Z Pulsed Power Facility

The Z Pulsed Power Facility, informally known as the Z machine or simply Z, is the largest high frequency electromagnetic wave generator in the world, operated by Sandia National Laboratories in .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Research
  • Description: facility used to simulate nuclear weapons and power plants
  • Also known as: “Z machine”, “Z_Pulsed_Power_Facility”, and “Z-Machine (983)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Trestle and National Museum of Nuclear Science & History.

Ruins
ATLAS-I, better known as , was a unique electromagnetic pulse generation and testing apparatus built between 1972 and 1980 during the Cold War at Sandia National Laboratories near in . is situated 1 mile west of Z Pulsed Power Facility.

Museum
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History is a national repository of nuclear science and weapons materials chartered by the 102nd United States Congress under Public Law 102-190. is situated 2½ miles north of Z Pulsed Power Facility.

Power station
The is a photovoltaic power station in that consists of 1.0 MWAC of concentrator photovoltaics and 1.0 MWAC of flat-panel silicon photovoltaics. is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Z Pulsed Power Facility.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nob Hill and Mesa del Sol.

Neighborhood
Photo: Camerafiend, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood in , , United States, consisting of a commercial district along Central Avenue and surrounding residential areas. is situated 4½ miles northwest of Z Pulsed Power Facility.

Neighborhood
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an uncompleted 16,000-acre mixed-use master planned community in . is situated 5 miles southwest of Z Pulsed Power Facility.

Hamlet
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is a census-designated place in , , United States. As of the 2020 census, had a population of 1,019. It is part of the . is situated 5 miles northeast of Z Pulsed Power Facility.

Z Pulsed Power Facility

Latitude
35.03384° or 35° 2′ 2″ north
Longitude
-106.54252° or 106° 32′ 33″ west
Open location code
857M2FM4+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 706081316
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­research
Wiki­data ID
Q135771
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Satellite Map

Discover Z Pulsed Power Facility from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Z Pulsed Power Facility” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “آلة زد”
  • Arabic: “مرفق الطاقة النبضية زد”
  • Catalan: “Z machine”
  • Chinese: “Z脉冲功率设施”
  • Czech: “Z-Machine”
  • Finnish: “Z-kone”
  • French: “Z machine”
  • German: “Z-Maschine”
  • Indonesian: “Mesin Z”
  • Italian: “Z machine”
  • Japanese: “Zマシン”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Z machine”
  • Polish: “Maszyna Z”
  • Portuguese: “Máquina Z”
  • Russian: “Z-машина”
  • Russian: “Z-Машина”
  • Spanish: “Maquina Z”
  • Spanish: “Máquina Z”
  • Turkish: “Z Darbeli Güç Tesisi”
  • Turkish: “Z makinesi”
  • Turkish: “Z-makinesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Z machine”
  • Ukrainian: “Z-машина”

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