November 13-15, 1995 NMT Division Science and Technology Assessment for 1995 Draws Praise

Director Sig Hecker sent Division Director Bruce Matthews an e-mail message that summarizes NMT's accomplishments the week of November 13, "Congratulations for a stellar week. I was delighted to hear the great report from our External Review Committee at the outbrief. Kudos to the entire NMT team for doing a superb job of turning things around from a difficult year in 1994. In addition, your people did an excellent job with the media tour at TA-55. everything I heard has been very positive. Thank everyone involved for a great job."

The External Review Committee the Director refers to participated in NMT Division's second annual Division Science and Technology Assessment (formerly called Division Review) November 13-15, 1995. Eight Division Review Committee (DRC) members participated in this year's event, and there were approximately 130 internal and external attendees. This year's assessment was one of the largest in terms of the total number of participants and attendees.

The theme for this year's assessment was "The Plutonium Roadmap." The oral presentations included a welcome and opening statement by the Nuclear Weapons Technology Program Director John Immele, standing in for Laboratory Director Sig Hecker, followed by an NMT Division Overview by Division Director Bruce Matthews, a Laboratory and Division Tactical Planning discussion by Deputy Division Director Dana Christensen, a Nuclear Materials and Stockpile Management Program Overview by its Director Paul Cunningham, and a review of a dozen or so ongoing projects that support the main theme. Also, there were eighteen poster presentations that covered a broad range of NMT's science and technology activities.

A Director-hosted reception was held at the Bradbury Science Museum the evening of the second day of the review, providing an opportunity for the internal and external participants to exchange ideas and socialize after two days of intense technical and programmatic discussions. While the DRC report is yet to come, all preliminary indications show that we have had an enormously successful division review.

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