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Sandia National Laboratories Director Stephen Younger discusses the future of the federal government's largest weapons and research facility now that it's under new management during a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., Monday, May 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

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Sandia National Laboratories Director Stephen Younger discusses the future of the federal government's largest weapons and research facility now that it's under new management during a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., Monday, May 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

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This July 16, 2009, aerial view shows part of Sandia National Laboratories' main campus on Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, N.M. Federal officials announced on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, that National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, a subsidiary of Honeywell International, has won the $2.6 billion contract to manage the Laboratory. (Sandia National Laboratories via AP)

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This May 30, 2000, photo provided by Sandia National Laboratories shows their Z machine located in Albuquerque, N.M. The Z-machine is part of the Pulsed Power Program, which started at Sandia National Laboratories back in the 1960s. Pulsed power is a technology that concentrates electrical energy and turns it into short pulses of enormous power, which are then used to generate X-rays and gamma rays. Federal officials announced on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, that National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, a subsidiary of Honeywell International, has won the $2.6 billion contract to manage the Laboratory. (Randy Montoya/Sandia National Laboratories via AP)

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Ivanpah solar energy project (Sandia National Laboratories' website)

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National Nuclear Security Administration Director Frank Klotz holds a news conference after meeting with the director of the agency's three national laboratories at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., on Thursday, May 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

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National Nuclear Security Administration Director Frank Klotz, center, listens to reporters' questions during a new conference at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., on Thursday, May 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

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The 10,000-foot rocket sled track at Sandia National Laboratories sits idle during a tour of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., on Thursday, May 8, 2014. The track was recently renovated and officials say plans call for a series of tests on the track this summer. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

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National Nuclear Security Administration Director Frank Klotz, center, talks about the challenges the agency will have as it tries to modernize some of its facilities during a new conference at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., on Thursday, May 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)