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NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
www.nnsa.doe.gov

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is in charge of the safety and security of our nuclear weapons stockpiles and needs help attracting highly skilled individuals who have an interest in science and national security. NNSA has many essential roles, including overseeing the nation's nuclear weapons complex and reducing global danger from weapons of mass destruction.

The organization includes approximately 37,000 federal, military and contractor personnel charged with carrying out the national security responsibilities of the Department of Energy. These responsibilities include designing, producing and maintaining safe and reliable nuclear weapons for the U.S. military; providing safe, militarily effective naval nuclear propulsion; and promotion of international nuclear safety and nonproliferation. In addition, if the need arises, NNSA Emergency Operations has highly trained teams of scientists, engineers and technicians ready to respond to any type of nuclear or radiological emergency in the U.S. or abroad.

NNSA is charged with the responsibility of maintaining high confidence in the safety, security, and reliability of the United States' nuclear weapons stockpile. Its main focus is the Stockpile Stewardship Program, which ensures that a credible U.S. nuclear deterrent is maintained. Maintaining the nuclear weapons stockpile continues without underground nuclear testing to be a scientific and engineering challenge that requires the use of our nation's best resources and minds.

NNSA also has the important role of detecting, preventing and reversing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, working in more than 70 countries with international partners and allies to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction. NNSA conducts nonproliferation and national security research and development, enhances nuclear safety, and improves the security of nuclear and radiological materials worldwide. NNSA helped protect the 2004 summer Olympics in Greece, and is active at many large gatherings in the United States, such as sporting events and the national political party conventions.

NNSA Helps Protect the 2004 Summer Olympics!

At the invitation of the Greek Atomic Energy Commission and the International Atomic Energy Agency, NNSA helped protect this year's Summer Olympics from "dirty bomb" attacks. NNSA provided and installed radiation detection equipment to detect and deter the illicit trafficking of nuclear and other radiological materials through ports or across international borders. The agency also trained Greek security personnel, provided technical support, and implemented other security upgrades.