David Dooley | Los Alamos National Laboratory

Associate Laboratory Director, Weapons Production

As Associate Laboratory Director for the Weapons Production, David Dooley directs programs to assure the safety, security, and effectiveness of the systems in the nation’s nuclear stockpile.

David Dooley is the Associate Laboratory Director for Weapons Production (ALDWP) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). In this role, he is part of the LANL executive leadership team and has responsibility for leading the pit production mission, operates the PF-4 nuclear facility and the production of nuclear weapon detonators, and other nonnuclear components. ALDWP also oversees plutonium processing and disposition, manufacturing of power supplies for NASA deep space missions, surveillance, nuclear materials management, and waste operations. Dooley manages an annual program and operating budget of over $1.5 billion and 2,200 staff.