Nonproliferation

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Sandia seeds culture of nuclear energy safety and security

March 7, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The growing interest among Middle Eastern nations in establishing nuclear power programs prompted a Sandia National Laboratories team to conceive and lead development of a new institute that will seed and cultivate a regional culture of responsible nuclear energy management. The Gulf Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Institute (GNEII),...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Nonproliferation, Renewable energy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Sandia security experts help Kazakhstan safely transport, store Soviet-era bomb materials

February 8, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Sandia National Laboratories team helped reach a major milestone in the nation’s nuclear nonproliferation efforts by working with the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan to move nuclear materials — enough to build an estimated 775 nuclear weapons — to safety. Sandia provided security and logistics expertise...

Categories: Nonproliferation

Nonproliferation, nuclear industry experts to discuss fuel cycle issues at conference near D.C. April 4-6

March 29, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Next week policy-makers, academicians, industry representatives, and other experts representing the world’s nonproliferation and nuclear power communities will gather near Washington, D.C., to discuss ways to reduce the proliferation risks of civilian...

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Sandia Hosts International Forum on Radiation Sensors

July 15, 1996 • LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Given the threat by rogue dictators and terrorist organizations who wish to acquire their own nuclear weapons, there is a critical need for sensors that can detect the storage, transport or trade of weapons grade nuclear materials from greater distances...

Categories: Nonproliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Science / Technology / Engineering

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