Sandia's Heritage and Surety Approach

Assured reliability, safety, security and use control of nuclear weapons.

Attain surety based in laws of nature and mathematics--level 4.

Unique Design Principles

Identify and isolate critical components.

Assure fail-safe performance based on fundamental physical principles.

Operate only by unique signals that cannot be replicated in nature.

Unique Thinking

Improved fundamental understanding of how things work--and how things fail.

Advancements from investigations into extended life of stockpile.

Predictable safe response even in event of failures.

Our primary mission is nuclear weapons engineering.

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