The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) hosted this month at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) an on-site inspection activity for Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) inspection experts, the agency said Thursday.
CTBT experts from over 30 countries visited NNSS for three days to study nuclear explosive test indicators and other field experimental operations at the site, NNSA said. Experts from the Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore, Pacific Northwest, and Sandia National Laboratories also contributed, NNSA said. NNSA Administrator Frank Klotz said at an international conference last year his agency would work to host more classes for inspectors at the site.
Anne Harrington, the agency’s deputy administrator for defense nuclear nonproliferation, said in the statement, “Inviting the CTBT on-site inspection experts to NNSS for training allows us to make valuable contributions in strengthening the capabilities to detect and deter nuclear explosive testing around the world.”
