> NIF was built by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a weapons research and development lab established during the Manhattan Project. Isn't this wron

> NIF was built by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a weapons research and development lab established during the Manhattan Project. Isn't this wrong? LLNL was an 1952 off-shoot of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, which in turn was founded in 1931. LLNL was not established during or by the Manhattan project, which ended in 1946. > [Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory] was originally established as the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Livermore Branch in 1952 in response to the detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb during the Cold War. It later became autonomous in 1971 and was designated a national laboratory in 1981. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Livermore_National_Laboratory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Livermore_National_La... > [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory] was founded on August 26, 1931, by Ernest Lawrence, as the Radiation Laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley, associated with the Physics Department. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Berkeley_National_Laboratory#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Berkeley_National_Lab... > Although the Manhattan Project ceased to exist on 31 December 1946, the Manhattan District was not abolished until 15 August 1947 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project#After_the_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project#After_the_wa...