Description of LLNL FacilitiesLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLLNL_e22b2c2a-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db69U.S. Department of Energy_e22b2dc4-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db69_e22b2f0e-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db69Challenges & OpportunitiesFocus on big, complex challenges and opportunities._e22b2f90-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db691Biomedical Accelerator Mass SpectrometryIndustrial PartnersIndustrial partner projects focus on big, complex challenges and opportunities like smart grid, weather forecasting for renewable energy sources, alternative energy and transportation technologies, medical diagnostics, pharmaceutical and medical device development, and additive manufacturing, as well as cross-cutting technologies, such as virtual prototyping and testing, multi-science research, software application optimization, development tools, big data visualization, and exascale computer architecture development. Individual companies can also access a full range of trusted national laboratory scientific, algorithmic and application software support options through the HPCIC._e22b3012-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db69Isotope Ratios & Ion BeamsDevelop and apply unique, ultra-sensitive isotope ratio measurement and ion beam analytical techniques to address a broad spectrum of scientific needs._e22b30b2-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db692Center for Accelerator Mass SpectrometryCAMS is a signature facility of LLNL that uses diverse analytical techniques and state of the art instrumentation, to develop and apply unique, ultra-sensitive isotope ratio measurement and ion beam analytical techniques to address a broad spectrum of scientific needs important to the Laboratory and the nation._e22b3134-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db69High ExplosivesSynthesize, formulate, characterize, and test high explosives and other energetic materials._e22b31ca-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db693High Explosives Applications FacilityHEAF's expansive first floor houses the many laboratories and facilities that make HEAF unique in the world. Chemistry laboratories exist for the synthesis, formulation, characterization, and testing of high explosives and other energetic materials. The firing operations area of HEAF includes seven (7) fully contained firing vessels. The size and explosive weight ratings of these detonation tanks vary from gram quantities up to 10 kilograms (22 pounds) net explosive weight. HEAF is equipped with extensive, high-fidelity, high-speed diagnostic capabilities including x-ray radiography, x-ray tomography, high-speed photography, laser velocimetry, and embedded particle velocity/pressure measurements. Many of these diagnostics are integrated into the firing tanks to provide abundant dynamic data return. The combination of cutting-edge computational analysis and highly diagnosed experiments provides the required approach to achieve rapid and efficient advances in energetic material research._e22b3256-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db69LasersProvide a high degree of experimental flexibility and high laser shot rates._e22b32ec-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db694Jupiter Laser FacilityThe Jupiter Laser Facility is an institutional user facility in the Physical and Life Sciences Directorate at LLNL. The facility is designed to provide a high degree of experimental flexibility and high laser shot rates, and to allow direct user operation of experiments. JLF missions are to support lab-wide research pertinent to LLNL programs (e.g. HED Science), to promote collaborations with research institutions and universities (see http://ilsa.llnl.gov), and to provide a stimulating environment for the training of young scientists with a special emphasis on the National Ignition Facility, NIF (see http://lasers.llnl.gov).National Ignition FacilityLLNL Physical and Life Sciences DirectorateResearch InstitutionsUniversitiesYoung Scientists_e22b3382-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db69Hazardous MaterialsProvide tools and services that map the probable spread of hazardous material accidentally or intentionally released into the atmosphere._e22b3418-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db695National Atmospheric Release Advisory CenterThe National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center, NARAC, provides tools and services to the Federal Government, that map the probable spread of hazardous material accidentally or intentionally released into the atmosphere. NARAC provides atmospheric plume predictions in time for an emergency manager to decide if taking protective action is necessary to protect the health and safety of people in affected areas. Located at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, NARAC is a national support and resource center for planning, real-time assessment, emergency response, and detailed studies of incidents involving a wide variety of hazards, including nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological, and natural emissions.Federal GovernmentEmergency Managers_e22b34ae-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db69MaterialsProvides capability for studying materials at extreme pressures, temperatures, and densities. _e22b354e-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db696National Ignition FacilityThe National Ignition Facility provides the scientific community with an unprecedented capability for studying materials at extreme pressures, temperatures, and densities. NIF is expected to achieve temperatures and densities almost an order of magnitude greater than those in the sun's core and pressures far in excess of those at the core of Jupiter. The density of neutrons during the tens of picoseconds the NIF target undergoes ignition is expected to be 1033 per cubic centimeter. NIF experiments allow the study of physical processes at temperatures approaching 100 million kelvins, radiation temperatures of more than 3.5 million kelvins, densities greater than 1,000 g/cm3 and pressures of more