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Friday, May 06, 2011

U.S. and Dutch Governments Agree to Expand Cooperation to Secure Materials that Could be Used in Dirty Bombs

NNSAThe National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Government of the Netherlands today announced an agreement to expand their partnership to help combat nuclear terrorism around the world.

Under the agreement, signed by NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Anne Harrington and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Royal Netherlands Embassy Gerard van der Wulp, the Dutch government will contribute $500,000 to support NNSA’s Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) program work in Kazakhstan.

“We welcome the Netherlands’ continued partnership and generous support of our efforts to implement the unprecedented nuclear security agenda outlined by President Obama at the Nuclear Security Summit,” said Harrington.

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