National Nuclear Security Administration - Mission and Operations

Mission and Operations

NNSA has four missions with regard to National Security:

  • To manage the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile.
  • To reduce global danger from weapons of mass destruction and to promote international nuclear safety and nonproliferation.
  • To provide the United States Navy with safe, militarily effective nuclear propulsion plants and to ensure the safe and reliable operation of those plants.
  • To support United States leadership in science and technology.

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