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Albuquerque operations office: Information Digest (1987)

AuteurUS DoE
Datumjuli 1987
Classificatie 3.01.0.00/02 (VS - ALGEMEEN)
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INTRODUCTION

1987 marks the Fortieth Anniversary of Albuquerque Operations Office. After 
World War 11 ended, the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 created the Atomic Energy 
Commission, which assumed control of the nation's atomic energy program on 
January 1, 1947. The mission of nuclear weapons research, development, testing, 
production, and storage was assigned to a new Office of Santa Fe Directed 
Operations located in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The agency assumed direct 
field operation of the weapons program on July 2, 1947, when the first civilian 
manager was appointed. The name was later changed to Santa Fe Operations, and 
the main office moved to Albuquerque in 1951 on the site of a former girls' school, 
now the Kirtland AFB West Officers' Club. In April 1956 the office was renamed 
Albuquerque Operations, and in 1958 the headquarters was moved into a group of 
surplus barracks buildings on Sandia Base, now Kirtland AFB East, its current 
location.

Albuquerque Operations Office's primary responsibility continues to be the 
development and production of nuclear weapons, although technical, organizational, 
and political changes through the years have added many exciting new dimensions 
to our basic mission. It is with great pride we celebrate "Four Decades of 
Excellence"-- 1947 to 1987.

R. G. Romatowski
Manager

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