§ Mr. SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the projects on which his Department is working jointly with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. [12373]
§ Mr. ArbuthnotDetails of the areas of research involving the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are as follows:
- Radiation simulation and kinetic effects technology
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- Test monitoring
- Nuclear materials
- Warhead electrical components and technologies
- Non-nuclear materials
- Nuclear counter-terrorism technology
- Facilities
- Nuclear weapons engineering
- Nuclear warhead physics
- Computational technology
- Aircraft, missile and space system hardening
- Laboratory plasma physics
- Manufacturing practices
- Nuclear weapon accident response technology
- Nuclear weapon code development
- Nuclear weapon environment and damage effects.