
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.

NNSA will conduct low-altitude helicopter flights over Glendale, Arizona, and surrounding areas Sunday, Jan. 15, through Wednesday, Jan. 18, in preparation for Super Bowl LVII.
NNSA will conduct low-altitude helicopter flights over the Las Vegas Strip Thursday, Dec. 29 and Saturday, Dec. 31 in preparation for the city’s New Year’s Eve celebrations.

NNSA’s Office of Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation recently partnered with two key NATO training facilities on long-term loans of radiological detection equipment.

NNSA’s large-scale ‘dirty bomb’ exercise in Austin succeeded by exposing potential gaps and failures
The Cobalt Magnet 22 exercise was organized by NNSA and held in Austin in 2022. The weeklong scenario had terrorists first warn about then detonate a "dirty bomb." Hundreds of responders came together to handle what happened next.

Dr. Daniel Blumenthal, the Department of Energy Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Israel, has been awarded the prestigious 2022 Homeland Security and Emergency Response Section Service Award by the Health Physics Society.