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• D’Agostino: “Investing Now In A Modern, Sustainable Nuclear Security Enterprise Is The Right Thing To Do”

  In First Congressional Budget Hearing, Administrator D’Agostino Says Modern, Sustainable Infrastructure Supports Full Range of NNSA Missions - By April Murelio - In testimony before the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator Thomas P. D’Agostino said the FY2011 Budget Request is an important investment in the modern, sustainable infrastructure required to support the full range of NNSA’s nuclear security missions. ... Posted Mar 08 2010, 08:20 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: National Nuclear Security Administration , Safety, security, ENERGY, nuclear, power, Congress, NNSA, investing, address

• NNSA Dedicates National Security Computing Center At Sandia National Labs

  The NSCC is a Department of Energy user facility for top-secret level applications that require high performance computing - By Linton Levy - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) this week dedicated the National Security Computing Center (NSCC) at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M. ... Posted Mar 05 2010, 08:09 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: National Nuclear Security Administration , New Mexico, Sandia, Sandia National Lab, NNSA, supercomputer, Sandia National Laboratories, red storm

• NNSA And TVA To Evaluate Plans For Using Surplus Weapon-Grade Plutonium For Nuclear Power Generation

  Converting the plutonium to spent fuel is an essential step in U.S. efforts to dispose of 34 metric tons of surplus weapon-grade plutonium withdrawn from the nuclear weapons program - By Linton Levy - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has signed an interagency agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to evaluate the use of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel made from U.S. surplus weapons plutonium in TVA’s Sequoyah and Browns Ferry nuclear power reactors. ... Posted Mar 01 2010, 08:50 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Browns Ferry, TVA, generation, mixed oxide fuel, MOX, National Nuclear Security Administration , Plutonium, ENERGY, nuclear, power, fuel, HEU, tennesse valley authority, NNSA, highly enriched uranium, mixed oxide, weapons grade, bley, sequoyah, Blended Low-Enriched Uranium, convert

• NNSA Launches Innovative Mentoring Program

  Online service will span the nuclear security enterprise, match skills to needs - By Stephen Heiser - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced the launch of a new mentoring program that will apply 21st century tools to invigorate learning and promote the transfer of institutional knowledge across the nuclear security enterprise. The mentoring program will use an interactive website and database to connect mentors to mentees in NNSA facilities across the country, helping employees identify the skills they need to learn and the colleagues who can teach them. ... Posted Mar 01 2010, 08:25 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: National Nuclear Security Administration , education, ENERGY, nuclear, power, NNSA, online, Thomas D’Agostino, mentoring

• NNSA Meets With Japanese Officials To Increase Cooperation On Nuclear Safeguards And Nonproliferation

  “This agreement between NNSA and MEXT will help the United States and Japan expand on more than three decades of cooperation in nuclear nonproliferation areas critical for the security of both our countries,” - By April Murelio - Representatives from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) this week met with representatives from Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) to discuss a new agreement for cooperation on nuclear safeguards and other nonproliferation topics. The meeting is the first step in implementing an agreement reached by NNSA Administrator Thomas D’Agostino and MEXT Deputy Minister Moriguchi in October 2009 during the Second International Meeting on Next Generation Safeguards, in Tokai-mura, Japan. ... Posted Feb 26 2010, 08:51 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: National Nuclear Security Administration , Japan, security, ENERGY, nuclear, power, NNSA

• U.S. And UAE Improve Cooperation On Nuclear Energy And Nonproliferation

  The Arrangement will enhance cooperation on civil nuclear energy and nonproliferation and facilitate joint training, exchanges, and seminars in nuclear safeguards and nuclear management systems - By Stephen Heiser - As part of a trip to strengthen partnerships in the Middle East, this week U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu signed an Implementing Arrangement on peaceful uses of nuclear energy with the United Arab Emirates’ Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Anwar Gargash. ... Posted Feb 25 2010, 08:45 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: National Nuclear Security Administration , Steven Chu, UAE, agreement, ENERGY, nuclear, power, nonproliferation, NNSA, united arab emirates

• NNSA Participates In American Association For The Advancement Of Science Meeting

  “This is an excellent opportunity for the talented individuals who comprise the nuclear security enterprise to showcase their work to a national and international audience,” - By Stephen Heiser - Researchers, scientists, physicists and engineers from across the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) enterprise presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in San Diego, Calif. ... Posted Feb 23 2010, 08:30 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: National Nuclear Security Administration , Obama, meeting, ENERGY, nuclear, power, fusion, AAAS, NIF, National Ignition Facility, Sandia, NNSA, fission, los alamos, lawrence livermore, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Brig. Gen. Garrett Harencak

• D’Agostino Highlights Budget Request, Announces New NNSA Operating Principles

  "Administrator D’Agostino said the $11.2 billion budget request, an increase of 13 percent over FY2010, “reflects both the President’s commitment to the unprecedented nuclear security agenda he outlined last year in his Prague speech, and the critical role NNSA plays in implementing that agenda.” - By Linton Levy - During the opening session of the second annual Deterrence Summit today, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator Thomas D’Agostino delivered a keynote address in which he highlighted the President’s FY2011 NNSA budget request and announced a set of NNSA Operating Principles aimed improving operations across the nuclear security enterprise. ... Posted Feb 19 2010, 08:13 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: DOE, National Nuclear Security Administration , nuclear, 2010, NNSA, radioactive, materials, Thomas D’Agostino, D'agostino, fy, 2011, buget

