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{{Organization
|OrganizationName=Sandia National Laboratories
|OrganizationType=Research and Development Agencies (Sub-organization)
|Mission=Sandia conducts research and development in areas critical to national security, including nuclear weapons, defense systems, energy security, and homeland security, to provide innovative solutions to complex challenges.
|ParentOrganization=National Nuclear Security Administration
|TopOrganization=Department of Energy
|Employees=14000
|OrganizationExecutive=President and Laboratories Director
|Services=Nuclear Weapons Engineering; Defense Systems; Energy Research; Homeland Security; Advanced Materials Science
|HeadquartersLocation=35.06076, -106.5348
|HeadquartersAddress=1515 Eubank Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM 87123
|Website=https://www.sandia.gov
}}
{{Short description|National laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico.}}
{{Short description|National laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico.}}
{{Use American English|date = March 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date = March 2019}}
{{Infobox laboratory
| name            = Sandia National Laboratories
| image            = [[File:Sandia National Laboratories logo.svg]]
| established      = 1949
| director        = James S. Peery (January 1, 2020–April 2025)<ref name="Peery1">{{cite web|url=https://share-ng.sandia.gov/news/resources/news_releases/labs_director/|title=Sandia National Laboratories: News Releases : New Sandia Labs Director named|access-date=December 2, 2019|archive-date=June 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616103622/https://share-ng.sandia.gov/news/resources/news_releases/labs_director/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Peery2">{{cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/news/2024/10/10/sandia-labs-director-announces-retirement.html|title=Sandia Labs director James Peery announces retirement|last= Callaghan|first=Molly |date=October 10, 2025|website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref>
| city            = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]; [[Livermore, California]].
| budget          = [[United States dollar|US$]]3.6 billion<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sandia.gov/about/facts_figures/index.html/ |title=Sandia Facts and Figures |publisher=Sandia.gov |access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref>
| type            = National security, nuclear science
| staff            = 11,500<ref name="Sandia FAQ">{{cite web|url=http://www.sandia.gov/about/facts_figures/ |title=Sandia FAQ |publisher=Sandia.gov |access-date=2019-04-30}}</ref>
| students        = 830<ref name="Sandia FAQ"/>
| campus          = {{convert|8699|acre|km2|abbr=on}}
|free_label        = Named after
|free              = [[Sandia Mountains]] in the [[Albuquerque metropolitan area]]
| operating_agency = National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, under the direction of [[Honeywell International]] (since May 1, 2017)
| website          = {{URL|https://www.sandia.gov/|sandia.gov}}
}}


'''Sandia National Laboratories''' ('''SNL'''), also known as '''Sandia''',<ref name="sandia.gov">{{Cite web |title=70 Ways Sandia Has Changed The Nation |url=https://www.sandia.gov/70-ways/ |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=70 Ways Sandia has Changed the Nation |language=en-US}}</ref> is one of three [[research and development]] laboratories of the [[United States Department of Energy]]'s [[National Nuclear Security Administration]] (NNSA).<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Sandia |url=https://www.sandia.gov/about/ |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=About Sandia |language=en-US}}</ref> Headquartered in [[Kirtland Air Force Base]] in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], it has a second principal facility next to [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] in [[Livermore, California]], and a test facility in [[Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii|Waimea, Kauai, Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sandia National Laboratories: Locations: Kauai Test Facility |url=http://www.sandia.gov/locations/kauai_test_facility.html |access-date=2017-11-09 |website=www.sandia.gov |language=en}}</ref> Sandia is owned by the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. federal government]] but [[Privately held company|privately]] managed and operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Honeywell International]].<ref name="auto1">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/honeywell-unit-wins-2-6-billion-contract-to-manage-sandia-national-laboratories-1481947893|title=Honeywell Unit Wins $2.6 Billion Contract to Manage Sandia National Laboratories|agency=Associated Press|date=17 December 2016|newspaper=Wall Street Journal}}</ref><ref name="energy.gov">{{cite web|url=https://nnsa.energy.gov/mediaroom/pressreleases/nnsa-awards-sandia-national-laboratories-management-operating-contract|title=NNSA Awards Sandia National Laboratories Management & Operating Contract to National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia (NTESS)}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.abqjournal.com/910533/sandia-national-laboratories-contract-awarded-unm-will-play-a-role.html|title=Updated: Honeywell selected to manage Sandia labs|author1=Michael Coleman |author2= Kevin Robinson-Avila }}</ref>
'''Sandia National Laboratories''' ('''SNL'''), also known as '''Sandia''',<ref name="sandia.gov">{{Cite web |title=70 Ways Sandia Has Changed The Nation |url=https://www.sandia.gov/70-ways/ |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=70 Ways Sandia has Changed the Nation |language=en-US}}</ref> is one of three [[research and development]] laboratories of the [[United States Department of Energy]]'s [[National Nuclear Security Administration]] (NNSA).<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Sandia |url=https://www.sandia.gov/about/ |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=About Sandia |language=en-US}}</ref> Headquartered in [[Kirtland Air Force Base]] in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], it has a second principal facility next to [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] in [[Livermore, California]], and a test facility in [[Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii|Waimea, Kauai, Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sandia National Laboratories: Locations: Kauai Test Facility |url=http://www.sandia.gov/locations/kauai_test_facility.html |access-date=2017-11-09 |website=www.sandia.gov |language=en}}</ref> Sandia is owned by the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. federal government]] but [[Privately held company|privately]] managed and operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Honeywell International]].<ref name="auto1">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/honeywell-unit-wins-2-6-billion-contract-to-manage-sandia-national-laboratories-1481947893|title=Honeywell Unit Wins $2.6 Billion Contract to Manage Sandia National Laboratories|agency=Associated Press|date=17 December 2016|newspaper=Wall Street Journal}}</ref><ref name="energy.gov">{{cite web|url=https://nnsa.energy.gov/mediaroom/pressreleases/nnsa-awards-sandia-national-laboratories-management-operating-contract|title=NNSA Awards Sandia National Laboratories Management & Operating Contract to National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia (NTESS)}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.abqjournal.com/910533/sandia-national-laboratories-contract-awarded-unm-will-play-a-role.html|title=Updated: Honeywell selected to manage Sandia labs|author1=Michael Coleman |author2= Kevin Robinson-Avila }}</ref>
