Nonproliferation Articles and Press Releases
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September 2, 2021RadSecure 100, a new initiative from NNSA’s Office of Radiological Security (ORS), aims to remove radioactive material from facilities where it can and improve security at the remaining facilities. It is focused on 100 metropolitan areas across the NationNational Nuclear Security Administration
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Press ReleaseSeptember 1, 2021DOE and Norway’s Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Fisheries today signed a memorandum of understanding to advance a project to eliminate all of Norway’s highly enriched uranium by downblending it to low-enriched uranium – a shared nonproliferation goal.National Nuclear Security Administration
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August 31, 2021Administrator Hruby's remarks at the Joint Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management and the European Safeguards Research and Development Association.National Nuclear Security Administration
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August 30, 2021NNSA launched a major project to enhance U.S. radiological security. The RadSecure 100 Initiative focuses on removing radioactive material from facilities where feasible and improving security at the remaining facilities located in 100 metropolitan areas.National Nuclear Security Administration
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August 30, 2021NNSA Administrator Jill Hruby presented Douglas M. Cotter, Senior Program Manager of the Space Nuclear Detonation Detection program in NNSA’s Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, with the inaugural General John A. Gordon AwardNational Nuclear Security Administration
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August 23, 2021NNSA eliminates highly enriched uranium and separated plutonium worldwide to achieve permanent threat reduction.National Nuclear Security Administration
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Press ReleaseAugust 17, 2021NNSA announced the rollout of U.S. Nuclear Nexus, a tool designed to foster timely connections between NNSA and the U.S. nuclear industry on the global deployment of advanced nuclear technology,National Nuclear Security Administration
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August 12, 2021Science and Technology Conferences, hosted every other year by the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO PrepCom), are a way for hundreds of scientists, technologists, academics, diplomats to get togetherNational Nuclear Security Administration
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August 2, 2021Frank A. Rose was sworn in by U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm on Monday as Principal Deputy Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration at the U.S. Department of Energy.National Nuclear Security Administration
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BlogJuly 27, 2021NNSA partners with National Laboratories and universities to introduce engineering students to the field of international safeguards. Safeguards ensure that nuclear material and facilities are not used to illicitly manufacture nuclear weapons.National Nuclear Security Administration