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    Addressing complex national security issues and meeting the world’s nuclear challenges.

    The Nuclear Engineering and Nonproliferation (NEN) Division leads the LANL Global Security mission in: detecting and preventing the development or use of nuclear weapons and improvised nuclear devices; reducing and limiting nuclear arms and the spread of nuclear and radioactive materials, technology, and expertise; providing the capability and conducting critical, subcritical, and fundamental physics measurements to develop and maintain the Nation’s Nuclear Safety and Security Expertise, and; conducting research and development that supports the nation’s energy security.

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    Nuclear Science in National Security

    Nuclear engineering is the field that deals with the safe, efficient, and innovative application of nuclear reactions, radiation-generating devices, and radioactive material for the advancement of humanity.

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