Nonproliferation innovation makes international impact at Kazakh nuclear site

Kris Gaines is on a nonproliferation mission: to make it easier for more countries to eliminate highly enriched uranium, or HEU, thus neutralizing the inherent threat of its potential for nefarious use. As a nuclear nonproliferation specialist and project manager at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Gaines leads aspects of an important project designed to eliminate spent HEU fuel from Kazakhstan.