Nonproliferation Articles and Press Releases

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.

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

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.

Alina Smyslova works to reduce the threat of nuclear and radiological terrorism around the world by helping our partner countries build their capability to detect and stop nuclear and radiological material from being smuggled.

Abolade Adepiti works to keep NNSA's capabilities sharp so it can meet nonproliferation challenges.

In January, NNSA Principal Deputy Administrator Frank Rose visited Europe, where he met with senior officials to discuss nuclear and radiological security, emergency preparedness and response, nuclear nonproliferation, and cooperative support.