U.S. Creates New Task Force to Address Radiological Threats

The U.S. Energy Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration has created a new task force to lead efforts to improve the security of radioactive materials in the United States and elsewhere, Energy Daily reported today (see GSN, Sept. 9).

The Nuclear Radiological Threat Reductions Task Force will assume control of the department’s Off-Site Source Recovery Program, which oversees the security of radioactive materials in the United States, and the International Radiological Threat Reduction Program. The task force will also work to identify and help secure the most vulnerable research reactors worldwide, according to Energy Daily (see GSN, Sept. 22).

“This threat reduction task force will bring together under one organization, all of the Department of Energy’s radiological threat reduction efforts both domestically and abroad to ensure much greater effectiveness in meeting radiological threats,” NNSA Administrator Linton Brooks said yesterday in a statement (Energy Daily, Nov. 4)

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