than 100 billion atmospheres. These conditions have never been created in a laboratory environment and exist naturally only during thermonuclear burn, in supernovae and in the fusion reactions that power our stars.Scientific Community_e22b360c-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db69ClimateDevelop improved methods and tools for the diagnosis and intercomparison of general circulation models (GCMs) that simulate the global climate. _e22b36b6-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db697Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and IntercomparisonPCMDI was established in 1989 at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), located in the San Francisco Bay area, in California. Our staff includes research scientists, computer scientists, and diverse support personnel. We are primarily funded by the Regional and Global Climate Modeling (RGCM) Program and the Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Program of the Climate and Environmental Sciences Division of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program.The PCMDI mission is to develop improved methods and tools for the diagnosis and intercomparison of general circulation models (GCMs) that simulate the global climate. The need for innovative analysis of GCM climate simulations is apparent, as increasingly more complex models are developed, while the disagreements among these simulations and relative to climate observations remain significant and poorly understood. The nature and causes of these disagreements must be accounted for in a systematic fashion in order to confidently use GCMs for simulation of putative global climate change.PCMDI's mission demands that we work on both scientific projects and infrastructural tasks. Our current scientific projects focus on supporting model intercomparison, on developing a model parameterization testbed, identification of robust Cloud Feedbacks in observations and models and on devising robust statistical methods for climate-change detection/attribution. Examples of ongoing infrastructural tasks include the development of software for data management, visualization, and computation ; the assembly/organization of observational data sets for model validation; and the consistent documentation of climate model features.Regional and Global Climate Modeling (RGCM) ProgramAtmospheric System Research (ASR) ProgramOffice of Science, Biological and Environmental Research (BER)Climate and Environmental Sciences DivisionU.S. Department of Energy_e22b3774-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db69Nuclear WeaponsSupport the nuclear weapons program by assessing the operation of non-nuclear weapon components using hydrodynamic testing and advanced diagnostics._e22b3828-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db698Site 300Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Site 300 is an experimental test site operated by the Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration. It is situated on 7,000 acres in rural foothills approximately six miles southwest of downtown Tracy and 15 miles southeast of Livermore. Site 300 was established in 1955 as a non-nuclear explosives test facility to support Livermore Laboratory's national security mission. The site gets its name from the early days of Lawrence Livermore, when the main laboratory was called Site 200 and the test facility was Site 300 (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory was Site 100). Today, work at Site 300 supports the Laboratory's nuclear weapons program by assessing the operation of non-nuclear weapon components using hydrodynamic testing and advanced diagnostics, such as high-speed optics and X-ray radiography. These efforts support the nation's Stockpile Stewardship Program (SSP), which is designed to ensure the safety, security and reliability of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile.Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCNational Nuclear Security AdministrationDepartment of Energy_e22b38d2-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db69Micro- and Nanotechnologies_e22b397c-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db699Center for Micro- and Nanotechnologies_e22b3a3a-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db69SequoiaHouse the world's most powerful supercomputer._e22b3aee-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db6910Terascale Simulation FacilityThe 23,504-square-meter (253,000-square-foot) TSF at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory houses the world's most powerful supercomputer -- Sequoia. This amazing machine, which performs trillions of operations per second (teraFLOPS), supports the Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) Program, a part of the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration and an important component of stockpile stewardship. Supercomputers reside in the two computer rooms dominating the second level of the two-story supercomputer wing. A non-load-bearing wall separating the two rooms can be removed to create one large room should the need arise for more floor space for future ASC computers. Located on the ground floor beneath each computer room is a mechanical utility room. A total of 28 air-handling units blow cool air up to the second level, each at a rate of 80,000 cubic feet per minute. After cooling the computers, the air continues to rise upward and is forced into large return-air plenums for recirculation.TSF's four-story office tower provides research and development areas for visualization and hardware prototyping, a 150-seat auditorium and visualization theater for unclassified presentations, a second visualization theater for classified reviews, and an operations hub that controls the Computation Directorate's high-performance computers across the Livermore site. It also includes three small computer rooms to support facility infrastructure, an atrium-like lobby, conference rooms, and a classroom.Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) ProgramNational Nuclear Security AdministrationDepartment of Energy_e22b3ba2-3aa3-11e4-87fa-1db17966db692014-09-12OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net