WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The Nuclear Threat Initiative issued the following news release: NTI experts will participate in the 61st Institute of Nuclear Materials Management's (INMM) Annual Meeting, to be held virtually from July 12-16, 2020. The event will connect technical experts, policy makers, researchers, academicians, and NGOs from around the world to exchange ideas on nuclear materials management, nuclear security, nonproliferation, nuclear safeguards, and more. NTI has a long history of p  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report: MEMORANDUM FOR: Christopher J. Roscetti, Technical Director FROM: J.W. Plaue and D. Gutowski, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for Week Ending June 19, 2020 DNFSB Staff Activity: On Thursday, a DNFSB Headquarters staff team conducted a telephone conference with Triad and NNSA personnel to discuss the re-designatio  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: Tiny, 3D printed cubes of plastic, with intricate fractal voids built into them, have proven to be effective at dissipating shockwaves, potentially leading to new types of lightweight armor and structural materials effective against explosions and impacts. "The goal of the work is to manipulate the wave interactions resulting from a shockwave," said Dana Dattelbaum, a scienti  more