Newsletters
NNSA publishes a monthly newsletter featuring current events and activities across the nuclear security enterprise. Online archives are available back to 2003.
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In this issue:
- New LLNL Computer, A Work in Progress, Is World's Fastest
- NNSA Employee Wins Service to America Award
- Secret Mission By U.S., Russia Recovers HEU
- Livermore, Sandia Researchers Win Presidential Early Career Awards for Outstanding Work
- HEU Transparency Program Marks Three Major Milestones
- Los Alamos Instrument Survives Satellite Crash, Provides Important Scientific Data
- Management Team Complete at NNSA Service Center
- NNSA Expands Efforts to Combat Illicit Smuggling
- Livermore and Los Alamos Scientists Win E.O. Lawrence Awards for Nuclear Science Work
- NNSA Assists Security Success at '04 Olympics
- Pantex Wins P2 Award for Community Outreach
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In this issue:
- Jerry Paul Confirmed as NNSA Deputy Administrator
- Y-12 Awards New HEU Storage Facility Contract
- NNSA Helps Train ICBM Convoy Security Personnel
- LLNL's Ted Saito Receives Exceptional Public Service Award
- Pantex Works With DoD on Environmentally Friendly Solvents
- Don't Hedge Your Bets on JASPER Shots
- Sandia, Navy Plan New Carriers
- Sandia Rocket Sled Track Celebrates 50 Years of Service
- NNSA Volunteer Raises Soldier's Spirits With Gift
- LANL Advances The Art and Science of Silica Aerogels
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In this issue:
- NNSA Researchers Capture Twelve Awards for Top Industrial Innovations
- Spent Nuclear Fuel Returned to the United States from Germany
- Savannah River Tritium Facility Wins Secretary's Project Management Award
- Pantex Reaches Plutonium Pit Repackaging Milestone
- NNSA Managers Win Award for Outstanding Work
- Mercury MESSENGER Carriers Livermore Technology
- There's a KCP Safety Professional of the Year (SPY) in Town
- U.S., Russian Lab Directors Advocate Global Expansion of New Nuclear Energy Technologies
- Sandia Labs Supercomputer to be World's Fastest
- Livermore "Got Science?" Extravaganza Huge Success
- Los Alamos Helps Map the Evolution of a Virus
- Unique Sandia Labs Facility Celebrates Ten Years of Making the World a Safer Place
- Livermore Researchers Develop Hybrid Fuel Tank
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In this issue:
- U.S. Removes Iraqi Nuclear and Radiological Materials
- NNSA Plants Play Major Role in Stockpile Stewardship
- KCP Cyber Security Has Cure for Computer Virus Infections
- NTS Atlas Pulse Ready to Beat
- NNSA Provides Unique Experience for Summer Interns
- LLNL Replaces Substandard Facilities With FIRP Funding
- LANL Scientist Fred Begay Selected to New York Academy of Sciences for Lifetime Achievements
- Space Simulator Models the Universe on a Budget
- Laboratory Diversity Calendar Gets DOE Award
- Bechtel Scientist Develops Geiger Counter for Pets
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In this issue:
- Brooks Submits Stockpile Report to Congress
- Nevada's Kathy Carlson Focuses on People
- DOE to Conduct Separate Competition for Los Alamos and Livermore National Labs
- Andrew Bieniawski Departs DOE Moscow Office
- Sandia Knowledge Management Program Launches Tool for Accessing Insights of Retired Weaponeers
- NNSA Participates in Government-Wide Security Exercise
- NNSA Nonproliferation Experts Helping Foreign Governments Lock Up Dirty Bomb Ingredients
- NNSA Engineer Discovers Wealth of Opportunities at DOE NNSA
- Pollution Prevented, Money Saved at Y-12
- Scientists Develop Novel Fluorescent Thermometer
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In this issue:
- NNSA Surpasses Congressional Target of Recovering Orphaned Radioactive Sources
- Administrator Brooks Gives Pollution Prevention Awards at Savannah River
- Infrastructure Update: Milestone Reached at SRS Facility
- Secretary Abraham Launches Refocused DOE Global Threat Reduction Initiative
- KCP Chemical Database Will Provide Better Materials With Greater Safety and Cost Savings
- Livermore Lab Engineer Chosen to be Astronaut
- NIH Chooses Los Alamos to Model Disease Outbreaks
- Desert Lab Models Sea Ice Role in Climate
- Three Sandians Named to 2004 List of Most Influential Hispanics in Technology, Business
- Security Clearance Processing Time Decreasing
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In this issue:
- Secretary Launches Security Initiatives
- Abraham Dedicates New Sandia Facility
- New Fusion Program Oversight Manager Proposed
- Brooks Names Arkin and Wilmot as New Managers for Savannah River and Los Alamos Site Offices
- New Sandian Works with Rural Communities in Mexico and Central America on Sustainable Energy Projects
- NNSA to Implement Security Workforce Study Suggestions
- Infrastructure Update: New Construction Funding Tool Works at LLNL
- Safeguards and Security Standdown at Sandia Results in Recommendations to Reduce Risks
- KCP Trailer Production Reaches Safety Milestone
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In this issue:
- NIF Essential to Stockpile Stewardship Program
- Russian Language Class Led to Career for NNSA Non-Proliferation Staff Member
- Sandia's MiniSAR Offers Great Promise for Reconnaissance and Precision-Guided Weapons
- NNSA Names Steve Taylor Manager of Kansas City Site
- Laboratory Communicators Capture 40 Awards
- Livermore Develops Test Containment Vessel
- Los Alamos Weapons Program Restructured
- Neutron Science Center at Los Alamos Helps Test Circuits for Failures from Cosmic Rays
