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NNSA Administrator Jill Hruby wrapped up her visit to Nordic countries last month with a trip to Norway. In addition to discussing mutual concerns, she traveled to Kjeller, the site of an innovative joint U.S.-Norwegian nonproliferation effort.

NNSA Administrator Jill Hruby completed a visit to Sweden last month as part of her trip to some of the United States’ key Northern European partners.

Far from being put off by NNSA's bureaucracy, she has embraced it. It's crucial to understanding how U.S. policy is implemented at different levels across different organizations, she says.

NNSA Principal Deputy Administrator Frank Rose visited Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates to strengthen cooperation on nuclear security issues and learn more about regional partners’ activities and concerns related to our missions.

With her strong background in counterterrorism policies on radiological and nuclear material, she's a natural fit for figuring out how NNSA should respond to specialized WMD devices using resources like the Nuclear Emergency Support Team.

For NNSA Graduate Fellow and UVA grad (Go Hoos!) Polly Keim, it was her university mentors that lead her to a nuclear security career and it’s her Defense Programs colleagues that inspire her to continue supporting NNSA’s mission.

A passion to address climate change led NNSA's Annelise Atkinson to a career in nuclear security. She now works to stop bad actors from using nuclear materials in improvised nuclear devices.

She helps NNSA work with the International Atomic Energy Agency and Interpol so that other countries can keep their nuclear materials secure. She also help develops tools and processes used in trainings and workshops for NNSA’s international partners

Nes Robinson's parents may have staged an intervention when they thought she was traveling too much for fun, but they didn’t know she was searching for the right career. Over 17 years later, her family and NNSA are proud she landed in Defense Programs.

Jessica Norles makes sure our partners keep track of how much nuclear material they have from the United States and get their promise to not use it for evil purposes.