Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Sequoia at LLNL The second fastest supercomputer in the world is about to begin official operations with the National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA). The agency’s Sequoia supercomputer, housed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is ready to shake out and fully develop its…
NNSA agreement would speed non-HEU based production of critical isotope
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: HEU The agency responsible for U.S. nuclear security signed a cooperative agreement that would speed up safer production of technology that can produce a critical, but potentially dangerous, radioactive isotope used in medical procedures. Homepage position: 10 read more View full post…
NNSA completes 50th shipment under threat reduction program
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: 50th HEU shipment Almost 200 lbs of highly-enriched uranium (HEU) left Uzbekistan in the 50th shipment of the dangerous nuclear fuel under a threat reduction agreement between the U.S. and Russia. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said on Nov. 1 it…
NNSA closes monitoring office as detection tech becomes more efficient
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Highly-enriched Uranium The U.S. nuclear security agency closed one of its radiological monitoring offices in Russia ahead of schedule because it said advanced detection technology was more effective at the job. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said on Oct. 23 that…
NNSA takes emergency response training programs to Vietnam
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: VARANS Hosted by the Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety (VARANS), the National Nuclear Security Administration conducted two emergency preparedness courses in the country the week of Oct. 15. NNSA provided courses under is International Radiological Assistance Program Training for Emergency…
NNSA convenes radiation emergency management course in Denmark
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: education_training NNSA convenes radiation emergency management course in Denmark Participants from five countries took part in an international training course convened by the U.S. nuclear materials security agency in Denmark aimed at passing on nuclear emergency management techniques. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) International…
NNSA conducts radiation detection workshops in Tennessee, Tajikistan
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Dushanbe, Tajikistan The U.S. nuclear security agency recently concluded workshops aimed at blunting nuclear terror and radiation dangers at a Tennessee hospital and on the steppes of Asia. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said on Sept. 26 it completed a workshop…
NNSA, Canada, Russia begin building counter terror training center
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: RF MOD Construction of a new counter terror training facility has begun in the Russian city of Abramovo under the auspices of a collation of U.S., Canadian and Russian nuclear security authorities. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said on Sept. 21…
NNSA dedicates new field exercise building and conducts Bangladesh ‘dirty bomb’ exercise
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Field exercise building In the early days of September, the National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) inaugurated a new 17,000-square-foot training building at its facility in Richland, WA, and completed a separate ground-breaking radiation security workshop in Bangladesh. Homepage position: 10 read more…
NNSA dedicates new field exercise building, conducts Bangladesh ‘dirty bomb’ exercise
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Field exercise building In the early days of September, National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) inaugurated a new 17,000 square foot training building at its facility in Richland, WA and completed a separate ground-breaking radiation security workshop in Bangladesh. Homepage position: 10 read…
