At an exercise held earlier this month in Houston, NNSA’s Office of Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation teamed with its federal, state, and local partners to practice the first steps to responding to a hypothetical act of nuclear terrorism.
Press release announcing NEST flights over Indy Motor Speedway May 23-27 in preparation for INDY 500.
Last month, NNSA conducted a refresher course and maintenance training in Yerevan, Armenia, to keep Armenian emergency response personnel prepared and up to date should they need to respond to a radiological incident.
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.
A few questions with Rebecca Cullen, of NNSA's Office of Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation.
Last month, NNSA and the Kazakhstan Ministry of Energy’s Committee for Atomic and Energy Supervision and Control enhanced their longstanding relationship with a signed joint statement on cooperation in emergency preparedness and response.
Earlier this year, members of NNSA’s Nuclear Incident Policy and Cooperation team participated in a course-development workshop with counterparts from around NATO at the Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of Excellence in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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.
Representatives from the governments of Japan and the United States convened virtually for the 14th meeting of the U.S.-Japan Emergency Management Working Group.