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*[[Los Alamos National Laboratory|Los Alamos National Laboratory]]

*[[Sandia National Laboratories|Sandia National Laboratories]]

*[[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory|Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]]}}

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The '''Advanced Simulation and Computing Program''' (or ASC) is a [[Supercomputer|super-computing]] program run by the [[National Nuclear Security Administration]], in order to simulate, test, and maintain the United States nuclear stockpile.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Advanced Simulation and Computing and Institutional R&D Programs {{!}} National Nuclear Security Administration|url = http://nnsa.energy.gov/asc|website = NNSA|access-date = 2016-01-31|language = en-US}}</ref> The program was created in 1995 in order to support the [[Stockpile stewardship|Stockpile Stewardship Program (or SSP)]]. The goal of the initiative is to extend the lifetime of the current aging stockpile.

== History ==

After the United States' 1992 moratorium on live nuclear testing, the Stockpile Stewardship Program was created in order to find a way to test, and maintain the nuclear stockpile. In response, the [[National Nuclear Security Administration]] began to simulate the nuclear warheads using supercomputers. As the stockpile ages, the simulations have become more complex, and the maintenance of the stockpile requires more computing power. Over the years, due to [[Moore's law|Moore's Law]], the ASC program has created several different supercomputers with increasing power, in order to compute the simulations and mathematics.

== Research ==

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