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Internal nuclear components of the B61 bomb. The bomb was assembled at the Burlington AEC Plant and Pantex. A Sandia document on the dates of the development phases of the US nuclear stockpile describes the B61-3 as an "improved Mod 2 w/IHE" and the B61-4 as "same as Mod 3 ex. Hi-Y". [22] The B61 Mod 3 and 4 bombs do not contain beryllium. [30]
The Air Force now has the B-61-12 tactical nuclear bomb ready for operational use on its 20 B-2 Spirit stealth bombers.
The B61 bomb was developed by Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL; now Los Alamos National Laboratory) starting in 1960.The intent was to develop an aircraft bomb which was high yield (over 100 kilotons) and yet was small enough and had low enough drag to carry under the wing of a fighter or fighter-bomber type aircraft.
Los Alamos Study Group – an Albuquerque-based group opposed to nuclear weapons; Site Y: Los Alamos A map of Manhattan Project Era Site Y: Los Alamos, New Mexico. Los Alamos National Laboratory Nuclear Facilities, 1997; Machinists who assembled the atomic bomb.
The W81 was believed to be derived from the B61 nuclear bomb which forms the backbone of the current US nuclear gravity bomb arsenal and from which the W80 cruise missile warhead is derived. The weapon was being designed at Los Alamos National Laboratory (at the time called Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory). [1]
Sep. 18—A New Mexico watchdog group is suing the federal agency that oversees the nation's nuclear weapons programs for issuing only summaries of its yearly report cards on national laboratories ...
The chief engineer for nuclear weapons at the Los Alamos National Laboratory is joining nuclear fusion startup Fuse, the company said Thursday. James Owen spent over 28 years at Los Alamos ...
There have also been protests by anti-nuclear groups at the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Plant, [108] the Idaho National Laboratory, [109] Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository proposal, [110] the Hanford Site, the Nevada Test Site, [111] Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, [112] and transportation of nuclear waste from the Los Alamos National ...