NNSA counterproliferation/counterterrorism team members worked with their counterparts in Bulgaria to develop a new course on crisis response and consequence management NATO members and partners.
National Nuclear Security Administration
May 11, 2022
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Members of the NNSA Office of Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation’s Nuclear Incident Policy and Cooperation program held a joint course-development workshop with their counterparts in Bulgaria’s Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of Excellence in Sofia this spring.
The workshop was an opportunity for NNSA experts to discuss collaboration and partnership with the Centre with an eye on a new course for personnel from NATO members and partners.
“International partnership manifests itself in different ways,” said Ann Heinrich, head of Nuclear Incident Policy and Cooperation for NNSA. “Developing training together helps develop personal relationships and realize our mutual goals. In an emergency, that kind of mutual trust is a huge asset to NNSA and NATO.”
The director of the Centre, Col. Orlin Nikolov, briefed NNSA’s Andrae Brooks and Robert Augdahl of NNSA’s Remote Sensing Laboratory on the concept, vision, principles, and structure of the organization. Likewise, Brooks and Augdahl outlined NNSA’s expertise, and discussed how they could collaborate to develop a future course.
The meeting was the first of several expected with the Centre, which is working with NNSA to create the first international crisis response and consequence management course for NATO members and partners, expected to debut in 2023.
