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nuclear security gal Formerly NNSA, Stimson Center, CTBTO and OPCW views my own, reposts/likes ≠ endorsement

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Pitch Wildlife and Environmental investigations to Bellingcat - bellingcat If your source material is online and public, and your story unearths something deeper about our planet, we'd love to hear from you.

Are you a keen researcher and passionate about environment or wildlife investigations? Bellingcat is looking for wildlife and environment related investigations that use open source methods and tools. www.bellingcat.com/uncategorize...

13.03.2025 11:46 — 👍 199    🔁 124    💬 4    📌 6
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Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN Some of the fired probationary employees included on-the-ground staff at facilities where nuclear weapons are built.

NEW: Inside the chaos around the firings at NNSA -- the agency overseeing the US nuclear stockpile. A source said over 300 employees were fired because “no one has taken anytime to understand what we do and the importance of our work to the nation’s national security.” www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...

15.02.2025 00:25 — 👍 309    🔁 157    💬 15    📌 47
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Trump firings cause chaos at agency responsible for America's nuclear weapons The National Nuclear Security Administration is a semi-autonomous agency within the Department of Energy that oversees the U.S. stockpile of thousands of nuclear weapons. Officials were given hours to...

NEW: Inside a chaotic 48 hours of resignations and rehirings at the agency responsible for maintaining the the nation's stockpile of nuclear weapons.

Managers were given 200 characters (not words) to justify why staff shouldn't be fired.

www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...

15.02.2025 01:29 — 👍 681    🔁 311    💬 59    📌 58
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Trump firings cause chaos at agency responsible for America's nuclear weapons The National Nuclear Security Administration is a semi-autonomous agency within the Department of Energy that oversees the U.S. stockpile of thousands of nuclear weapons. Officials were given hours to...

Good to see reporting from NPR highlighting the risks of sweeping personnel cuts at the National Nuclear Security Administration and emphasizing the importance of NNSA’s national security mission: www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...

15.02.2025 02:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship  - Washington, DC Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a unique global network of policy research centers is accepting applications for the Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow...

#Nukesky if you’re a PhD student, postdoc, or junior faculty, apply to be a Stanton Fellow with the @carnegieendow.bsky.social’s Nuclear Policy Program.

Applications are due on Dec 20.

Happy to talk about it for those who are interested. carnegieendowment.applicantpro.com/jobs/3572279

26.11.2024 17:31 — 👍 24    🔁 22    💬 0    📌 0

Hot take: USG actually has too few employees.

22.11.2024 00:22 — 👍 63    🔁 13    💬 5    📌 1

Nuclear policy starter pack for folks coming from other socials. Will update regularly.

go.bsky.app/BWGGzgX

16.11.2024 15:09 — 👍 52    🔁 23    💬 13    📌 2
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The Threat from Within: An Overview of the Domestic Violent Extremist Threat Facing US Nuclear Secur... Domestic violent extremist threats to U.S. nuclear facilities prove that the nuclear security status quo is at risk.

Thrilled to have published a report with my Stimson Center colleagues on the urgent need to secure U.S. nuclear facilities against domestic violent extremist threats

We outline the need for flexibility in the construct of #nuclearsecurity threats to reflect national security priorities #nukesky

04.11.2023 23:48 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
Paperback edition of the International Journal of Nuclear Security - Special Issue on Women in Nuclear Security on a desk with the edge of a keyboard visible along the top of the frame

Paperback edition of the International Journal of Nuclear Security - Special Issue on Women in Nuclear Security on a desk with the edge of a keyboard visible along the top of the frame

Now out! The Special Issue of the International Journal of Nuclear Security on Women in #NuclearSecurity

It was a pleasure to contribute to this publication with my StimsonCenter colleagues: Christina McAllister, Anna Pluff, & Katie Mack

Read the piece & issue: trace.tennessee.edu/ijns/vol8/iss2…

26.10.2023 02:56 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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