Sentences with phrase «national nuclear security»

According to BuzzFeed News, a joint venture between NASA, the National Nuclear Security Administration, and weapons labs from the Energy Department has resulted in designs for a spacecraft capable of saving the planet.

The government, through its National Nuclear Security Administration, is concerned that our current stockpile of weapons exists beyond their original life cycle, meaning they may be inoperable.

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It works in consortiums to manage nuclear fission related sites for the U.S. Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration.

The Utah State Board of Education announced Jones» resignation Tuesday, noting that he has accepted a position with the National Nuclear Security Administration and will continue his career in the Army Reserve.

As the principal associate director, Wisoff will continue to be responsible for ensuring the safe operation of NIF as a world - class user facility in support of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Stockpile Stewardship mission; partnering with Laboratory capabilities to establish leadership in Stockpile Stewardship science associated with inertial confinement fusion and high energy density physics; overseeing the development of advanced laser systems, related optical and target systems, control systems and systems engineering capability for research, commercial and government agencies; and maintaining close partnerships with the Department of Energy / NNSA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Missile Defense Agency, Department of Homeland Security, academia and private industry.

Observers suggest a lower - profile administration post — perhaps the next head of the National Nuclear Security Administration — could fall victim to a Graham hold if he does not extract the concessions he is after.

Edwards is also the National Nuclear Security Administration's Security Contractor Professional of the Year.

Established by Congress in 2000, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is a semi-autonomous agency within the U.S. Department of Energy responsible for enhancing national security through the military application of nuclear science.

For Immediate Release February 26, 2018: Detailed NNSA Budget Documents Accelerates Nuclear Weapons Arms Race Late Friday February 23, the Trump Administration released the detailed FY 2019 budget for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the semi-autonomous nuclear weapons agency within the federal Department of Energy.

«Sens. Claire McCaskill (Mo.) and Ron Wyden (Ore.) asked about the situation in a Tuesday letter to Energy Secretary Rick Perry, citing documents that appear to show that the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) paid more than $ 24 million to the partnership of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for costs from a series of whistleblower cases.»

Sandia National Laboratories A series of research facilities run by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.

The research is funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration as part of Science Campaign 2 in support of the Stockpile Stewardship Program.

The Laboratory has received approval from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to take a first step toward building a new facility for the High Performance Computing Innovation Center (HPCIC) in the Livermore Valley Open Campus (LVOC).

They apply national security science to a broad spectrum of endeavors from basic science to advanced research and development while modernizing aging, Cold War - era infrastructure for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration.

This research was initiated through a grant by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, a unit of the U.S. Department of Defense, and has been supported also by the DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration through a consortium with Cornell University.

A major goal of the ACE is to support workforce development as it pertains to the Stockpile Stewardship and Management Program, which is overseen by the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.

Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International, Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-NA0003525.

At Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and other DOE national labs, these systems will play a vital role in the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) core mission of ensuring the nation's nuclear stockpile in the absence of underground testing.

The consortium is supported by a five - year, $ 25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).

The U.S. Department of Energy established in 2016 the Exascale Computing Project (ECP)-- a joint project of the DOE Office of Science (DOE - SC) and the DOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)-- that will result in a capable exascale ecosystem and prepare mission critical scientific and engineering applications to take advantage of that ecosystem.

The research detailed in the article builds on activities funded by DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Nonproliferation Research and Development.

Frank Graziani has spent 27 years at the Laboratory where he has advanced the science of the national weapons program, nurtured and developed new staff and has collaborated with technical staff at all levels, all labs, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the broader academic community.

PULLMAN, Wash. — The role of university research in national security will be discussed by the deputy administrator for defense nuclear nonproliferation for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, in the Goertzen Hall atrium at Washington State University.

He has consulted for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the National Nuclear Security Administration and other U.S. government organizations, including several U.S. National Laboratories and numerous international agencies.

Supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Lab passes 16 petaflops WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced that a supercomputer called Sequoia at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) was ranked the world's most powerful computing system...

SNL is operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.

LLNL is managed by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.

Michel McCoy, whose pioneering work in high performance computing established Lawrence Livermore as a world renowned supercomputing center, was honored Thursday with the National Nuclear Security Administration's Science and Technology Award.

Sidney Drell, a member of the LLNL / LANS Board of Governors, is the recipient of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator's Gold Medal of Excellence for Distinguished Service, the highest honorary award granted by the NNSA.

The Department of Energy's (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Office of Science (SC) have awarded more than $ 14 million in research awards as part of the Joint Program in High Energy Density Laboratory Plasmas (HEDLP).

The research was supported by the Department of Energy's Office of Science and the National Nuclear Security Administration.

The system, to be called Sierra, will serve the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) program.

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced in a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) today announced that the National Ignition Facility (NIF) recently completed its first integrated ignition experiment.

Funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) program, El Capitan will be NNSA's first exascale supercomputer, capable of at least a quintillion calculations per second, about 50 to 100 times greater performance than the current fastest U.S. supercomputers.

NIF is funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the agency charged with ensuring our nation's nuclear security.

2001 Certificate of Appreciation from John Gordon Director of National Nuclear Security Administration 2000 Most Valuable Player Award — Preparation of Blend Down Monitoring System Manuals in English and Russian.

Kim Budil, a Lab employee on assignment in Washington D.C. to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), has received a rarely bestowed honor, the NNSA Administrator's Award for Excellence Medal, for distinguished service in the national security interests of the United States.

HPCAT operations are supported by the U.S. Department of Energy - Basic Energy Sciences - National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE - NNSA) under Award DE-NA0001974 and DOE - Basic Energy Sciences (BES) under Award DE-FG02-99ER45775, with partial instrumentation funding by NSF.

Los Alamos National Laboratory, a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security, is operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, a team composed of Bechtel National, the University of California, BWXT Government Group, and URS, an AECOM company, for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.

Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corp., for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.

In May 2014, Peter Winokur, who at the time chaired the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, weighed in with a separate, written warning to the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration.

Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-program laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin company, for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.

The bill also provides large increases for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).

And on the defense side, the National Nuclear Security Administration would also see a sizable funding boost.

Dawn was installed earlier this year by the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), which conducts massive computer simulations to ensure the readiness of the nation's nuclear weapons arsenal.

Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International, Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-NA-0003525.

But Neile Miller, who was then the acting head of the National Nuclear Security Administration in Washington, says those experts specifically told her that Los Alamos didn't have enough personnel who knew how to handle plutonium so it didn't accidentally go «critical» and start an uncontrolled chain reaction.