Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory is one of the sixteen research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the American southwest.
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conducted critical research during World War II
Fermi worked at this site as part of the Manhattan Project, contributing to the design and testing of the first nuclear weapons.
Research context
Researchers at Los Alamos were heavily involved in the analysis of the nuclear debris from the Ivy Mike test where fermium was discovered.