Divisions
 MPC&A Cooperative Programs Division
The
mission of the MPC&A Cooperative Programs Division is to provide
assistance to DOE's Office of International Materials Protection and
Emergency Cooperation, Material Protection, Control, and Accounting
Program (MPC&A) in reducing the threat posed by weapons-usable
nuclear material by cooperating with Russia Institutes to (a)
consolidate material in fewer buildings and at fewer sites, (b)
eliminate excess HEU by downblending to LEU, and (c) install
sustainable physical security and accountancy upgrades appropriate
for the level of material attractiveness and the threat of theft.
Recent efforts have focused on developing MPC&A operational
monitoring systems for selected nuclear facilities. BNL works
with over 15 Russian nuclear facilities in this program and oversees
and supports over $35 million annually in contracts for work at
these facilities.
For more information please contact W. Trevor Pratt, Division
Head at 631-344-2630 pratt@bnl.gov
Nonproliferation and Safeguards Division
The Nonproliferation and Safeguards Division (NSD) supports
efforts to ensure that the essential ingredients of nuclear,
radiological, and chemical weapons do not become available to
terrorists or States attempting to develop weapons of mass
destruction. This work is supported by the U.S. Department of
Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration; the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security; the U.S. Department of State; the U.S.
Department of Defense; international agencies, especially the
International Atomic Energy Agency; and local jurisdictions.
Projects in which NSD staff have been engaged include:
- Enhance the inspection
training and safeguards implementation at gas centrifuge and uranium ore
conversion facilities.
- Help implement the
International Atomic Energy Agency Additional Protocol in the U.S.
- Review and suggest
improvements for future International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards
regimes at nuclear power plants.
- Supporting and monitoring
permanent and irreversible elimination of weapon-usable nuclear and
radiological materials through international cooperative programs.
- Leading
domestic efforts to examine the security of nuclear, radiological
sources and chemical agents to ensure that they are not diverted and
used for terrorism.
- Helping
U.S. cities develop strategies to identify the presence of smuggled
nuclear or radiological weapons for interdiction purposes, and
consequence management strategies should interdiction efforts fail.
For more information please contact Michael Rosenthal, at 631-344-4872
mdrosenthal@bnl.gov
Detector Development & Testing Division
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The Detector Development and Testing Division focuses on research,
development and testing of radiation detectors for nonproliferation, treaty
verification and homeland security applications.
 The
Detector Development and Testing Division collaborates with other national
laboratories, commercial entities and the BNL Instrumentation Division in
developing advanced detectors that offer greater range, selectivity and ease of
use over currently available systems. These projects offer the opportunity to
build and test various detector systems in a real world environment for
potential deployments in the war against terror.
The Division also tests and evaluates commercial as well as laboratory
prototype radiation detectors at the BNL Radiation Detector Test and Evaluation
Center (RADTEC) under funding from the Department of Homeland Security. BNL has
constructed a test facility (RADTEC) that allows the assembly and testing of
commercial off-the-shelf technologies (COTS) and government off-the-shelf
technologies (GOTS). This facility supports the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security Countermeasures Test Bed (CMTB), providing baseline data for protection
against known radiation sources. The purpose of CMTB is to assess the
feasibility, cost and usefulness of deploying radiation or nuclear-material
detectors for either the interdiction or consequence management scenarios for
homeland security.
For more information please contact Carl Czajkowski, Division Head at
631-344-4420 cjc@bnl.gov.
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