Budgeting Slashes NNSA Nuclear Smuggling Detection Program
The U.S. is dramatically cutting back on funds that would be used to install nuclear and radiation detection equipment in overseas megaports to scan the contents of shipping containers bound for the U.S., according to a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has completed only 42 of 100 planned megaport projects in 31 countries, spending some $850 million. However, the NNSA is about to sustain an 85 percent budget reduction for FY 2013, prompting officials to shift their focus from providing new ports with radiation detection equipment to sustaining the existing facilities, WND reports.