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 Newsletters
2009
October 2009
Rosatom Director General Sergei Kiriyenko is given a demonstration of the rackable can storage system by B&W Y-12's President and General Manager Darrel Kohlhorst In this issue:
  • First Meeting of U.S. - Russian Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Security Working Group
  • President Presents Top Science, Technology Award
  • Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Technologies
  • Sandia robots to Bolster Troop Capabilities
  • Kansas City Plant Mainframe Shutdown Signals Technology Transition
  • NNSA Blue Gene Partnership Receives Top Presidential Technology Award
  • Secret Keeper: After 57 Years, Oak Ridge Technical Expert Retires
  • Sandia's Z Machine Helps Safeguard Stockpile
September 2009
Cover photo of LDRD research from September 2009 newsletter In this issue:
  • NEW FEATURE: Administrator's Corner
  • Administrator Thomas D'Agostino Participates in White House Briefing
  • NNSA Highlights Efforts to Secure Rad Materials
  • NNSA Emergency Operations Teams Enhance Radiological Security for G-20 Summit
  • LDRD Symposium Brings Together Nuclear Security Enterprise Researchers
  • Y-12's Innovative Infrared Debonding Accelerates Weapon Dismantlement
  • LANL Explosive Training Helps Prepare Soldiers
  • KCP Puts Old Equipment to New Use
  • Final Transuranic Waste Shipment Leaves NTS
August 2009
A truck driving through PNNL's HAMMER facility radiation detection portal monitors In this issue:
  • NNSA Awards More Than $20M in Research Grants
  • NNSA Employee Donates Kidney, Helps Save Eight Lives
  • To The Moon: Y-12 Technology Part of Apollo 11 Anniversary
  • NNSA Works With Air Force to Conduct Successful W80 JTA Test
  • Second Line of Defense International Training - as Real as it Gets
  • LANL Nonproliferation Work Leads to Advances in Hurricane Monitoring
  • LLNL and OST Place in U.S. SWAT Competition
  • NNSA Attracts Crowd at Public Service Career Fair
  • Livermore Staffer Cleared Afghan Roadway IEDs
July 2009
During Media Day at the Empire 09 exercise, an Albany, N.Y. television reporter tapes a segment explaining how Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center responders remove anti-contamination protective clothing. In this issue:
  • Last HEU Removed From Romania Days Before Presidents Meet in Russia
  • D’Agostino Testifies on Global Threat Reduction
  • Kansas City Plant Helps Keep B-2 in the Air
  • Sandia National Laboratories Robot Rodeo Competition
  • EMPIRE 09 Emergency Response Exercise
  • NNSA Science Improves Seismology Tools to Detect and Locate Low-Yield Nuclear Explosions
  • Award Winners: Presidential Early Career Award and Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Engineering
  • Reach Out and Tweet Someone
  • Nuclear Security 101: Students Participate in NNSA Programs
June 2009
NIF DEDICATION: NNSA Administrator Thomas D'Agostino addressed the role of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in our national security during the dedication ceremony on May 29, 2009. (Photo by Karl Mondon, Contra Consta Times) In this issue:
  • NNSA Briefs Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism in Netherlands
  • NNSA Announces Contract to Downblend 12 Metric Tons of Surplus HEU
  • Stan Watkins Named DOE Facility Rep of the Year
  • Dedication of the National Ignition Facility
  • Sandia Receives DoD “Trusted” Design Accreditation
  • NNSA's Second Line of Defense Program Expands International Work
  • New Nevada Test Site Fire Stations
  • Y-12 Tours Once Again a Highlight of the Secret City Festival
May 2009
LETTER THAT LAUNCHED A LAB: In May 1949, President Harry Truman asked Bell Telephone Labs to run the new Sandia Laboratory in New Mexico for the Atomic Energy Commission. This year Sandia is celebrating its 60th anniversary. In this issue:
  • NNSA Removes HEU from Kazakhstan, Australia
  • Y-12 Completes Work to Remove Nuclear Materials
  • Gina Bonanno Inducted Into Women’s Hall of Fame
  • Sandia National Laboratories: 60Years as National Security Asset
  • National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center is 30
  • Clean Steam Coming to NNSA’s Y-12
  • NTS Roof Project Completed Early and Under Budget
  • Three NNSA Sites Get DOE Environmental Award
  • Linda Wilbanks Receives University Award
April 2009
NEW MEXICO LABS VISIT: Energy Secretary Steven Chu (center) listens to a briefing at the Microsystems and Engineering Sciences Applications Microelectronics Laboratory at Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico (SNL). In this issue:
  • NNSA Completes Construction of Largest Laser
  • NNSA Non-proliferation Work Supports Goals of U.S.-Russian Joint Statement
  • NNSA, U. of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Police Raise the Bar for Radiological Security
  • Kansas City Plant Serves 60 Years as National Security Asset
  • NNSA Radiation Detection System Used to Resolve Argentine Theft Case
  • Krol Addresses Meeting of Arctic Nation Representatives
  • Brigadier General Harencak Now DP Assistant Deputy
  • Recent NNSA Awards
  • Stimulus Act Funds Will Enhance NNSA Cleanup
March 2009
NIF OPTICS CHECKER: A National Ignition Facility technician examines a damage inspection instrument that is used to assess the optics in the target chamber. In this issue:
  • National Ignition Facility Breaks the Megajoule Barrier
  • Refurbished W76 Warhead Enters U.S. Nuclear Weapons Stockpile
  • NNSA Consolidates Additional Surplus Special Nuclear Material From Livermore
  • NNSA Contributes to the Front Line Fight Against WMD Trafficking
  • NNSA Nuclear Science Expertise Vital to U.S. Counterterrorism Efforts
  • NNSA and DoD: Partners In Counterterrorism
  • Nevada Test Site Gets New Communication Center
  • Los Alamos Researchers Create ‘Map of Science’
  • NNSA Awards Safety Professionals of the Year
February 2009
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO DOE EMPLOYEES: President Barack Obama listens as he is introduced by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu in the DOE main auditorium of the Forrestal Building in Washington, D.C., In this issue:
  • NNSA Awards IBM Contract to Build Next Generation Supercomputer
  • 14,000 Nuclear Weapons-Worth of Russian Highly Enriched Uranium Eliminated
  • NNSA Recovers 20,000 U.S. Radioactive Sources
  • NNSA: Working To Prevent Nuclear Terrorism
  • Department of Energy’s Moscow and Beijing Offices Change Leadership
  • Nevada Test Site Team Successfully Completes Radiation-Detection Testing
  • Kansas City Plant Employees Receive American Red Cross Award
January 2009
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Joint Actinide Shock Physics Experimental Research facility, located at NNSA's Nevada Test Site is home to the two-stage gas gun, a 30-meter-long, two-stage device. In this issue:
  • NNSA Announces Decisions to Transform National Security Enterprise
  • NNSA Completes Refurbishment of B61 Bomb
  • NNSA and DTRA Partner on Nuclear Security Challenges
  • NNSA Applauds European Union Contribution to IAEA Fuel Bank
  • NNSA Fact Sheet: The State of the Stockpile
  • Pantex Achieves Environmental Milestone
  • NNSA, FBI Conduct Counter-Terrorism Exercise
  • Kansas City Plant Test Equipment Aids Warfighter
  • Y-12 Participates in Educational Employment Program for Retiring Veterans
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