overseenBy	National Nuclear Security Administration →
primaryMission	ensure safety, security, and reliability of nuclear warheads → support U.S. nuclear deterrent →
regulatedBy	U.S. Department of Energy safety and security directives →
responsibleFor	development of nuclear weapons → dismantlement of retired nuclear warheads → life extension programs for nuclear warheads → maintenance of the U.S. nuclear arsenal → nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship → production of nuclear weapons components → research of nuclear weapons → secure storage of nuclear warheads and components → surveillance of nuclear warheads →
subjectTo	U.S. federal environmental laws → nuclear nonproliferation obligations of the United States →
supportsProgram	Nuclear Nonproliferation and Counterproliferation programs → Nuclear Weapons Life Extension Programs → Stockpile Stewardship Program →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory → National Nuclear Security Administration → Oak Ridge Reservation → Oak Ridge Reservation ("DOE National Nuclear Security Administration complex") → Sandia National Laboratories → Y-12 National Security Complex →	partOf
United States nuclear weapons complex ("U.S. nuclear weapons complex") → United States nuclear weapons complex ("U.S. nuclear weapons enterprise") →	alsoKnownAs
U.S. Department of Energy → United States Secretary of Energy ("United States nuclear weapons program") →	oversees
Site X ("United States nuclear weapons program") →	contributedTo
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston ("United States nuclear laboratories") →	coordinatesWith
Selective Service System ("United States national defense infrastructure") →	isPartOf
Y-12 National Security Complex ("United States nuclear stockpile stewardship program") →	partOfProgram
Y-12 National Security Complex ("U.S. nuclear security enterprise") →	partOfSector
Savannah River Site ("United States nuclear weapons program") →	producedFor
United States nuclear weapons testing ("United States nuclear weapons program") →	relatedTo