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Newsletters
2008
December 2008
HISTORICAL ACHIEVEMENT: Material protection upgrades at a Russian nuclear facility increase security by delaying access to stored nuclear materials. In this issue:
  • Radioactive Sources Recovered From Louisiana And North Carolina
  • New Oak Ridge Facility Expands Security Training Capabilities
  • Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Visits The National Ignition Facility
  • NNSA Completes Bratislava Nuclear Security Initiatives
  • NNSA Security Professional Of The Year Award
  • Pantex Implements Mentor-Protégé Program And FIRP
  • MOX Reaches Out To Local Community In South Carolina
  • U.S. Starts Radiation Detection In Dominican Republic
  • Sandia Labs, SES Win Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Innovator Award
November 2008
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Students in New Mexico’s Española Valley elementary schools receive new shoes as participants in the Los Alamos National Laboratory Laces program. In this issue:
  • NNSA Secures One Of The World’s Largest Nuclear Storage Facilities
  • Preventing Nuclear Terrorism
  • Highly Enriched Uranium Successfully Removed From Hungary
  • NNSA Makes A Difference In Local Communities
  • World Institute For Nuclear Safety
  • Kansas City Plant Receives Safety Accolades
  • Sandia National Laboratories Receives Shingo Prize
  • NNSA Receives An Honorable Mention In Government Computing News
  • NNSA Receives Diversity Award
October 2008
Pictured is a 4.5 kg ball of alpha-phase plutonium surrounded by three inches of nickel nesting shells. In this issue:
  • NNSA Approves Analysis Of Plan To Transform Nuclear Weapons Complex
  • Nuclear Weapons Dismantlements Up 20 Percent
  • First Linton F. Brooks Service Award Given
  • Changing NTS Mission Keeping Pace With 21st Century
  • NNSA Program Wins GSA Achievement Award
  • Progress Continues On NNSA MOX Facility
  • John Brice Celebrates 50th Anniversary
  • NNSA Hosts Nuclear Security Summit At Y-12 National Security Complex
September 2008
MOCK NEWS, REAL STRESS: Senior Energy Official Deborah Monette (left, next to the podium) listens to a question from a mock media reporter at the Diablo Bravo Exercise news conference near Silverdale, Wash. In this issue:
  • Builders Place Final Beam In First Phase Of CMRR Project At Los Alamos
  • NNSA Holds Next Generation Safeguards Workshop
  • Sandia's Work Demonstrated Anthrax Letters Contained Non-weaponized Form
  • U.S. Donates $50 Million For The IAEA International Fuel Bank
  • Diablo Bravo Exercise Showcases NNSA’s Sophisticated Emergency Response Assets
  • Howerton Selected As A “Rising Star” In The U.S. Government Information Technology Community
  • Williams To Head Livermore Site Office
  • Major Construction Milestone Completed At Y-12
  • KCP Completes W87 Reentry Vehicle Work On Time And Under Budget
August 2008
PANTEX WILDLIFE: Bobcats have moved onto NNSA’s Pantex site because it offers a safe location for their growing families. In this issue:
  • NNSA Sites Remove 12 Metric Tons Of Weapons Material
  • NNSA MOX Facililty Remains On Schedule
  • Three Million Square Feet Of Aging Nuclear Weapons Buildings Torn Down
  • NNSA’s Pantex Plant Creating A Welcoming Habitat For Native Wildlife
  • JASPER Facility Back In Business
  • U1A Facility Transition Completed
  • NNSA’s Pantex Plant Joins Texas A&M University To Advance Nuclear Engineering Safety Education
  • Nuclear Weapons Pioneer Speaks At DOE
  • NNSA-Funded Research Projects Win 9 R&D Awards For 2008
July 2008
HOUSE TESTIMONY: Administrator Thomas D'Agostino (center) makes a point about Complex Transformation at a recent hearing of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces. He was joined by the heads of NNSA's eight sites. In this issue:
  • NNSA Announces End Of Plutonium Production In Seversk, Russia
  • NNSA Labs Will Play Prominent Role In U.S. National Security
  • Y-12 Completes Major Life Extension Program Milestone
  • NNSA’s New Roadrunner Is Fastest Computer In the World
  • MOX Project Uses Computed Radiography
