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.

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