Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Motto	"Science and Technology on a mission."
Established	1952 by the University of California; 65 years ago
Research type	Nuclear and basic science
Budget	$1.5 billion
Director	William H. Goldstein
Staff	5,800
Location	Livermore, California, U.S.
Campus	1 square mile (2.6 km2)
Operating agency	Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
Website	llnl.gov llnsllc.com

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is an American federal research facility in Livermore, California, United States, founded by the University of California in 1952. A Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), it is primarily funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and managed and operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (LLNS), a partnership of the University of California, Bechtel, BWX Technologies, AECOM, and Battelle Memorial Institute in affiliation with the Texas A&M University System. In 2012, the laboratory had the synthetic chemical element livermorium named after it.

LLNL is self-described as "a premier research and development institution for science and technology applied to national security." Its principal responsibility is ensuring the safety, security and reliability of the nation’s nuclear weapons through the application of advanced science, engineering and technology. The Laboratory also applies its special expertise and multidisciplinary capabilities to preventing the and use of weapons of mass destruction, bolstering homeland security and solving other nationally important problems, including energy and environmental security, basic science and economic competitiveness.

The Laboratory is located on a one-square-mile (2.6 km²) site at the eastern edge of Livermore. It also operates a 7,000 acres (28 km²) remote experimental test site, called Site 300, situated about 15 miles (24 km) southeast of the main lab site. LLNL has an annual budget of about $1.5 billion and a staff of roughly 5,800 employees.