The Joe Biden administration said this week it will nominate former National Nuclear Security Administration nonproliferation hand Corey Hinderstein, currently at the non-government Nuclear Threat Institute, as the agency’s deputy administrator for defense non-proliferation.
“An accomplished leader and well-known expert on #nuclear #security matters, Corey has the knowledge and skills to lead the #NNSA nonproliferation mission and build stronger international partnerships,” National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator Jill Hruby wrote in a Twitter post Wednesday. “Congratulations Corey.”
As the top NNSA non-proliferation official Hinderstein would be in charge of a roughly $2-billion-a-year portfolio of programs aimed at preventing the spread of radioactive and fissile materials. That includes efforts to track radioactive materials domestically and internationally, remove gamma-emitting cesium sources from hospitals and deweaponize tons of excess weapon-usable plutonium.
Hinderstein is currently vice president of international fuel cycle strategies at the Nuclear Threat Initiative in Washington. From 2015 to 2017, Hinderstein was senior coordinator for nuclear security and nonproliferation policy affairs at the NNSA silo she will lead, if she is confirmed by the Senate. Hinderstein has a bachelor’s degree in Government and International Relations from Clark University, according to her LinkedIn profile.
At deadline for Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor, the Senate was rushing to approve a bipartisan infrastructure package and was scheduled to begin its annual August recess next week. The chamber’s Armed Services Committee had not scheduled a confirmation hearing for Hinderstein.