• NNSA And FBI Strengthen Ties With Slovakia To Prevent Illicit Movement Of WMD Materials

  “Slovakia and the United States have been working closely together for many years to stop nuclear smuggling. This partnership plays a critical role in the global fight against the illicit trafficking of nuclear material and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction,” - By Linton Levy - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Directorate, in cooperation with representatives from relevant Slovakian ministries and agencies, have announced the successful conclusion of a week-long training session aimed at thwarting nuclear smuggling and preventing the illicit movement of nuclear and radioactive materials. ... Posted Feb 18 2010, 08:31 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: DOE, National Nuclear Security Administration , nuclear, NNSA, radioactive, materials, fbi, slovakia, Second Line of Defense, detector, sld

• NNSA FY2011 Budget A “Direct and Tangible Display” Of Commitment To Nonproliferation

  D’Agostino Highlights Nonproliferation Budget in Remarks to INMM Conference - By Linton Levy - In his first public remarks since the President’s FY2011 Budget Request was sent to Congress on Monday, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator Thomas D’Agostino called it a “direct and tangible display of the President’s commitment to this mission, and a demonstration of the critical role NNSA plays in implementing the President’s unprecedented nuclear security agenda.” ... Posted Feb 05 2010, 08:43 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: National Nuclear Security Administration , ENERGY, nuclear, power, budget, NNSA, D'agostino

• Radiation Detection Efforts Commence At Three Megaports

  NNSA Expands Nuclear Material Detection Capabilities - By Stephen Heiser - The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced that it has completed installation and testing of radiation detection systems at three new ports: Colon Container Terminal (CCT) and the Port of Cristobal in Panama, and the Port of Manzanillo, Mexico. The equipment, provided through NNSA’s Megaports Initiative, will be used to help deter, detect, and interdict illicit shipments of nuclear and other radioactive materials that might move through the global maritime shipping system. ... Posted Feb 04 2010, 08:42 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: National Nuclear Security Administration , Safety, mexico, ENERGY, nuclear, power, NNSA, radioactive, panama

• NNSA Announces Unprecedented 1 Megajoule Laser Shot At The NIF

  The peak power of the laser light, which was delivered within a few billionths of a second, was about 500 times that used by the United States at any given time - By Linton Levy - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced that scientists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have successfully delivered an historic level of laser energy — more than 1 megajoule — to a target in a few billionths of a second and demonstrated the target drive conditions required to achieve fusion ignition. This is about 30 times the energy ever delivered by any other group of lasers in the world. ... Posted Jan 29 2010, 08:41 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: National Nuclear Security Administration , ENERGY, nuclear, power, fusion, NIF, laser, National Ignition Facility, LLNL, NNSA, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, ignition, Megajoule

• National Nuclear Security Administration Commemorates National Nuclear Science Week

  Outreach aimed at recruiting next generation of nuclear science professionals - By Chris Smith - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has commemorated the first annual National Nuclear Science Week. Sponsored by the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in Albuquerque, N.M., National Nuclear Science Week is dedicated to celebrating the history of nuclear science as well as cultivating a new generation of nuclear science professionals ... Posted Jan 28 2010, 08:45 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: National Nuclear Security Administration , Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, event, ENERGY, nuclear, power, outreach, New Mexico, NNSA, energy secretary, National Nuclear Science Week, Albuquerque

• NNSA Authorizes Start-up Of HEU Materials Facility At Y-12

  Project provides storage capacity for material in centralized area - By Stephen Heiser - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced that NNSA Administrator Thomas P. D'Agostino has authorized the start-up of the new Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility (HEUMF) at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The start-up of this new storage facility marks a major milestone in NNSA's efforts to create a modern, 21st Century nuclear security enterprise. ... Posted Jan 27 2010, 08:45 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: uranium, National Nuclear Security Administration , ENERGY, nuclear, power, fuel, HEU, NNSA, highly enriched uranium, Y-12, Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility, heumf

• B&W Awarded $9 Million For Medical Isotope Program

  NNSA Cooperative Agreement Funding Will Support Further Development of Low Enriched Uranium System - By Linton Levy - Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Group, Inc. (B&W TSG) has been awarded approximately $9 million from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for the company’s medical isotope production program. Awarded under a cooperative agreement, the funding will be used for further development of B&W TSG’s patented reactor technology for medical isotope production using low enriched uranium. B&W TSG is an operating unit of The Babcock & Wilcox Company. ... Posted Jan 26 2010, 08:50 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Babcock & Wilcox, National Nuclear Security Administration , reactor, nuclear, NNSA, B&W, babcock, nuclear medicine, isotope, molybdenum-99, technetium-99m, mo-99, tc-99m, Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Group, B&W TSG