Washington DC: Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Defense Programs, ASCI Program, 2001. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. [2], viii, 84, [6] pages. Illustrations (most in color). Definitions and URLs. Technology Roadmaps. Figures. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) established the Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI) in 1996. The goal of ASCI is to simulate the results of new weapons designs as well as the effects of aging on existing and new designs, all in the absence of additional data from underground nuclear tests. This was a daunting challenge and required simulation capabilities that far surpassed those then available. The Advanced Simulation and Computing Program (or ASC), which grew out of the Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative, is a super-computing program run by the National Nuclear Security Administration, in order to simulate, test, and maintain the United States nuclear stockpile. The program was created in 1995 in order to support the Stockpile Stewardship Program (or SSP). The goal of the initiative is to extend the lifetime of the current aging stockpile. More

Washington DC: National Nuclear Security Administration, Defense Programs, 2010. Presumed First Edition, First printing --number of copies assembled is unknown. Three Ring Binder. The Table of Contents is: MTP (32 vugraphs, 4 per page) , PS 59 vugraphs, 4 per page), KCP (20 vugraphs, 1 per page), PX (55 vugraphs--various paginations--1 per page), SRS (41 vugraphs--various paginations--1 per page), Y12 (41 vugraphs--various paginations--1 per page), LANL (38 vugraphs--various paginations--1 per page), LLNL (48 vugraphs--various paginations--1 per page), SNL (158 vugraphs--various paginations--1 per page), Agenda (3 pages), and Participant list (1 page). In the back pocket is a November 2010 Updated to the NDAA of FY 2010 Section 1251 Report and a stapled seven sheet compilation of Budget Requirements. Some material was marked Official Use Only but this limitation is understood to not longer apply due to the passage of time and public dissemination of comparable information. Approximately 2 inches of material in the binder. More

Washington DC: National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Programs, 2016. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Three Ring Binder. Unpaginated, with about 1.5 inches of material. This binder contains Tabs 1 through 7 on Management, Technology and Production (CNS Pantex, CNS Y-12, NSC KC, LANL, LLNL, SNL, and SRS) and Tabs 8 through 13 on Production Support (CNS Pantex, CNS Y-12, NSC KC, LANL, SNL, and SRS), Pencil notes on table of contents (precedes Tab 1). Handwritten notes observed on several pages. Under MTP at Tab 4 LANL there is an additional sheet, unpunched, laid in entitled LANL FY 17 Budget Scenarios: Current Core & Transitional Scope. This work is a compilation of vuegraph presentations. While unmarked on the cover, there is some material marked Official Use Only which it is understood not longer applies since that limitation was almost certainly due to the pre-decisional nature of then upcoming budget decisions. Such decisions were made a number of years ago, such that there can be no fiscal or policy sensitivities remaining. More

Washington DC: National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Programs, 2006. Presumed First thus. Three Ring Binder. This binder has seven tabs, five with information. After a table of contents, the tabs are: Agenda, Attendee Listing, NA-11 Opening Comments, Draft QMU Business Operating Procedure (missing), Definition of Terms, QMU Site Differences (missing), and White Paper on "National Certification Methodology for the Nuclear Weapon Stockpile" . The White Paper is 8 pages, with color illustrations. The Table of Contents has the name Deeny [sic Deeney] written in the upper right corner. This is believe to have been the copy of a Dr. Christopher Deeny, then a senior executive in the office of Assistant Deputy Administrator for Research, Development and Simulation, NA-11. He later rose to the Assistant Deputy Administrator position. The agenda included assessments of QMU Methodologies at each lab, a W76 Nuclear example, a W80 example, QMU differences between sites, QMU Inconsistencies, and a Path Forward discussion. There are 30 attendees listed, from Sandia, Los Alamos, Livermore, Argonne, DOE Office of Science, and NNSA. The NA-11 Opening Comments is a nine vugraph presentation that addressed workshop purpose, goals, description, history, external interest, and (desired) outcome. The White Paper was authored by Bruce T. Goodwin, then of Livermore and Raymond Juzaitis, then of Los Alamos (later head of the LLC that operated the Nevada National Security Site. This is a rare surviving snapshot of the U.S. Weapons Program development and assessment of Quantification of Margins and Uncertainties in the context of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Program absent underground testing. More

Washington DC: National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Programs, 2003. Presumed a unique copy. Unknown if other copies were made. CD is in a paper envelope with a clear plastic face. This disc is marked UNCLASSIFIED and there are no dissemination limitation markings on the three text files contained therein. These files are Implementation Plan FY 2004 Rev. 1 (9 pages), Management Plan Rev (9 pages), and Program Plan Version 4 (37 pages, includes some strike-out passages). Underground tests conducted by the Soviet Union continued until 1990, the United Kingdom until 1991, the United States until 1992, and both China and France until 1996. In signing the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in 1996, these countries pledged to discontinue all nuclear testing; the treaty has not yet entered into force because of its failure to be ratified by eight countries. Non-signatories India and Pakistan last tested nuclear weapons in 1998. North Korea conducted nuclear tests in 2006, 2009, 2013, 2016, and 2017. The most recent confirmed nuclear test occurred in September 2017 in North Korea. The 2022 NPR says that the United States continues to observe a moratorium on nuclear explosive testing. NNSA conducts subcritical (i.e., those that do not produce a nuclear yield) experiments and uses other tools to maintain stockpile reliability. The 2018 NPR stated that “the United States will not resume nuclear explosive testing unless necessary to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.” The 2022 NPR notes that the United States “maintains a nuclear explosive test readiness program in the event it is required to resolve technical uncertainties,” but “does not envision or desire a return to nuclear testing.”. More

