November 28, 2022
NNSA partner NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes completes construction and equipment installation for new molybdenum-99 production facility
Once approved by regulators, the new facility will significantly increase domestic production capability for isotope used to fight heart disease and cancer
November 18, 2022
NNSA and its partners complete first full-scale, international mobile nuclear facility exercise
NNSA partnered with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) to exercise two rapid response capabilities critical to national security: the Mobile Uranium and Mobile Plutonium Facilities.
November 10, 2022
U.S. and Japan strengthen nuclear security ties at 11th Nuclear Security Working Group
The U.S.-Japan Nuclear Security Working Group convened for its 11th meeting this week in Tokyo.
November 7, 2022
NNSA publishes Draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Draft LLNL SWEIS analyzes potential environmental impacts of reasonable alternatives for continuing operations at the laboratory for approximately the next 15 years
October 27, 2022
NNSA to implement key activities supporting President Biden's 2022 Nuclear Posture Review
Strategy document outlines Administration's vision for nuclear security
October 18, 2022
NNSA Principal Deputy Administrator visits Tajikistan
NNSA Principal Deputy Administrator Rose Praises Strong U.S.-Tajikistan Partnership on Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation
October 14, 2022
Top NNSA Leaders Visit Kazakhstan, Discuss Continued Security, Nuclear Nonproliferation Cooperation
NNSA Administrator and Principal Deputy Administrator Praise U.S.-Kazakhstan Collaboration on Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation
October 3, 2022
NNSA announces contract extension to Consolidated Nuclear Security for the management and operation of the Y-12 National Security Complex and the Pantex Plant
The NNSA announced today that it has awarded a contract extension to Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC for the management and operation of the Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12) and Pantex Plant.
September 27, 2022
NNSA and Japan commit to convert Japan’s last research reactor that uses highly enriched uranium
NNSA and Japan agree to convert the Kindai University Teaching and Research Reactor (UTR-KINKI) from highly enriched uranium to low-enriched uranium fuel and to return all HEU to the United States.
September 26, 2022
NNSA awards $14 million for materials research at Case Western Reserve University
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration is awarding a $14 million grant to Case Western Reserve University to establish a Center of Excellence in lifetime extension research and materials science.