Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

• Biosecurity A distinguished track record in developing, deploying and delivering advanced biodefense capabilities.

• Counterterrorism Preventing and mitigating potentially catastrophic incidents involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-explosive materials.

• Defense Supporting the Department of Defense as a preeminent innovative science and technology contributor.

• Energy Advancing our nation's security through the production, development and deployment of energy resources and technology while understanding and reducing their environmental impacts.

• Intelligence Providing timely, informed analytic and operational support as well as unique, science and technology support to a wide range of sponsors.

• Nonproliferation A national resource for addressing nonproliferation challenges, noteworthy for developing innovative technical solutions.

• Science Delivering scientific discoveries that position Lawrence Livermore researchers to solve pressing national security challenges.

• Weapons Ensuring the safety, security and reliability of the nuclear deterrent.

Program Areas

• Global Security The Global Security Principal Directorate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) applies multidisciplinary science and technology to anticipate, innovate and deliver responsive solutions to complex global security needs.
   
• NIF & Photon Science We operate the National Ignition Facility (NIF), the world’s largest and highest-energy laser. The facility is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and is a key element of NNSA’s Stockpile Stewardship Program to maintain the reliability and safety of the U.S. nuclear deterrent without full-scale testing.

• Weapons & Complex Integration Weapons and Complex Integration (WCI) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory works to establish a science-based understanding of nuclear weapons performance and assesses the safety, security and effectiveness of the stockpile. 
  
  
• Computation We’re making the world safer by shaping the frontiers of high performance computing (HPC), data sciences and computer science. We design, develop and deploy HPC capabilities not only in support of Livermore’s mission and program goals, such as the nation’s Stockpile Stewardship Program, but to improve national security and advance U.S. economic competitiveness.
  
  
• Engineering The Engineering Directorate of nearly 1,600 world-class engineers, scientists and technicians, organized into five divisions, is the foundation for most of our core programs in stockpile stewardship, advanced laser systems, global security and science and technology.
  
  
• Physical Life Sciences Our staff members lead and support a wide array of leading-edge research and development efforts at LLNL. From astrophysics and planetary science to atomic and plasma physics, our research explores matter at all length scales, under diverse and often extreme conditions.