Editing Livermore, California (section)

===Laboratories===
The Livermore area is the home of two [[United States Department of Energy National Laboratories|US Department of Energy National Laboratories]]. The laboratories are known worldwide, and attract significant attention both for their scientific research and for their major roles in developing the United States nuclear arsenal.

The [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] (LLNL) is the largest employer in Livermore, as of 2022, employing about 15% of the population.<ref name=":12" /> LLNL's defining responsibility is to "ensure the safety, security and reliability of the nation’s nuclear deterrent," but it also does a wide variety of other research, including co-discovering [[livermorium]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=About {{!}} Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |url=https://www.llnl.gov/about |access-date=March 13, 2023 |website=www.llnl.gov |language=en}}</ref>

Livermore is also the California site of [[Sandia National Laboratories]], the second largest employer in Livermore (employing about 3%).<ref name=":12" /> It also describes itself as being focused on "national security".<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Sandia |url=https://www.sandia.gov/about/ |access-date=March 19, 2023 |website=About Sandia |language=en-US}}</ref> It is managed and operated by a subsidiary of [[Honeywell International]].