Los Alamos National Laboratory: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory • LANL • Los Alamos Laboratory
Areas Of Involvement	nuclear weapon • atomic bomb • scientific research
Related People	Hans Bethe • J. Robert Oppenheimer • Emilio Segrè • Stanislaw Ulam • Klaus Fuchs • William Penney, Baron Penney