Nuclear Weapons Complex

Issues Surrounding Consolidating Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories Gao ID: T-RCED-92-98 September 24, 1992

This testimony focuses on the Department of Energy's (DOE) nuclear weapons laboratories. GAO discusses three main issues: (1) the research, development, and testing capabilities of the Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories; (2) recent trends in staffing and funding at DOE's weapons laboratories; and (3) the options identified by the laboratories and DOE for consolidating the Los Alamos and Livermore research, development, and testing programs.



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