# Lawrence Livermore

lawrence livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a federal research facility in Livermore, California, United States, founded by the University of California, Berkeley in 1952. Originally a branch of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the lawrence livermore laboratory became autonomous in 1971 and was designated a national laboratory in 1981.A Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), lawrence livermore lab is primarily funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and managed and operated by lawrence livermore National Security, LLC (LLNS), a partnership of the University of California, Bechtel, BWX Technologies, AECOM, and Battelle Memorial Institute in affiliation with the Texas A&M University System. In 2012, the laboratory had the synthetic chemical element livermorium (element 116) named after it.