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| [[George Landry]] || October 1949<br>–February 1952<ref name="news2008"/>
| [[George Landry]] || October 1949<br>–February 1952<ref name="news2008"/>
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Sandia Laboratory was operated by the [[University of California]] until 1949, when President [[Harry S. Truman]] asked [[Western Electric]], a subsidiary of [[American Telephone and Telegraph]] (AT&T), to assume the operation as an "opportunity to render an exceptional service in the national interest." Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Electric, was formed on October 5, 1949, and, on November 1, 1949, took over management of the Laboratory.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tech Area II: A history|url=https://www.sandia.gov/about/history/_assets/documents/UllrichTechAreaII981617.pdf|last=Ullrich|first=Rebecca|date=July 1, 1998|website=sandia.gov|publisher=Ktech Corporation|access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref> The [[United States Congress]] designated Sandia Laboratories as a National laboratory in 1979. In October 1993, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) was managed and operated by '''Sandia Corporation''', a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Lockheed Martin]]. In December 2016, it was announced that National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, under the direction of [[Honeywell International]], would take over the management of Sandia National Laboratories beginning May 1, 2017;<ref name="Younger" /><ref name="energy.gov"/> this contract remains in effect as of November 2022,<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="Younger"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sandia National Laboratories: About Sandia: Sandia's Government Owned/Contractor Operated heritage|url=https://www.sandia.gov/about/history/goco.html|website=www.sandia.gov|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref> covering government-owned facilities in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]] (SNL/NM); [[Livermore, California]] (SNL/CA); [[Tonopah, Nevada]]; [[Shoreview, Minnesota]]; and [[Kauai, Hawaii]]. SNL/NM is the headquarters and the largest laboratory, employing more than 12,000 employees, while SNL/CA is a smaller laboratory, with around 1,700 employees. Tonopah and Kauai are occupied on a "campaign" basis, as test schedules dictate. The lab also managed the DOE/SNL [[Scaled Wind Farm Technology Facility|Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) Facility]] in [[Lubbock, Texas]].
Sandia Laboratory was operated by the [[University of California]] until 1949, when President Harry S. Truman asked [[Western Electric]], a subsidiary of [[American Telephone and Telegraph]] (AT&T), to assume the operation as an "opportunity to render an exceptional service in the national interest." Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Electric, was formed on October 5, 1949, and, on November 1, 1949, took over management of the Laboratory.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tech Area II: A history|url=https://www.sandia.gov/about/history/_assets/documents/UllrichTechAreaII981617.pdf|last=Ullrich|first=Rebecca|date=July 1, 1998|website=sandia.gov|publisher=Ktech Corporation|access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref> The [[United States Congress]] designated Sandia Laboratories as a National laboratory in 1979. In October 1993, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) was managed and operated by '''Sandia Corporation''', a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Lockheed Martin]]. In December 2016, it was announced that National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, under the direction of [[Honeywell International]], would take over the management of Sandia National Laboratories beginning May 1, 2017;<ref name="Younger" /><ref name="energy.gov"/> this contract remains in effect as of November 2022,<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="Younger"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sandia National Laboratories: About Sandia: Sandia's Government Owned/Contractor Operated heritage|url=https://www.sandia.gov/about/history/goco.html|website=www.sandia.gov|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref> covering government-owned facilities in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]] (SNL/NM); [[Livermore, California]] (SNL/CA); [[Tonopah, Nevada]]; [[Shoreview, Minnesota]]; and [[Kauai, Hawaii]]. SNL/NM is the headquarters and the largest laboratory, employing more than 12,000 employees, while SNL/CA is a smaller laboratory, with around 1,700 employees. Tonopah and Kauai are occupied on a "campaign" basis, as test schedules dictate. The lab also managed the DOE/SNL [[Scaled Wind Farm Technology Facility|Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) Facility]] in [[Lubbock, Texas]].


Sandia led a project that studied how to decontaminate a subway system in the event of a biological weapons attack (such as [[anthrax]]). As of September 2017, the process to decontaminate subways in such an event is "virtually ready to implement," said a lead Sandia engineer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://homelandprepnews.com/stories/24445-plan-ready-decontaminate-subways-event-biological-attack/|title=Plan ready to decontaminate subways in the event of a biological attack|last=Carey|first=Liz|date=2017-09-28|work=Homeland Preparedness News|access-date=2017-10-11|language=en-US}}</ref>
Sandia led a project that studied how to decontaminate a subway system in the event of a biological weapons attack (such as [[anthrax]]). As of September 2017, the process to decontaminate subways in such an event is "virtually ready to implement," said a lead Sandia engineer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://homelandprepnews.com/stories/24445-plan-ready-decontaminate-subways-event-biological-attack/|title=Plan ready to decontaminate subways in the event of a biological attack|last=Carey|first=Liz|date=2017-09-28|work=Homeland Preparedness News|access-date=2017-10-11|language=en-US}}</ref>
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