Jill Hruby on “Safe, Secure, Reliable Nuclear Weapons and More: Views from a Former Sandia Lab Director”

On January 31, 2019, Jill Hruby, former director of Sandia National Labs, gave a behind-the-scenes look at how at the U.S. national labs conduct the annual assessment of the nuclear weapons stockpile and maintain the capabilities needed to ensure the nuclear deterrent into the future.

Jill Hruby was named the inaugural Sam Nunn Distinguished Fellow at NTI in November 2018. She served as the director of Sandia National Laboratories from July 2015 through May 2017. Sandia is a Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration national laboratory with diverse national security missions that include nuclear weapons, cyberspace, energy, non-proliferation, biological defense, and space.

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