The quality of science and engineering at the NNSA National Security Laboratories
By: Committee to Review the Quality of the Management and of the Science and Engineering Research at the Department of Energy's National Security Laboratories--Phase II, Laboratory Assessments Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780309290906
Subjects: Evaluation; Management; Military research; Laboratories; United States. National Nuclear Security Administration; United States; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Sandia National Laboratories; Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction; title: Statement of Task; title: Conduct of the Study; title: Outline of the Report; title: 2.Nuclear Weapons Design; title: Background; title: Experimental Facilities; title: Human Resources and Nuclear Weapons Design Capabilities; title: 3.Systems Engineering and Aging; title: High-Quality Systems Engineering; title: Weapons Surveillance; title: Plutonium Aging; title: Selected Supporting Disciplines; title: Transitioning Technology for Engineering: LDRD and Technology Readiness Levels; title: Work Environment and Staffing; title: The 120-Day Study; title: 4.The Science Base; title: Introduction; title: Materials Science, Chemistry, and Engineering; title: Condensed Matter/Materials Science at Extreme Conditions; title: High-Energy-Density Science; title: Radiation Hydrodynamics and Transport; title: Workforce Development and the Work Environment; title: Scientific Facilities; title: 5.Modeling and Simulation; title: Background; title: Quality of Models and Numerical Methods; title: Hydrodynamics and Materials; title: Transport and Plasmas; title: Engineering; title: Quality of Scientific Computing Practice; title: Staffing and Succession Planning; title: Findings and Recommendations; title: 6.Cross-Cutting Themes; title: Overall Quality of S&E; title: Experimentation; title: Facilities and Infrastructure; title: Workforce Recruitment and Retention; Work Environment and Culture.