Press Releases

NNSA and Japan agree to convert the Kindai University Teaching and Research Reactor (UTR-KINKI) from highly enriched uranium to low-enriched uranium fuel and to return all HEU to the United States.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration is awarding a $14 million grant to Case Western Reserve University to establish a Center of Excellence in lifetime extension research and materials science.

The NNSA Administrator reflects on the the final U.S. explosive nuclear test in 1992.

NNSA published a Notice of Intent (NOI) today to prepare a new Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operation of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL SWEIS).

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration announced today it has exercised Option Terms 1 through 5 of Mission Support and Test Services, LLC’s management and operating contract for the Nevada National Security Site.

NNSA Administrator Hruby wrapped up her visit to East Asia Saturday with a trip to South Korea. She discussed national defense, nuclear nonproliferation, and nuclear security with her counterparts and visited key scientific organizations.

Jill Hruby, NNSA Administrator, completed a productive visit to Japan on Thursday where she met with U.S. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel, discussed nuclear security and nonproliferation cooperation with Japan’s leaders, visited Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Museum.

Fulfilling a commitment made at the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, NNSA and Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) announced the removal of all highly enriched uranium from the Kyoto University Critical Assembly.

NNSA will host a virtual job fair for the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) Wednesday, June 29, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (EDT).

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration today announced the formal completion of construction on the Exascale Computing Facility Modernization project at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California.