Mission
LLNL has a mission of strengthening the United States’ security through development and application of world-class science and technology to:
- Enhance the nation’s defense;
- Reduce the global threat from terrorism and weapons of mass destruction;
- And respond with vision, quality, integrity and technical excellence to scientific issues of national importance.
LLNL is also one of three laboratories in the United States where classified work on the science and engineering design of nuclear weapons is undertaken. The others are Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories.
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