The Lawrence Livermore Laboratory is operated by the University of California for the United States Department of Energy. The Laboratory is one of two nuclear weapons design laboratories in the United States. Nearly half of their effort is devoted to programs in magnetic and laser fusion energy, biomedical and environmental research, applied energy technology, and other research activities. The Energy and Technology Review is published monthly to report on accomplishments in this energy and environmental research and on unclassified portions of the weapons program.