Inspection Report: IG-0745

Material Control and Accountability at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Office of Inspector General

November 15, 2006

November 15, 2006

Material Control and Accountability at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory supports the Department of Energy's core mission of maintaining a safe, secure, and reliable nuclear weapons stockpile and applying scientific expertise toward the prevention of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and terrorist attacks. Livermore personnel perform tests and study various characteristics of nuclear material, to include accountable nuclear material, which is a collective term that encompasses all materials so designated by the Secretary of Energy in quantities that require special control. Examples of these materials include plutonium, enriched uranium, americium, and depleted uranium.

  • Inspection Report: IG-0745 (1.15 MB)
    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory supports the Department of Energy's core mission of
    maintaining a safe, secure, and reliable nuclear weapons stockpile and applying scientific
    expertise toward the prevention of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and terrorist
    attacks. Livermore personnel perform tests and study various characteristics of nuclear material,
    to include accountable nuclear material, which is a collective term that encompasses all materials
    so designated by the Secretary of Energy in quantities that require special control. Examples of
    these materials include plutonium, enriched uranium, americium, and depleted uranium.