Sandia National Laboratories Weapons Evaluation Test Laboratory (WETL) at the Pantex Plant near
Sandia is a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) laboratory.
The $22 million facility, design to conduct systems-level non-nuclear tests on nuclear weapons and components, opened in October 2004, replacing a 40-year-old laboratory at the site. It houses more than $90 million worth of testing equipment and consists of modern offices and lab facilities for about 20 staff members, a video conference room, transition high-bay work space and dock space for receiving and shipping. The architect for the project was Hays, Seay, Mattern & Mattern Inc. of
More information is available at www.sandia.gov.