"I am proud of the important role our laboratory played in leading this critical mission for our nation's security," said Thom Mason, director of Los Alamos National Laboratory. "I want to recognize the tireless dedication of our workforce over the last several years. Along with our partners at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Kansas City National Security Campus, and the National Nuclear Security Administration, we have brought to bear our laboratories' scientists and engineers, our manufacturing experts, and our weapons, safety and operations workforce to ensure the pits met rigorous design requirements. Simultaneously, the manufacturing process has continued to inform the science of plutonium and its behavior. This mission is an example of 'big science' at work, an effort Oppenheimer established when Los Alamos was first founded nearly 80 years ago and a legacy that our nation's laboratories and plants continue today."
Los Alamos Director on NNSA's First Plutonium Pit for W87-1
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