Budget
LANL's mission is to develop and apply science and technology to ensure the safety, security, and reliability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent; reduce global threats; and solve other emerging national security and energy challenges.
More than two-thirds of our funding comes from the National Nuclear Security Administration.
The annual budget for Los Alamos National Laboratory is about $2.2 billion. More than two-thirds of that funding comes from the National Nuclear Security Administration for
- nuclear weapons programs
- programs to limit spread of nuclear weapons and materials (nonproliferation)
- programs to keep Laboratory secure (safeguards and security)
Other sources include
- DOE Office of Science
- DOE nuclear energy programs
- Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, and other national security entities
- Corporate partners in cooperative research and development projects
- DOE Office Environmental Management, which funds the cleanup and remediation of hazardous and radioactive waste from Manhattan Project and Cold War operations. Get info on LANL environmental cleanup effort
The chart below shows the Laboratory’s funding for fiscal year 2012—a total of $2.242 billion.
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