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Article: NNSA (United States National Nuclear Security
Administration)
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NNSA (United States National Nuclear Security Administration)
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K. LEE LERNER/
JUDSON KNIGHT
Created in 1999 and put into operation the following year, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) was a response to security concerns with regard to United States nuclear materials and information. In order to better protect these sensitive properties, Congress established NNSA as a separate agency within the Department of Energy (DOE). NNSA operates a variety of programs
geared toward the security of U.S. nuclear stockpiles, while its Nuclear Nonproliferation Verification Research and Development Program works for security in the broader, more global sense. NNSA ...