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Appendix G: MDV at the Department of Energy National Laboratories
Pages 153-156

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... The key contributions of five of these laboratories to the MDV mission are briefly outlined here.1 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) advances proliferation detection for monitoring (e.g., radiation detector materials, neutron imagery and fusion with gamma signatures, antineutrino detection)
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From page 154...
... For underground nuclear explosive test detection, Sandia is modernizing the National Data Center in collaboration with the Air Force and conducts research in the laboratory and at an outdoor test facility to detect low-yield or evasively conducted tests. To prevent nuclear use and proliferation, Sandia develops new radiation detection equipment and tags and seals for current and future arms control treaties, and actively tests new ideas in U.S.
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... are a national test bed that is being utilized to develop new approaches to characterize operations using multiple external signal modalities and declared operations data. ORNL has a particular focus on uranium science, and has expertise and capabilities for meteorological fate and transport and ultra-trace analytical chemistry.
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Key Terms

  • nuclear detonation
  • test detection
  • nuclear test
  • processing facility
  • material production

  • weapons development
  • test beds
  • test explosion
  • arms control
  • nuclear explosive

  • fuel cycle
  • explosive test
  • explosion detection
  • radiation detection
  • nuclear fuel

  • national nuclear
  • nuclear proliferation
  • national test
  • foreign nuclear
  • radiation hardened

  • manufacturing facility
  • proliferation monitoring
  • prevent nuclear
  • sensitive radiation
  • security agencies

  • underground nuclear
  • cycle expertise
  • control verification
  • detection work
  • characterize operations


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