Sentences with phrase «weapon stockpile safe»

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NNSA maintains and enhances the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile without nuclear explosive 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.

Part of the rationale for building NIF was that weapons scientists could use it to validate simulations of nuclear explosions and so keep the country's nuclear stockpile safe and working properly.

NNSA maintains the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile without nuclear explosive 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.

2006 Goldman Prize winner Craig Williams has dedicated his life to the safe disposal of the United States» chemical weapons stockpiles.

Sarin gas, the chemical agent used in August's deadly attacks in Syria, is one of the chemical weapons stored in Madison County, Kentucky — home of 2006 Goldman Prize recipient Craig Williams, who has dedicated his life to the safe disposal of the United States» chemical weapons stockpiles.

Williams was awarded the Goldman Prize for the major role he played in ensuring that safe disposal methods were put in place at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky and at chemical weapon stockpile incineration sites all over the country.

Since the US began destroying its chemical weapon stockpiles in 1986, Craig Williams has been monitoring the process to ensure that safe disposal methods are in place.

It was a major victory for Williams and his allies when the Army announced in 1996 that it would use a safer water - based process to destroy the weapons at the Maryland and Indiana stockpile sites, while suspending funds for incinerators in Colorado and Kentucky.

Williams was awarded the Prize for the major role he played in ensuring that safe disposal methods of were in place for eradicating chemical weapon stockpiles all over the country.