{"id":20441,"date":"2021-04-14T19:20:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T19:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/04\/14\/biden-nominates-longtime-expert-as-nuclear-warhead-chief\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:49:38","slug":"biden-nominates-longtime-expert-as-nuclear-warhead-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/nuclear-arsenal\/2021\/04\/14\/biden-nominates-longtime-expert-as-nuclear-warhead-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden nominates longtime expert as nuclear warhead chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Jill Hruby, an engineer with decades of nuclear experience, has been selected by President Joe Biden to lead the National Nuclear Security Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NNSA is a semiautonomous agency located within the Department of Energy. It has oversight on the technical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2020\/01\/23\/in-nuclear-spending-fight-its-trump-allies-vs-white-house-budget-office\/\" target=_blank>development and production<\/a> of America\u2019s nuclear warheads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A mechanical engineer by trade, Hruby worked at the Sandia National Laboratories in 1983, retiring in 2017 as the director. After retirement, she served as the Sam Nunn distinguished fellow at the Nuclear Threat Initiative from 2018 to 2019 and joined its board in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She also served as a member of the Defense Science Board, the NNSA\u2019s Defense Programs Advisory Committee, and the National Academy of Sciences\u2019 Committee on International Security and Arms Control. 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