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Nuclear Modernization

Nuke Agency Broadens Scope of Weapons Advisory Committee

Defense Daily Staff

Monday, April 10th, 2023

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Nuke Agency Broadens Scope of Weapons Advisory Committee

Close up illustration of atomic particle for nuclear energy imagery

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has established the Advisory Committee for Nuclear Security to advise senior agency leaders. Formerly known as the Defense Programs Advisory Committee, the new Advisory Committee for Nuclear Security (ACNS) enlists experts with knowledge that spans the full range of NNSA missions to provide independent advice and recommendations to NNSA leadership. The old Defense Programs Advisory Committee was narrowly focused on the agency’s nuclear-weapons programs, according to its charter. NNSA is the semiautonomous Department of Energy…

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