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Aldermaston and Burghfield

Aldermaston and Burghfield. 1952 – 1987 Atomic Weapons Research Establishment 1987 – Atomic Weapons Establishment. Research Computers Lasers Core Punch Material Science. Computers. Aldermaston Blue Oak 2002. Blue Gene Lawrence Livermore Most powerful computer in the world.

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Aldermaston and Burghfield

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  1. Aldermaston and Burghfield

  2. 1952 – 1987 Atomic Weapons Research Establishment 1987 – Atomic Weapons Establishment

  3. Research Computers Lasers Core Punch Material Science

  4. Computers Aldermaston Blue Oak 2002

  5. Blue Gene Lawrence Livermore Most powerful computer in the world Computers

  6. Computer projection (Teraflops)

  7. US AWE Cost of nuclear computing £320 million per year ?

  8. Orion Laser

  9. Orion Laser

  10. US Equivalent – NIF

  11. US NIF Completion date: was 2002 now 2009 Cost: was £500 million, now £2 billion

  12. AWE Proposed Orion Laser Completion date: 2012 ?? Cost: ????

  13. Current AWE Core Punch

  14. Core Punch

  15. Core Punch

  16. Core Punch

  17. Proposed Core Punch Facility

  18. US Equivalent - DARHT

  19. US DARHT Completion date: was 2002 now 2008 Cost: was £32 million, now £174 million

  20. AWE Proposed Core Punch Completion date: 2012 ?? Cost: ????

  21. Material Science Proposed new facilities atAldermaston and possibly also at Burghfield.

  22. US Equivalent - CMRR Chemical & Metallurgical Research Replacement (Los Alamos) Timescale: started 2002 completion date 2014 Cost: £500 million

  23. AWE Material SciencesFacilities Completion date: 2012 ?? Cost: ???

  24. Production Plutonium (primary) Uranium (secondary) Warhead Assembly

  25. Plutonium production – A90

  26. Plutonium production – A90 Built from 1980 to 1997 To be refurbished.

  27. Work of A90 Primary Secondary A90 makes the plutonium pit at the centre of the Primary

  28. Uranium Production Facility Site of proposed Uranium Production Facility

  29. US equivalent Proposed Uranium Production Facility for the Y-12 site

  30. Proposed US Uranium Facility Start: 2006 Completion: 2013 Cost: £400 m

  31. Work of Uranium Prodution Facility Radiation case Primary Secondary US and AWE “Uranium Production Facilities” make secondaries and radiation cases.

  32. Warhead assembly - Burghfield Current facility

  33. New assembly facility - Burghfield Proposed new facility Current facility

  34. AWE Management Ltd BNFL Lockheed Martin Serco

  35. The view from Lockheed Martin AWE Sandia National Laboratory Trident contract Trident Missile Replacement Reliable Replacement Warhead Accuracy Adjunct

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