United States Department of Energy - Responsibility For Nuclear Weapons

Responsibility For Nuclear Weapons

The DOE/NNSA has federal responsibility for the design, testing and production of all nuclear weapons. NNSA in turn uses contractors to carry out its responsibilities at the following government owned sites:

  • Design of the nuclear components of the weapon: Los Alamos National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Engineering of the weapon systems: Sandia National Laboratories
  • Manufacturing of key components: Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Kansas City Plant, and Y-12 National Security Complex
  • Testing: Nevada Test Site
  • Final weapon/warhead assembling/dismantling: Pantex

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