OSTI Document ID 197796
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Title Stockpile surveillance: Past and future
Creator/Author Johnson, K.; Keller, J.[Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)]; Ekdahl, C.; Krajcik, R.; Salazar, L.[Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)]; Kelly, E.; Paulsen, R.[Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)]
Publication Date 1996 Jan 01
Report Number(s) line line docnumall
DOE Contract No. AC04-94AL85000
Resource/
Doc Type
Technical Report
Resource Relation PBD: Jan 1996
Research
Organization
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring
Organization
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
Subject 45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE ; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PROGRAM MANAGEMENT; STOCKPILES; SURVEILLANCE; PLANNING; LIFETIME; STATISTICAL DATA; EVALUATION
Description/
Abstract
The US nuclear weapon stockpile is entering a different era. Continuous introduction of new weapons into the stockpile, a large production capacity, and underground nuclear testing played important roles in how the nuclear weapons stockpile was managed in the past. These are no longer elements of the nuclear weapons program. Adjustments need to be made to compensate for the loss of these elements. The history of the stockpile indicates that problems have been found in both nuclear and nonnuclear components through a variety of methods including the Stockpile Evaluation Program, stockpile management activities, underground nuclear tests, and research activities. Changes have been made to the stockpile when necessary to assure safety, performance, and reliability. There have been problems found in each of the weapon types expected to be in the stockpile in the year 2000. It is reasonable to expect problems will continue to arise in the stockpile as it ages beyond the original design expectations.
Country of
Publication
United States
Language English
Format 35 p. ; PL:
Availability OSTI as DE96004833
OSTI Identifier OSTI ID: 197796 ; DE96004833
System Entry Date 2001 May 03