Detonator Production Culture

Cultural Drivers

Detonator Production has been essential to Los Alamos National Laboratory since the Lab’s inception during World War II.

MISSION

We provide detonation-related products and services of superior quality and value to protect our nation and promote world stability. By providing these products and services with superior quality and value, our leadership and customers will reward us with recognition, funding, and opportunities to contribute to solutions of importance to national security. These rewards allow us and our communities in which we live in to prosper.

VISION

To be recognized as the best production agency in the National Security Enterprise

OUR BEHAVIORS

Continuously Improve

We create a safe environment to allow everyone to challenge the status quo, consider new ideas from anywhere, and never become complacent with success.

Problem Solving

We anticipate, identify, acknowledge, and take initiative to understand the root cause and solve problems.

Be Strategic

We proactively seek to understand Detonator Production strategy, establish complementary plans and goals, and seek to understand how individuals and teams can make a difference.

Take Action

We address customer problems, people issues, organizational obstacles, and difficult situations quickly and directly—yet with sensitivity and thoughtfulness.

Prioritize People

We nurture and grow people. We value diversity.

The Past

Scientists and support personnel from around the world began their work at Los Alamos National Laboratory—then dubbed Project Y—in 1943.

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