WASHINGTON, D.C. – The nation's foremost nuclear detonation and detection research is being showcased at the 30th annual Monitoring Research Review (MRR), co-sponsored by the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), concluding today in Portsmouth, Virginia.
"Technical meetings such as this one are crucial to advancing both national and international methods to detect nuclear detonations," said NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation William Tobey. "Research in this area is another step towards our goal to strengthen nonproliferation efforts worldwide."
The meeting showcasing nuclear detonation detection research also provides opportunities for scientific and programmatic interactions amongst researchers who are funded by NNSA's Office of Nonproliferation Research and Development, AFRL, and other national and international agencies to boost the nation's nuclear detection capabilities.
The research results that were presented at the MRR encompassed all nuclear detonation detection technology fields, including seismic, infrasound, hydroacoustic, and radionuclide. Advanced data management and systems integration technologies were also discussed at the two-day conference. All technical papers have been posted to a common website as a resource to the research community.
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