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2006
November/December 2006
Pantex security police officers can now train in virtual environments to learn and perfect skills in different combat scenarios. In this issue:
  • NNSA Secures all Russian Navy Nuclear Sites
  • NNSA to Prepare Complex 2030 EIS
  • Y-12 Infrastructure Reduction Program Reaches Milestone
  • Bush Honors Senior Execs
  • Kansas City Plant - From Conceptualization To Product Realization
  • Pantex Training Facility is One-of-a-Kind
  • Volunteers Help Russian Students
  • Craig Tucker Named New ADA for Office of Secure Transportation
  • Nevada Intelligence Center Receives Award for Training Program 
  • NNSA Converts Research Reactors At Two Universities
  • NNSA Announces $15 Million in Grants to Minority Institutions
October 2006
View of a TK-515 container being loaded into a truck at the Maria research reactor at the Institute of Atomic Energy in Otwock-Swierk, Poland. In this issue:
  • U.S. and Russian Sign Liability Protocol
  • Y-12 Completes Major Relocation of Highly Enriched Uranium
  • Livermore Scientist Elected VP of Physical Society
  • LANL Satellite To Launch In December
  • Sandia Takes A Strategic Look At Its Future
  • Los Alamos National Lab D Building Remembered
  • NNSA Program Helps Train International Nuclear Security Managers
  • NNSA's Kansas City Plant Puts the "Spotlight on Science" for Students 
  • NNSA People, Facilities Receive Variety Of Awards
September 2006
NNSA Response at Ground Zero In this issue:
  • NNSA: Working to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism
  • Tobey Confirmed as NN Deputy
  • Sherry is New Y-12 Manager
  • DARHT Conducts Successful W76 Hydrotest
  • NNSA Teams Prepare For Emergencies
  • Y-12's Tony White Inducted into Hall of Fame
  • Savannah River Hosts Russians for Worker Transition Workshop
  • Nevada Salutes Its Heroes
  • NNSA, Sandia Managers Named To Top 100 Hispanics List
  • NNSA Small Business Awards
August 2006
B61 bombs are the oldest weapons in the nuclear stockpile and an integral part of the nation’s strategic defense. In this issue:
  • Entire Stock of W56 Nuclear Weapons Dismantled
  • NNSA Achieves Significant Milestone for B61 Bomb
  • New Office to Oversee NNSA's Transformation
  • Counting Down To Fusion Ignition
  • U.S.-Origin HEU Removed from Argentina
  • Where There's Smoke, There May Be Fire 
  • Russian HEU Consolidated At Secure Site
  • U.S. Nuclear Weapons-Grade Material Converted Into Electricity
  • Weapons Railcars Now a Museum Exhibit in Amarillo
  • NNSA Labs Win 14 R&D 100 Awards for Industrial Innovations
July 2006
Record-holding BlueGene/L supercomputer, which is part of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Advanced Simulation and Computing program In this issue:
  • Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Supercomputer Sets New World Record
  • Megaports Program Coming to Jamaica and Egypt
  • SRS Makes 200th Shipment of LEU
  • LANL And LLNL Team Up To Put The “J” in JASPER
  • Pantex Boosts Efficiency, Maintains Safety And Security
  • Y-12 Building a Better Birdcage
  • Sandia Begins Demolition of 1960s-Era Lab Building
  • OST Eastern Command Upgrades Its Facilities 
  • Boyer, Colgate Receive Los Alamos Medal
  • NNSA's Kansas City Plant Receives Two Prestigious Environmental Awards
June 2006
Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman is briefed in the U1a test complex at the Nevada Test Site by Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists. In this issue:
  • Secretary Bodman Visits Nevada Test Site, Pantex Plant
  • National Laboratory Directors Come Together to Highlight GNEP
  • President Nominates Tobey to Lead NNSA's Nonproliferation Work
  • NNSA Works with Kazakhstan to Stop Nuclear and Radioactive Material Smuggling
  • Sandia Dedicates Microfab and Microlab Facilities
  • Oldest Y-12 Worker Retires 
  • A New Day At Los Alamos
  • NNSA Teams Up With State Department to Engage Iraqi Scientists
  • Sultans of SWAT 
  • Global Threat Reduction Initiative: Two Successful Years Of Reducing Nuclear Threats
  • Eight Pollution Prevention Awards Given to Four NNSA Sites
  • New E-Questionnaire for Investigations Saves Time and Money
May 2006
Molten plutonium metal is prepared for casting operations using an induction coil furnace at Los Alamos National Laboratory Technical Area 55. In this issue:
  • Deputy Secretary Discusses Complex 2030
  • Secret Mission to Remove HEU from Uzbekistan Completed Successfully
  • NNSA on Path to Secure Russian Nuclear Sites by End of 2008
  • Packaging Expert Receives NNSA 2005 Federal Safety Professional of the Year Award
  • Kim Davis Takes the Field
  • NNSA Outlines Plans For Future Of The Nuclear Weapons Complex
  • Y-12 Mentors Future Scientists
  • LLNL Leads Explosives Detection Pilot Program
  • Kansas City Plant Facilitates Radar Technology
  • Sandia Pulsed Reactor Resumes Operation
April 2006
Administrator Linton F. Brooks (center) testifies before a March hearing of the House Armed Services Committee Strategic Forces Subcommittee. In this issue:
  • Tritium Extraction Facility Reaches Another Milestone
  • NNSA Works with Australian Agency to Counter Radiological Threats
  • Secretary Bodman Visits Kansas City Plant
  • Sandia California Site Celebrates 50 Years
  • Krakatau Subcritical Experiment Another Success for NTS 
  • NNSA 2007 Budget Request
  • LANL Scientist is Asian American Engineer of the Year
  • Y-12 Site Manager Retires
  • 'Defense In Depth' Is NNSA Site Security Policy
  • NNSA, Small Business Help Reshape Y-12
  • NNSA Appoints Executive Director for China Office
February/March 2006
NNSA Administrator Linton F. Brooks meets with Bay Area news media in California to unveil a new security asset at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. In this issue:
  • New Nuclear Partnership will Reduce Proliferation Risks
  • NNSA Administrator Outlines Focus for 2006 and Beyond
  • Los Alamos Plutonium Test Facility To Be Replaced
  • NNSA Agrees to Work with Georgia and Azerbaijan to Counter Nuclear and Radioactive Material Smuggling
  • Contract Competition For Livermore Lab Begins
  • Brooks Visits Labs And Plants, Talks About The Future
  • A Soldier's Thanks
  • D'Agostino to Lead NNSA's Defense Programs
  • Los Alamos Lab Begins Transition to New Leadership
  • 220 Radioactive Sources Removed from Georgia School
January 2006
U.S. Reps. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich. (center), and Heather Wilson, R-N.M. (right of Hoekstra), watch a robot demonstration at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque. In this issue:
  • NNSA Completes First Major Milestone at Seversk Power Plant
  • Four Nations Sign Megaports Pacts with the United States
  • Sandia “RAP” Artists, White Sands Techs Milestone At Seversk Power Plant Free Stuck Radiation Source
  • Dr. Kevin Greenaugh Receives 2006 Professional Achievement Award 
  • New ES&H Advisor Has DOE, EPA Background
  • Sandian Brings Photovoltaic Light to Indian Reservations 
  • NNSA Counterintelligence Is Everyone’s Concern
  • Surplus Uranium Project Earns Engineering Award
  • LLNL and ORNL Provide Training for Russian Nuclear Security Program
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