U.S. Department of Energy, 2003. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus--August 2003 ( Revision to April 2003 version). Spiral bound wraps. Various paginations (approximately 70 pages). Illustrations (some with color). Cover has an identifer--03-GA50854. Clear plastic sheets protect front and back covers. Definitions. Acronyms, References. Bibliography. Appendices. This report was prepared in response to Recommendations 3 and 3.b, page 18, of the report of the Senior Managers task Group on Suspect/Counterfeit Items (S/CI). "Resolution of Outstanding Issues Identified from Inspector General Report DOE/IG-0304," June 21, 1996. Specifically the intent of this report is to disseminate information regarding Department of Energy (DOE) S/CI trends, analyses, and related procurement/quality assurance issues. The DOE complex is provided with general guidance about controlling S/CI and other procurement/quality security issues while DOE management is provided information on progress within the Department relative to these issues. More

United States Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Programs, 2004. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. DVD. DVD has 40 files and many of them are folders. On July 13-14, 2004 the Caltech ASC Level 1 Center hosted an ASC TriLab V&V Workshop in La Jolla, CA to discuss and compare what the NNSA laboratories and the ASC Level 1 University Centers are learning with respect to code verification and validation. About 50 people participated in the workshop. Presentations were organized into four sessions and moderated by key V&V personnel from the NNSA labs and ASC Centers: (1) V&V Program Overviews (Jamileh Soudah, ASC HQ - Chair) (2) Code and Solution Verification (Tomek Plewa, University of Chicago Flash Center - Chair) (3) Validation Experiments (Dan Meiron, Caltech ASC Center - Chair) (4) Validation and Uncertainty Quantification (Tony Giunta, Sandia - Chair) The workshop began with V&V overviews presented by speakers from Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore and Sandia National Laboratories and the ASC Level 1 Alliance Centers at Caltech, the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois, Stanford University and the University of Utah. These baseline presentations were followed by talks addressing approaches and lessons learned in code and solution verification, designing and implementing validation experiments, and what has been accomplished (and remains to be done) in uncertainty qualification. At the end of the workshop Dan Meiron (Caltech) hosted a discussion to summarize commonalities across the lab and university programs and identify collaborative efforts that might follow this workshop. More

Washington DC: United States, National Nuclear Security Administration, Defense Programs, 2017. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. Various paginations (approximately 400 pages). Figures. Tables. Appendices. List of Acronyms. This had previously been Marked Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information but this marking has been struck through on every page where it had appeared. The National Nuclear Security Administration requires a sustained production capacity of no fewer than 80 pits per year (PPY) by 2030. NNSA is developing and installing capability at LANL in Plutonium Facility (PF)-4 to produced 30 ppy by 2026. The Analysis of Alternatives (AOA) for meeting pit production requirements, completed in September 2017, assessed alternatives to close this identified mission gap in the NNSA's pit production capability. The AoA is a post Critical Decision (CD)-0, pre-CD-1 activity to identify a preferred alternative for conceptual design in preparation for the Deputy Secretary of Energy to make a program decision at CD-1. More

Washington, DC: National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Programs, 2005. Presumed first edition/first printing. Includes illustrations. CD-ROM. More

Washington DC: National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Programs, Office of Defense Science, 2003. A unique CD, no indication of how many copies might have been made. CD in a paper envelop with clear plastic face. On this disc, entitled in sharpee 2/12/03 NNSA Test Readiness, is a 26 vugraph briefing with graphics that was given to the Foster panel. There are no distribution limitations on the outside of the disc or on any vugraphs contained therein. John Stuart Foster Jr. (born September 18, 1922) is an American physicist, best known as the fourth director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and as Director, Defense Research and Engineering under four Secretaries of Defense and two Presidents. In 1952, Foster was recruited to Lawrence Livermore Laboratory by founder Edward Teller, and became a division leader in experimental physics. He was promoted to associate director in 1958, and director of the Livermore Laboratory and associate director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 1961, in which positions he served until 1965. Foster was appointed director of defense research and engineering, a position then considered the number-three job in the Department of Defense, by Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara in October 1965. He continued in this position until June 1973, serving under Presidents Johnson and Nixon, and under Secretaries of Defense McNamara, Clifford, Laird, and Richardson. From 1973, Foster was vice president, science and technology of TRW, retiring in 1988. From 1973 until 1990, he was a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. He was a long-serving member of the Defense Science Board, of which he served as chairman from January 1990 to June 1993. Foster continues to advise and mentor scientists at Livermore into the 2020s. More