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.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nuclear weapons research facility
ⓘ
underground experimental facility ⓘ |
| access | restricted ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Alamos National Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandia National Laboratories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | former Nevada Test Site underground test areas ⓘ |
| operator |
National Nuclear Security Administration
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Department of Energy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States nuclear weapons complex
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
underground laboratory network at Nevada National Security Site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | support nuclear stockpile reliability without full-scale nuclear testing ⓘ |
| regulatoryOversightBy |
National Nuclear Security Administration
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Department of Energy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
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geologic isolation from surface ⓘ |
| safetyCharacteristic |
experiments remain subcritical
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no self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction ⓘ |
| securityLevel | high-security facility ⓘ |
| state | Nevada ⓘ |
| subjectOf | U.S. nuclear stockpile stewardship program documentation ⓘ |
| supportsProgram | Stockpile Stewardship Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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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