August 15, 2022
NNSA’s Hruby visits South Korea to discuss national security, nonproliferation, and nuclear security issues
NNSA Administrator Hruby wrapped up her visit to East Asia Saturday with a trip to South Korea. She discussed national defense, nuclear nonproliferation, and nuclear security with her counterparts and visited key scientific organizations.
August 11, 2022
NNSA Administrator visits Japan, announces nonproliferation milestone, and discusses nuclear security cooperation
Jill Hruby, NNSA Administrator, completed a productive visit to Japan on Thursday where she met with U.S. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel, discussed nuclear security and nonproliferation cooperation with Japan’s leaders, visited Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Museum.
August 9, 2022
45 kilograms of highly enriched uranium safely removed from Japan and returned to the United States
Fulfilling a commitment made at the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, NNSA and Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) announced the removal of all highly enriched uranium from the Kyoto University Critical Assembly.
June 22, 2022
NNSA hosting virtual job fair for Nuclear Security Enterprise on June 29
NNSA will host a virtual job fair for the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) Wednesday, June 29, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (EDT).
June 8, 2022
NNSA Completes Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Exascale Computing Facility Modernization Project
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration today announced the formal completion of construction on the Exascale Computing Facility Modernization project at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California.
May 31, 2022
NNSA to conduct routine aerial radiation survey of Los Angeles between June 1 and 4
NNSA will conduct low-altitude helicopter flights over downtown Los Angeles and surrounding areas June 1-4. Flight dates are subject to change based on weather conditions.
May 23, 2022
National Nuclear Security Administration to conduct routine aerial radiation surveys over Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 25-28
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) will conduct low-altitude helicopter flights over the Indianapolis Motor Speedway complex and vicinity area between May 25-28.
May 23, 2022
U.S. removes over 30 kilograms of highly enriched uranium from Japan
President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida announce the nonproliferation triumph, which was the result of years of cooperation
May 17, 2022
NNSA to Award $5 Million for Apprenticeship Grants
NNSA has announced a funding opportunity of $5 million under the DOE National Laboratory Jobs ACCESS Program.
May 16, 2022
NNSA cancels Y-12, Pantex contract award, to hold new competitions for separate site management contracts
NNSA announced today that it is canceling its November 2020 contract solicitation for management and operation of the Pantex Plant and Y-12 National Security Complex and terminating the contract award announced in November 2021 for the two sites.