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Two new offices being created out of Lab's Nonproliferation Program Office

The Laboratory's Nonproliferation Program Office is being split into two new offices. The new offices are tentatively named the Nuclear and Radiological Threat Reduction and the Nonproliferation and International Security.

"Splitting the assignment between two program managers will help meet the required level of sponsor interactions. It also will allow us to give more specific focus to growing program areas," said Sara Scott, Nuclear Nonproliferation (N) Division leader.

One program office, tentatively called Nuclear and Radiological Threat Reduction, will oversee interactions with the National Nuclear Security Administration's International Material Protection and Cooperation and Nuclear and Radiological Threat Reduction offices.

The other program office, tentatively called Nonproliferation and International Security, will oversee interactions with NNSA's International Nuclear Safety and Cooperation and Nonproliferation and International Security offices, as well as the Department of Energy's Office of Security and Department of State programs.

As a final piece of this puzzle, a component of NNSA's Office for Nonproliferation Research and Engineering, which deals with radiological and nuclear threats (Nuclear/Radiological National Security Program) will be disconnected from the Lab's Center for Homeland Security and merged with the new Nonproliferation and International Security program office.

Scott said N Division is posting two job ads for the new program manager positions.

-- Nancy Ambrosiano

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