The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said last week it has reorganized its Office of Emergency Operations (NA-40) and its Office of Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation (NA-80) in support of the Department of Emergency’s (DOE) new preparedness approach for emergencies such as adverse weather, accidents, or terrorism.
NA-40 will “focus its efforts primarily on building the capacity to respond to all hazards," the release says. The new organization will include the Office of Plans and Policy, which will oversee the DOE’s emergency management system; the Office of Operations and Exercise, which will support hazards emergency management; the Office of Preparedness, which will develop emergency management training; and the Office of Consolidated Emergency Operations Center, which will operate DOE’s Consolidated Emergency Operations Center, the NNSA said. Associate Administrator Deborah Wilber will continue to lead the organization.
Functions previously in NA-40 that were moved to the NA-80 organization include the Office of Nuclear Incident Policy and Cooperation, which builds capacity for “domestic and international capabilities in counterterrorism and counterproliferation” and “international nuclear incident capabilities”; the Office of Nuclear Forensics, which manages the agency’s nuclear forensics capabilities; and the Office of Nuclear Incident Response, which will be “the technical leader in responding to and resolving nuclear and radiological threats worldwide” using “expertise in the areas of radiological search, render safe, and consequence management,” the NNSA said. Associate Administrator Steven Aoki will continue to lead NA-80.
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