Global Security and Nonproliferation Programs

The Global Security and Nonproliferation Programs (NNP) develop, coordinate, and assist in implementing domestic and international policy aimed at reducing both internal and external threats to the United States from weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The primary focus is on reducing the proliferation of nuclear materials and nuclear weapons. NNP encompasses technology development, analysis, and deployment programs for:
Arms control and disarmament
Export control
Highly enriched uranium transparency
International safeguards
Material protection, control, and accounting
Second line of defense
Russian Federation plutonium disposition
United States plutonium disposition