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DHS Adds Chicago to Nuclear Safeguards Program

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has added Chicago to its urban area nuclear security program and provided the city with $3.5 million to begin planning and analysis.All told, Chicago will receive up to $30 million over five years under the Security the Cities program, which was originally launched in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan region as a pilot program in 2006 and now includes the Los Angeles/Long Beach region, the greater Washington, D.C. area, and Houston.DHS says it continues…

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