At NNSA’s labs, plants, and sites, research supporting our vital missions reaches across the electromagnetic spectrum – from radio waves to gamma rays. Sometimes that innovation spills into other areas, too, enabling tomorrow’s technological wonders.
The entire rainbow of radiation that the human eye can see makes up just 0.0035 percent of the spectrum. At NNSA it helps us ensure that we’re working with pure materials, watch for missile launches, and create flat lenses.
NNSA completed the Last Production Unit (LPU) of the B61-12 Life Extension Program (LEP). The B61-12 is the latest modification to the B61 family of gravity bombs, which are deployed from U.S. Air Force and North Atlantic Treaty Organization bases.
Meet Jason Armstrong, Pantex Plant Field Office Manager. Learn about his inspiring journey and commitment to public service as #NNSA continues to celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth.
The dedication, professionalism and skills of NNSA’s federal and contractor security staff across the Nuclear Security Enterprise ensure that our national security mission is successfully accomplished every day of the year.
NNSA announced today that it is canceling its November 2020 contract solicitation for management and operation of the Pantex Plant and Y-12 National Security Complex and terminating the contract award announced in November 2021 for the two sites.
An NNSA facility in Texas where we assemble and dissemble nuclear warheads is powered in part by an entirely different form of energy: the largest government-owned wind farm in the country.
NNSA celebrated the groundbreaking of the Pantex Plant’s new Advanced Fabrication Facility.
NNSA announced the FY 2021 results of the performance of its Managing and Operating (M&O) contractors in meeting NNSA’s performance expectations.
Fifteen Pantexans volunteered as judges at the Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering’s 6th Annual Egg Drop Competition this past November.