Teams in NNSA’s labs, plants, and sites detect gamma rays through numerous different methods and in all kinds of places, from the sky to the heavens.
At NNSA’s labs, plants, and sites, research supporting our vital missions reaches across the electromagnetic spectrum – from radio waves to gamma rays. Sometimes that innovation spills into other areas, too, enabling tomorrow’s technological wonders.
This month, NNSA is observing the 50th anniversary of the Nuclear Emergency Support Team – or NEST. During a recent ceremony at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, leaders from around the government gathered to celebrate the birthday of one its most diverse and capable assets.
Senior leaders from around the U.S. government attended the 68th International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference (GC) September 16-20 in Vienna, Austria, to advance nuclear energy, safety, security, safeguards, emergency preparedness and response, peaceful uses, nonproliferation, and other nuclear-related issues.
NNSA has released Prevent, Counter, and Respond—NNSA’s Plan to Reduce Global Nuclear Threats (NPCR) FY 2025-2029. This report highlights pressing nuclear and radiological challenges at home and abroad.
The NNSA Aerial Measuring System’s new AW139 helicopters will increase the Nuclear Emergency Support Team's ability to conduct a wide range of national security and public safety missions.
If nuclear material were intercepted in the United States, leaders would need to know fast where it came from and who was responsible. Recently NNSA conducted an exercise to demonstrate its nuclear forensics capabilities and answer these questions.
Last month, NNSA; the NATO Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defence Centre of Excellence; and the German CBRN Defence, Safety, and Environmental Protection School teamed up to train German military and civilian emergency responders.
Meet Amy Bauer. She's passionate about ski patrolling, yet math turned out to be the “golden ticket” of her work journey. And working with the “high jumpers” at NNSA has been her chairlift to the summit, where she works to aid Ukraine's people.
Meet Val Brusilovsky. A Ukrainian by birth, she served in Kyiv as a DOE/NNSA attaché during the Russian invasion -- and was honored for that service. But she's still awestruck by the work we do every day.