Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Daniel Poneman Under an agreement signed on Sept. 7 with the U.S. nuclear security agency, the Czech Republic will receive portable radiation detection gear to help prevent illicit trafficking of special nuclear and other radioactive material. The country signed a Memorandum of…
DoD sets health registry for personnel in Japanese nuclear accident recovery efforts
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: military_force_protection The U.S. Defense Department has set up a registry to monitor the health conditions of U.S. military personnel who served in Japan after the massive earthquake there last year that destroyed the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in…
Sandia engineers ensured safety of Mars probe’s nuclear battery
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: MSL launch As the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) prepared to launch last November from Florida’s Cape Canaveral, a team of Sandia Laboratory engineers worked behind the scenes to ensure the safety of the plutonium battery that powers it. Homepage position: 10 read…
U.S. and New Zealand expand efforts to reduce global nuclear terror threat
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Nuclear summit New Zealand will contribute almost half a million dollars to support the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Global Threat Reduction (GTRI), to help secure and remove vulnerable nuclear material from Uzbekistan. Homepage position: 10 read more View full…
U.S., New Zealand expand efforts to reduce global nuclear terror threat
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Nuclear summit New Zealand will contribute almost half a million dollars to support the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Global Threat Reduction (GTRI), to help secure and remove vulnerable nuclear material from Uzbekistan. Homepage position: 10 read more View full…
China Secret Tunnels :Are We in WW3? China expanding its nuclear stockpile
China expanding its nuclear stockpile Pentagon discloses network of bunkers www.washingtontimes.com A disclosure in the annual assessment reveals China’s deep-underground facilities in the north that is connected with more than 3000 miles of tunnels. The facilities are used for storing and hiding missiles and nuclear warheads, and for command bunkers…
U.S. funds approved for nuclear security programs in Ukraine, Russia
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Almost $3 million has been approved by U.S. nuclear security agencies to fuel collaborative nuclear security and development projects in the Ukraine and Russian Federation, said National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on July 26. The projects, financed by NNSA’s Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention…
Two indicted for allegedly trying to send U.S. nuclear materials, equipment to Iran
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: Nuclear centrifuge A Filipino and a Chinese national were accused of trying to obtain and export radioactive material, equipment and raw materials through China to Iran where it would be used to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry… View full…
Irishman decoded virus that entered Iranian nuclear plant- VIDEO
An Irishman living in the US was the first to decipher the complex nature of Stuxnet, a computer worm that affected Iranian nuclear facilities in 2010. The worm is believed to have been the work of the CIA or Israeli security forces. View full post on computer worm – Yahoo!…
In U.S.-Russia deal, nuclear communication system may be used for cybersecurity
A secure communications channel set up to prevent misunderstandings that might lead to nuclear war is likely to expand to handle new kinds of conflict — in cyberspace. The Nuclear Risk Reduction Center, established in 1988 under President Ronald Reagan so that Washington and Moscow could alert each other to…