NNSA Secures One of the World’s Largest Nuclear Storage Facilities

NNSA Helps Increase Security for Tens of Tons of Weapons-Grade Nuclear Material

A major cooperative effort to secure weapons-grade nuclear material is now completed at the Mayak Production Association in Ozersk, Russia, a senior official with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said today, calling it a milestone in joint nuclear security work. It is the largest nuclear materials storage facility that NNSA has completed security upgrades on to date. Over the past decade, NNSA and Rosatom, Russia's nuclear energy and materials entity, have been working on the modernization of security measures at the long-term storage facility, which holds highly enriched uranium and plutonium. Read full story...