Nonproliferation Articles and Press Releases

NNSA is responsible for removing and/or securing high-risk radioactive materials around the world that pose a potential threat. To support that mission, it developed mobile facilities to process and secure highly enriched uranium and plutonium.

Preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons around the world and averting the use of radioactive materials by domestic and international criminal elements are major NNSA missions that Paloma Richard has contributed to since joining the agency in 2010.

Four researchers share their cutting-edge work in AI for national security.

NNSA experts have been making advances in support of international nuclear explosion monitoring and verification. At Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, two projects have recently made significant contributions toward this effort.

The Office of Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence (NSDD) has adjusted the way it does business during the pandemic.

To help the international effort to monitor for clandestine nuclear tests, a stack monitor was installed at a domestic molybdenum-99 producer to help experts understand how the medical isotope maker's emissions differ from those from an atomic blast.

NNSA and the Sudanese Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority held a virtual workshop in support of Sudan’s efforts to effectively regulate nuclear technology and materials.