National Nuclear Security Administration

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United States federal agency government agency

The National Nuclear Security Administration is a U.S. government agency responsible for enhancing national security through the military application, safety, and security of nuclear science and technology.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Department of Energy national security programs	2
NNSA	1
Office of the Under Secretary for Nuclear Security	1
Stockpile Stewardship Program	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal agency ⓘ government agency ⓘ
abbreviation	National Nuclear Security Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NNSA
budget	tens of billions of U.S. dollars per year ⓘ
coordinatesWith	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
employs	contractor workforce ⓘ federal employees ⓘ
foundedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
hasLogo	seal of the National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ
hasMotto	Securing the Nation through the Military Application of Nuclear Science ⓘ
hasOffice	Office of Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation ⓘ Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation ⓘ Office of Defense Programs ⓘ Office of Emergency Operations ⓘ Office of Naval Reactors ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	2000 ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
legalBasis	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia ⓘ
missionStatement	to enhance national security through the military application of nuclear science ⓘ to maintain and enhance the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile without nuclear explosive testing ⓘ to provide the U.S. Navy with militarily effective nuclear propulsion plants ⓘ to reduce global danger from weapons of mass destruction ⓘ to respond to nuclear and radiological emergencies in the United States and abroad ⓘ
oversees	Kansas City National Security Campus ⓘ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ⓘ Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory Pantex Plant ⓘ Sandia National Laboratories ⓘ Savannah River Site ⓘ surface form: Savannah River Site tritium facilities Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ
parentAgency	U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Energy
partOf	United States national security apparatus ⓘ United States nuclear weapons complex ⓘ
regulates	aspects of nuclear materials security for defense purposes ⓘ
responsibleFor	enhancing United States national security ⓘ military application of nuclear science ⓘ naval nuclear propulsion ⓘ nuclear emergency response ⓘ nuclear nonproliferation programs ⓘ reliability of U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile ⓘ safety of U.S. nuclear weapons ⓘ security of U.S. nuclear weapons ⓘ
sector	national security ⓘ nuclear energy ⓘ
subordinateTo	United States Secretary of Energy ⓘ
website	https://www.energy.gov/nnsa ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Nuclear Security Administration → abbreviation → National Nuclear Security Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: NNSA

S.1790 → affectsAgency → National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ

Public Law 116-92 → authorizesAppropriationsFor → National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Department of Energy national security programs

S.1790 → authorizesAppropriationsFor → National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Department of Energy national security programs

Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center → collaboratesWith → National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ

Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (U.S. Department of Energy) → collaboratesWith → National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ

Sandia National Laboratories → fundedBy → National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ

Y-12 National Security Complex → governingAgency → National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ

United States Secretary of Energy → hasJurisdictionOver → National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ

Office of the Secretary of Energy → hasSubordinateUnit → National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Under Secretary for Nuclear Security

Y-12 National Security Complex → operatedBy → National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ

United States nuclear weapons complex → overseenBy → National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ

SecEnergy → oversees → National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ

U.S. Department of Energy → oversees → National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ

Sandia National Laboratories → parentAgency → National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory → partOf → National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ

United States nuclear weapons complex → supportsProgram → National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stockpile Stewardship Program