Skip Navigation National Nuclear Security Administration Where Science Meets National Security NNSA Home News Room Reading Room About NNSA ... Links Focus On NNSA Expands Nuclear Security Cooperation with Russia At the February 2005 Bratislava Summit, the Presidents of the United States and Russia committed to expanding and deepening cooperation on nuclear security. The United States and Russia pledged to continue cooperation on security upgrades of Russian nuclear facilities and develop a plan of work through and beyond 2008. The Presidents also agreed to focus increased attention on "security culture," to include fostering disciplined, well-trained and responsible nuclear material custodians. Sustaining the Nuclear Enterprise A New Approach Nuclear weapons continue to play an essential role ensuring the nation's security, but with the end of the Cold War have come some significant changes in nuclear policy. Not only has the Bush Administration significantly cut back the number of deployed nuclear weapons (the Moscow Treaty), but it has embarked on a bold plan to reduce the total number of nuclear weapons in the nation's stockpile nearly by half by 2012, giving the United States its smallest nuclear weapons stockpile since the 1950s. The National Nuclear Security Administration faces the twin challenges of ensuring the safety, security and reliability of an aging nuclear weapons stockpile and determining how to maintain the nation's nuclear deterrent into the future. | |
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