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 {{Short description|Federal research center in Livermore, California, US}}
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+{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}'''Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory''' ('''LLNL''') is a [[Federally funded research and development centers|federally funded research and development center]] in [[California]], [[United States]]. Originally established in 1952, the laboratory now is sponsored by the [[United States Department of Energy]] and administered privately by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Master Government List of Federally Funded R&D Centers {{!}} NCSES {{!}} NSF |url=https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/ffrdclist/ |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=nsf.gov}}</ref>
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-{{Infobox laboratory
-| name           = Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
-| motto          = "Science and technology on a mission"
-| image          =IMAG3049-livermore-lab cropped.jpg
-| established    = {{start date and age|1952|9|2}}
-| director       = [[Kimberly S. Budil]]
-| city           = [[Livermore, California]], [[United States|U.S.]]
-| budget         = [[United States dollar|$]]2.7 billion
-| type           = Nuclear and basic science
-| staff          = 8,968
-| campus         = {{convert|1|sqmi|km2}}
-| coordinates    = {{coord|37.69|-121.71|type:landmark_region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
-|location_map     = USA California
-| operating_agency = Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
-| website        = {{URL|https://www.llnl.gov|llnl.gov}}
-|logo=Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory logo.svg|caption=Aerial view of the square LLNL campus (center) from the south. On the south side of LLNL is [[Sandia National Laboratories]] and to the north is downtown [[Livermore, California|Livermore]]}}
-'''Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory''' ('''LLNL''') is a [[Federally funded research and development centers|federally funded research and development center]] in [[California]], [[United States]]. Originally established in 1952, the laboratory now is sponsored by the [[United States Department of Energy]] and administered privately by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Master Government List of Federally Funded R&D Centers {{!}} NCSES {{!}} NSF |url=https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/ffrdclist/ |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=nsf.gov}}</ref>
 The lab was originally established as the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Livermore Branch in 1952 in response to the detonation of the [[Soviet Union]]'s first atomic bomb during the [[Cold War]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The 1950s |url=https://www.llnl.gov/archives/1950s#event-the-founding-of-the-laboratory-at-livermore |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |language=en}}</ref> It later became autonomous in 1971 and was designated a national laboratory in 1981.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.aip.org/phn/21612012.html|title=Lawrence Livermore Laboratory|website=Physics History Network |publisher=[[American Institute of Physics]] |access-date=August 4, 2019}}</ref>