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Building a Nuclear Ordnance Engineering Lab:

Explore the intricate history of Sandia's nuclear weapons engineering lab, from its origins to the development of the weapons complex. Discover key figures, sites, and pivotal moments that shaped the lab's legacy.

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Building a Nuclear Ordnance Engineering Lab:

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  1. Building a Nuclear Ordnance Engineering Lab: A History of Sandia Rebecca Ullrich Corporate Historian SAND2005-6126C

  2. What’s in a Weapon?

  3. Origins: Creating Z Division J. Robert Oppenheimer Jerrold R. Zacharias

  4. Origins: Choosing a Site

  5. Origins: Building a Lab

  6. JTF-1 Operation Crossroads

  7. Operation Crossroads 21 kt Baker Shot; July 24, 1946

  8. Building 800—Kruger Design

  9. Early Assembly Facilities

  10. Transition in Sandia Lab Status First Sandia Corporation President, George Landry

  11. Main Sandia Tech Area: 1949

  12. The Nuclear Weapons Complex1949 Los Alamos Sandia Oak Ridge Y-12 Kansas City Burlington Hanford Mound Oak Ridge K-25 Rock Island Inyokern Picatinny

  13. The Nuclear Weapons Complex1950-1951 Los Alamos Sandia Oak Ridge Y-12 Pantex NTS Burlington Hanford Mound Rocky Flats Savannah River Fernald Oak Ridge K-25 Rock Island Kansas City Inyokern Picatinny

  14. The Nuclear Weapons Complex1952-1953 Livermore Los Alamos Sandia Oak Ridge Y-12 Pantex Nevada (NTS) Burlington Hanford Mound Rocky Flats Savannah River Fernald Oak Ridge K-25 Portsmouth Kansas City Inyokern (Salt Wells) Picatinny Albuquerque Paducah

  15. From: Linking Legacies: Connecting the Cold War Nuclear Weapons Production Processes to Their Environmental Consequences, DOE/EM-0319 (U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management, 1997), 122.

  16. Pushing for Variety in Weapons Designs

  17. Laydown Weapons

  18. Fat Man

  19. Result of Growth: Complex

  20. Result of Growth: Complex

  21. 1958 Employee Brochure

  22. Reflecting Policy and Place (1958)

  23. Result of Growth: Sandia

  24. Result of Growth: Albuquerque

  25. Populations

  26. Sandia Purchasing in New Mexico

  27. Housing Permits, 1940-1954

  28. Conclusions

  29. Questions? Thank you!

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