The manufacturing issue

In its many machine shops and specialized work areas, Los Alamos National Laboratory produces parts to support national security.

From coast to coast, specialized parts, technology, and strategic materials help make the world safer.

Useful terms to know before diving into this issue.

Los Alamos National Laboratory serves as the production agency for all detonators.

A Los Alamos team’s tiny creations are key to fusion experiments and more.

A new open-source code improves safety and performance of manufactured parts.

At Los Alamos National Laboratory’s MagLab, magnets are designed and built for research in high magnetic fields.

A new Los Alamos National Laboratory facility will manufacture advanced nuclear reactor fuels.

Isotopes produced at Los Alamos National Laboratory are saving lives, advancing cutting-edge research, and keeping the United States safe.

Los Alamos makes myriad technologies for space.

Scientists use automation and AI to find element combinations with optimal properties.

Dog-like robots monitor for hazardous material.

The waste product americium is also a valuable commodity.

The Robotics and Automation Summer School attracts promising robotics students to Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Los Alamos National Laboratory’s complex distribution chain serves an essential role.

Los Alamos scientists develop materials that are eventually manufactured by the Kansas City National Security Campus.

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory advance cutting-edge manufacturing techniques to support national security.

Los Alamos National Laboratory employees fabricate one-of-a-kind parts.

An apprenticeship program trains skilled workers for Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Mark Quality Manufacturing Center at Los Alamos National Laboratory makes nuclear weapons components.

Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Sigma Complex supports national security through manufacturing science.

High explosives research and development booms at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

An explosives scientist reflects on risk and reward.

Layer by layer, scientists manufacture materials that go boom.

Associate Laboratory Director for Weapons Production John Benner discusses the effort to manufacture the plutonium cores of nuclear weapons.

A robotic arm automates one step of pit production.

Meet six employees who enjoy making things in their free time.