National Security Science magazine | Issue The Oppenheimer issue

The undisputed genius, charismatic leader, and fallen hero was also the first director of what is today Los Alamos National Laboratory.

The Laboratory’s first official technical report captures what was known about atomic weaponry in 1943.

Classification of information has been essential since the Manhattan Project.

10 scientific advancements born from the Manhattan Project.

Los Alamos has designed and produced this essential weapons component since the 1940s.

Many facilities have supported plutonium pit production since the Manhattan Project.

Jumbo, Dumbo, and the Jumbinos informed the design of modern confinement vessels.

A counterterrorism test series paves the way for experimental breakthroughs.

Los Alamos–developed “switchable” explosives mitigate the risk of an unintended detonation.

New initiatives capture knowledge that might otherwise be lost.