A semi-autonomous agency within the U.S. Department of Energy responsible for enhancing national security through the military application of nuclear science. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Mission & History. Mission & History Honeywell manages the Kansas City National Security Campus in Kansas City, MO and Albuquerque, NM for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). With the efforts to reduce the nation’s nuclear stockpile, we deliver safe and reliable products and services for national security programs in the most cost efficient way possible. Beginning in 1949 as the Kansas City Plant at the Bannister Federal Complex, we’ve been solving some of the NNSA’s most intricate and technically demanding engineering and manufacturing challenges for more than six decades.
Today, our mission has grown to serve other government agencies including the Department of Defense and Office of Secure Transportation. Our facility has evolved into a high-tech research production facility that specializes in science-based and additive manufacturing. From Kansas City Plant to Kansas City National Security Campus Modernization and Innovation.
National Nuclear Security Administration. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), established by Congress in 2000, is a "semi-autonomous agency within the U.S. Department of Energy responsible for enhancing national security through the military application of nuclear energy. NNSA maintains and enhances the safety, security, reliability and performance of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile without nuclear testing; works to reduce global danger from weapons of mass destruction; provides the U.S. Navy with safe and effective nuclear propulsion; and responds to nuclear and radiological emergencies in the U.S. and abroad. " [1] The NNSA "manage[d] the country's nuclear weapons complex" and was headed by Gen. John A. Workload Projection 2002 "According to the council's report, the posture review also calls for a new land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to be operational in 2020, a new sub-launched ballistic missile and new strategic submarine by 2030 and a new heavy bomber by 2040.
Leadership (2005) Wikileaks. Nuclear Nevada | National Endowment for the Humanities. Sixty years ago Las Vegas was a dusty desert crossroads. Then President Harry S Truman decided to turn 800,000 barren acres of a military bombing range into the Nevada Test Site for atomic weapons. Hundreds of technicians and support crews swarmed into the area to operate the nation’s nuclear proving ground. “Building Atomic Vegas,” an exhibition at the Atomic Testing Museum, traces the history of Las Vegas’s development in tandem with 42 years of nuclear testing.
The first test began at dawn on Jan. 27, 1951, as a United States B-50 bomber dropped a nuclear warhead from nearly 20,000 feet onto Frenchman Flats in the Nevada desert. The device, codenamed Able, detonated 1060 feet above the desert floor, shaking the earth and echoing through the nearby mountains. The test would be the first of more than 900 documented nuclear detonations that would take place at the Nevada Test Site between 1951 and 1992. As the bombs exploded, so did the Las Vegas economy. FY17 Appropriations Bills: National Nuclear Security Administration | American Institute of Physics. National Nuclear Security Administration « DC Bureau. Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Carlsbad, New Mexico – A vast salt mine under the New Mexico desert was the Department of Energy’s last nuclear waste storage solution. On Valentines night, one of the now suspect 500 waste drums from DOE’s Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) blast open inside DOE’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
Casks filled with 3.2 million cubic feet of deadly radioactive wastes remain buried at the crippled plant. That huge facility was rendered useless. “As part of the ongoing efforts to identify the cause of the event at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, we are evaluating all possible causes including the waste packages themselves,” a statement issued by DOE says.
The disaster at WIPP is rooted in careless contractors and lack of DOE oversight, according to a DOE report released on April 24. (learn more about this documentary) Continue reading Race and Radiation: The Equal Opportunity Killer at the Savannah River Site. [GOV ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE] Agency Expanded Use of Some Federal Oversight Reforms, but Is Still Determining Future Plans. What GAO Found Key reforms at the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Kansas City Plant (KCP)—a site in Missouri that manufactures electronic and other nonnuclear components of nuclear weapons—included (1) streamlining operating requirements by replacing Department of Energy (DOE) requirements with industry standards, where appropriate; (2) refocusing federal oversight to rely on contractor performance data for lower-risk activities; and (3) establishing clear contractor goals and incentives.
A 2008 review of the reforms reported nearly $14 million in cost reductions were achieved at the site by implementing these reforms. NNSA and KCP federal and contractor staff identified key factors that facilitated implementation of reforms at KCP, including the following: High-level support from NNSA and field office leadership . Gaining and maintaining the support of the NNSA Administrator and buy-in of some KCP Field Office staff for changes from the reforms was critical. BUDGET-2014-APP-1-9. Department of State and Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration to Host "Nuclear Explosion Monitoring: 60 Years of Science and Innovation" The Department of State, in partnership with the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), will host “Nuclear Explosion Monitoring: 60 Years of Science and Innovation,” on November 30, 2016, from 1:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room SD-G50.
This half-day event will highlight the technological breakthroughs that enable the United States and international partners to monitor for illicit nuclear explosions and verify the status of global nuclear nonproliferation agreements. Attendees will view exhibits from around the world displaying the best achievements in technology from the international monitoring and verification community, including the U.S. National Laboratories. U.S. and international speakers will also share valuable insight on how, through joint collaboration, these innovations have helped contribute to a safer and more secure world. Featured speakers include Senator Tom Udall (D-NM); Ernest J. National Nuclear Security Administration | Flickr.
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