  • Livermore Lab’s National Ignition Facility Saves Big
  • Nonproliferation Treaty Marks Fourth Decade
  • Security Competition Winners
  • NNSA Team Walks For A Cure
June 2008
REDUCING NUCLEAR THREATS: NNSA Oversees the Removal of HEU From Latvia In this issue:
  • NNSA Conducts Counterterrorism Briefing For IAEA
  • NNSA Awards $1.7 Million In Nonproliferation R&D Grants To Small Businesses
  • Nevada Puts Green Features In An Old Building
  • NNSA’s Global Threat Reduction Initiative - Reducing Nuclear Threats
  • Bomb Squads Saddle Up For Robot Rodeo
  • NNSA’s Pantex Plant Receives P2 Awards
  • Albuquerque Duo Wins Supercomputing Challenge
  • Livermore Lab Helps Bring Science Into The Classroom
  • PNNL to Verify Nuclear Explosion Detection Network
  • Y-12 Emergency Manager Gets Award
May 2008
EXPLOSIVE RESEARCH: Bradley Wong prepares for a test at NNSA’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's High Explosives Application Facility (HEAF). In this issue:
  • Russian Weapons-Grade Plutonium Reactor Shutdown Ahead Of Schedule
  • NNSA Unveils New Cyber-Security Network
  • Survey Presents Top Supporters Of HBCU Programs
  • Good Samaritan Office Of Secure Transportation Agents Provide Assistance
  • Livermore’s High Explosives Facility Has Many Applications
  • U.S.-Russian Transportation Security Cooperation Milestone
  • Sandia MESA Project Gets Green Certification
  • Recapitalization Program Funds Water And Electrical System Improvements At Y-12, Pantex
April 2008
REDUCING NUCLEAR THREAT: Uranium container inventories help provide transparency in highly enriched uranium (HEU) processing. In this issue:
  • Complex Transformation Public Hearings Complete
  • NNSA Implements Pay-Banding Pilot
  • Sandia Teams With Russians On Operations Readiness
  • HEU Purchase Agreement With Russia Reaches 15-Year Milestone
  • NNSA Staff Receive Honor Awards
  • Office Of Defense Programs Reorganizes
  • Senate Hears About NNSA Proliferation Detection
  • Consolidation Of Special Nuclear Material Continues
March 2008
Three well dressed federal couriers pose in front of an Atomic Energy Commission weapon transportation vehicle in this 1960s-era photo. In this issue:
  • NNSA ‘09 Budget Hearings Begin
  • D’Agostino And Tobey Discuss Achievements In Geneva And Vienna
  • Secretary Bodman And Rosatom Director Kiriyenko Discuss U.S.-Russia Nuclear Security Progress
  • Road Warriors: NNSA’s Office Of Secure Transportation
  • Oak Ridge Team Member Honored With Bronze Star
  • NNSA Weighs In On New Definition For Kilogram
  • Los Alamos Laboratory To Begin DARHT 2 Operations
  • NNSA Provides Aerial Radiation Detection Training To Chicago Police
  • Productivity Improvements Lead To Dramatic Cost Savings At NNSA’s Y-12 Complex
February 2008
The Facility for Antenna & Radar Cross Section Measurement In this issue:
  • Consolidation of Nuclear Weapons Material Continues
  • Plutonium Elimination Project Reaches Major Milestone
  • New Tool Helps Y-12 Troubleshoot Manufacturing Problems
  • Video Game Will Help Train Soldiers
  • NNSA's Science and Technology Base - The Cornerstone of of Nuclear Deterrence and Long-Term Security
  • NNSA Partners With Nations to Secure Seaports
  • Y-12 Uranium Storage Project Celebrates Milestones
  • United States and China Cooperate on Nuclear Emergency Response
  • Facility Management at Nevada Test Site to Change
January 2008
Smolen Swearing-In Ceremony In this issue:
  • Robert L. Smolen Sworn In as Head of NNSA's Defense Programs
  • Transformation Proposal 'Urgent' D'Agostino Says
  • Sandia Engineer Receives Coveted technical Excellence Award from American Indian Group
  • NNSA's Service Center - Can You Hear Us Now?
  • NNSA Exercises With Russian Responders
  • Access Delay System Installed at NNSA's Y-12 Facility
  • NNSA's BlueGene/L Sets Performance Mark
  • U.S. and Russia Sign Plan for Russian Plutonium Disposition
  • LLNL Researchers Win Gordon Bell Prize for Computing Advances
  • State Department Funds New Training Facility
  • Pantex Earns Clean Texas Award
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