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After four decades of federal service, NNSA Sandia Field Office Manager Jeff Harrell retired July 31.

Jill Hruby, the newly confirmed Department of Energy (DOE) Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator of NNSA, addressed the Nuclear Security Enterprise workforce for the first time via a virtual all-hands meeting on July 28, 2021.

NNSA’s Office of Radiological Security (ORS) and the NYPD worked collaboratively to produce a 10-minute video aimed at raising awareness of radiological security for the Department’s 36,000 officers.

NNSA 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.

Earlier this year, NNSA's Office of Nuclear Material Integration, in cooperation with the Y-12 National Security Complex, completed the Zero Power Physics Reactor Depleted Uranium Recovery Project.

NNSA and its counterparts in France and Germany virtually hosted over 200 people from across the world in June to discuss and share about transitioning to alternative technologies that reduce global reliance on high-activity radioactive sources.

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 recently announced annual awards for the Nuclear Security Enterprise’s federal and contractor security professionals and managers of the year.