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Press Releases
2008
12.30.08
U.S. and Lebanon Agree to Secure Seaport Cargo
Agreement Aimed at Preventing Nuclear Smuggling
12.23.08
12.17.08
12.16.08
12.16.08
12.15.08
12.12.08
Panama Begins Radiation Detection Efforts at Two Ports
Partnership Aimed at Detecting Smuggled Nuclear Material
12.11.08
NNSA Applauds EU Contribution to IAEA Fuel Bank
European Union Joins NNSA and the private Nuclear Threat Initiative in Contributing
12.11.08
12.05.08
12.04.08
12.04.08
12.03.08
11.20.08
11.17.08
11.14.08
NNSA Achieves First Major Milestone in Project to Prevent Nuclear Smuggling in Mongolia
NNSA Commissions Five Sites Newly Equipped With Radiation Detection Equipment in Mongolia
11.13.08
U.S. and Dominican Republic Start Radiation Detection Operations at the Port of Caucedo
Radiation Detection Project will Help Prevent Smuggling of Nuclear Material
11.12.08
NNSA Secures One of the World’s Largest Nuclear Storage Facilities
NNSA Helps Increase Security for Tens of Tons of Weapons-Grade Nuclear Material
10.24.08
10.23.08
Highly Enriched Uranium Removed from Hungary
Largest shipment of Russian-origin HEU “spent” fuel
10.17.08
10.17.08
10.13.08
NNSA Cooperates With Argentina, South Africa and Ukraine To Convert Research Reactors
Accelerated Efforts Have Led to the Conversion or Shutdown of Seven U.S. and International Research and Test Reactors in 2008
10.09.08
10.07.08
NNSA Completes Successful Year of U.S.-origin Nuclear Fuel Returns
All U.S.-Origin Highly Enriched Uranium Removed From Four Countries This Year
10.02.08
10.02.08
NNSA, Oregon State University and Washington State University Complete the Conversion of Two U.S. Research Reactors
Accelerated Efforts Have Led to the Conversion of Five U.S. Research and Test Reactors in the Past Two Years
10.01.08
09.30.08
09.30.08
09.25.08
09.18.08
09.16.08
09.15.08
09.15.08
09.10.08
09.09.08
NNSA Kicks Off Next Generation Safeguards Initiative
Washington, D.C. Meeting to be Held September 11-12
08.25.08
08.15.08
08.14.08
08.13.08
08.04.08
08.01.08
07.24.08
07.23.08
07.17.08
All Highly Enriched Uranium Removed from Bulgaria
Bulgaria is the Second Country to Return all Soviet-origin HEU to Secure Sites
07.03.08
Nuclear and Radiological Material Removed from Japan, Germany, Sweden, and Denmark
Highly enriched uranium and plutonium returned under NNSA’s Global Threat Reduction Initiative
07.03.08
U.S. and Japan Agree to Secure Seaport Cargo
Partnership Aimed at Preventing Nuclear Smuggling
07.02.08
NNSA Achieves Major Milestone In Project to Thwart Nuclear Smuggling in Kazakhstan
Eight Sites Equipped With Radiation Detection Equipment
06.27.08
NNSA Trains Southeast Asian Nations In Nuclear Safeguards
Helps Equip Countries to Prepare for Civil Nuclear Power
06.26.08
06.18.08
06.16.08
06.11.08
NNSA and Russian Customs Agency Mark Ten Years of Cooperation to Prevent the Illicit Trafficking of Dangerous Nuclear Material
St. Petersburg Meeting Highlights Progress and Future Plans to Equip Additional Russian Borders, Airports and Seaports
06.09.08
06.05.08
NNSA Announces the End of Plutonium Production in Seversk, Russia
Only One Russian Plutonium Producing Reactor Remains
05.30.08
05.26.08
05.19.08
NNSA Improves Capability To Certify Nuclear Weapons Stockpile
DARHT Second Axis Is Ready for Operation
05.16.08
All Highly Enriched Uranium Removed from Latvia
Latvia is the First to Return all Soviet-origin HEU to Secure Sites Under NNSA’s Global Threat Reduction Initiative
05.16.08
05.09.08
05.09.08
04.30.08
04.25.08
U.S. and Russia Nuclear Security Cooperation on Track
Progress Continues on Securing Russian Nuclear Sites
04.24.08
U.S. and Russia Cooperate to Eliminate Dangerous Nuclear Material
10 Metric Tons of Russian HEU Successfully Downblended
04.21.08
Russian Weapons-Grade Plutonium Reactor Shut Down Ahead of Schedule
Only Two Russian Plutonium Production Reactors Remaining
04.10.08
03.31.08
NNSA Launches New Website
New Features Added, Including a Personal Notification Feed
03.27.08
NNSA Ships Additional Special Nuclear Material From Livermore
Shipment Reduces High-security Material Onsite by Approximately 25 Percent
03.26.08
03.19.08
03.19.08
03.13.08
03.07.08
02.28.08
First Phase of Nuclear Material Consolidation Complete
Work Completed at Sandia Seven Months Ahead of Schedule
02.27.08
U.S. and Malaysia Agree to Secure Seaport Cargo
Agreement Aimed at Preventing Nuclear Smuggling
02.25.08
02.20.08
02.18.08
02.07.08
02.05.08
NNSA Senior Officials to Brief World Bodies on U.S. Nuclear Dismantlement and Nonproliferation Work
D'Agostino and Tobey to Discuss Achievements in Vienna and Geneva
02.04.08
02.01.08
01.29.08
01.23.08
Israel Begins Radiation Detection Efforts at Haifa Port
Pilot Project Will Help To Detect Smuggled Nuclear Material
01.23.08
01.17.08
01.14.08
Weapons-Grade Plutonium Elimination Project Reaches Major Milestone
800 Kilograms of Plutonium Per Year Will Cease to be Produced
01.11.08
01.07.08
Consolidation of Nuclear Weapons Material Continues
Plutonium Moved From Lawrence Livermore National Lab to Savannah River Site
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