- Operation Synergy: NNSA Exercises with Federal, State, Local Emergency Response
- Survey Names LLNL a Top Workplace for Postdocs
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In this issue:
- Advanced Computing Program Enhances NNSA Laboratory Integration, Cooperation
- NNSA Program to Engage Iraqi Scientists
- Krol Named NNSA Administrator for Emergency Operations
- DSP Satellite Includes Nuclear Detection Payload
- Los Alamos National Laboratory Computer Scientist Honored as Asian American Engineer of the Year
- Tritium Extraction Facility Heads Toward '05 Finish
- Patty Wagner is New Sandia Site Office Manager
- KCP and Pantex Form Partnership, Improve Performance
- Sandia Begins Major Test Capabilities Upgrade
- KCP Navigation System Aids Sophisticated Target Practice
- Sandia Receives Pollution Prevention Best in Class Awards
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In this issue:
- Lithuanian Airport Gets Rad Detection System
- President Nominates Jerald Paul for NNSA Post
- Laboratory Employees Recognized by Native American Science and Engineering Society
- NNSA Coast Guard Officer Receives Bronze Star for Iraq War Contributions
- Security Research Facility Opens at Livermore
- Y-12 Tests New Diskless Computer Technology
- SRS Aviation Program Earns National Recognition
- Cyber Security Programs Consolidated at Nevada
- BWXT Y-12 Wins Top Small Business Award
- Fly Me to the Moons- of Jupiter
- Pioneer Scientist Honored with Laboratory Medal
- Sandia Develops Source Tracking System
- Pantex Lends Fire Trucks to Amarillo College
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In this issue:
- U.S. Nonproliferation Efforts Continue as Nuclear Material is Removed from Bulgaria
- NNSA Dismantles Last Nuclear Artillery Shell
- Kansas City Plant's PIRATE Ready to Set Sail
- Y-12 Develops Mobile Medical Shelter System
- NNSA Biologist Works with Law Enforcement, Other Agencies on Anti-Terrorism Task Force
- Infrastructure Update: Roof Management Contract in Place
- Los Alamos Program Recovers Orphaned Radioactive Sources
- Nuclear Radiological Threat Reduction Task Force
- BWXT Y-12 and Tennessee State University Strengthen Mentoring-Protege Agreement
- NNSA Portal Receives Administrator's Gold Medal
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In this issue:
- Stockpile Stewardship Effort is Ten Years Old
- NNSA Resumes Tritium Production for First Time in 15 Years
- NNSA Signs New Model Contract for Sandia Labs
- Camille Yuan-Soo Hoo Enjoys Challenges of Livermore Office
- Infrastructure Update: Special Materials Facility at Y-12 Under Construction
- NNSA Initiates Cooperative Monitoring Center in Jordan
- Calendar Will Help Promote Diversity Awareness
- NNSA, WAPA Sign Money Saving Electricity Deal
- Awan, Monette Recognized for Service to America
- NNSA Special Agents Dominate Air Force Security Force Event
- Oak Ridge Accelerator Project on Track
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In this issue:
- NNSA Labs Win 21 "Nobel Prizes of Technology"
- NNSA Adds New Tool to Stockpile Stewardship Program
- From Saigon to Sandia - A Refugee Family's Story
- Paul Longsworth Sworn in as NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
- Nuclear Engineer Brumley Manages Y-12 Office
- Computer-Carrying Moths Help Research
- Kansas City Plant Shares Safety Strategies with Other Companies
- NNSA Assists Russian Scientists, American Business
- NNSA Advances "Weapons Into Plowshares" with First LEU Shipment to Tennessee
- NNSA to Provide Science Advisor for City
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In this issue:
- NNSA Announces Security Initiatives
- Boardman Leads Sandia Site Office
- ARG Team Practices Emergency Response in England
- Mini-fireset Helps Protect Against Torpedoes
- HEU Program Completes Vital Russian Monitoring System
- Six Sigma - The Quest for Perfection
- BWXT Y-12 Receives Awards
- Los Alamos' Bowles Wins Top Russian Prize
- Infrastructure Update: Tritium Facility at Savannah River 50% Complete
- Pantex Team Wins Security Competition
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In this issue:
- Pit Production Begins at Los Alamos
- Linton Brooks Confirmed as Administrator
- NNSA Expands Technology Commercialization Program to Additional Communities
- Y-12 Resumes Wet Chemistry Operations
- Physical Security System Commissioned in Uzbekistan
- Ted Robinson Sets Record at Y-12
- Ground Broken for Test Laboratory Facility at Pantex
- Update: The NNSA of the Future is on Track
- Secretary Abraham Presides Over Well Attended International Radioactive Sources Conference
- Hispano Chamber Names Sandia, Lockheed Martin, and TVC Corporate Partner of the Decade
- Infrastructure Update: Security Upgrade Project Underway at Livermore
- Livermore Studies Blast Effects on Buildings
- Sandia Z Machine Produces Fusion Neutrons
- Kansas City Plant Associates Win FLC Award
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In this issue:
- Brooks Nominated to Head NNSA
- Update from Jim Hirahara, NNSA Service Center Director
- NNSA Implements Reorganization
- DARHT Second Axis Achieves Final Technical Milestones
- NNSA Laboratories Win Awards
- New NNSA Supercomputers at Sandia, Livermore Will Service Stewardship
- Ukraine Dedicates New Nuclear Plant Simulator
- NNSA's MS3 Program May Aid Department of Defense
- NNSA Works to PROTECT Public Facilities
- NNSA Facilities and Infrastructure Recapitalization Program Update: Nevada Demolitions on Schedule
- Livermore, Pantex Achieve Significant Mileposts
- Tyler Przybylek Named as Acting Chief Operating Officer