Defense Programs Strategic Vision for 2030
Washington, DC: National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Programs, 2005. Presumed first edition/first printing. Includes illustrations. CD-ROM. In 2005 the Nation's nuclear weapons enterprise put forth a vision for evolving the program and its design and production facilities and the underlying technologies and infrastructure for the coming quarter century. This CD-ROM contains information on this vision. From the NNSA website: "The NNSA was established by Congress in 2000 as a separately organized agency within the U.S. Department of Energy, responsible for the management and security of the nation s nuclear weapons, nuclear nonproliferation, and naval reactor programs. In 2002 NNSA reorganized, removing a layer of management by eliminating its regional operations offices in New Mexico, California and Nevada. Contract and project management oversight responsibility for NNSA s labs, plants and special facilities was given to the site offices. NNSA headquarters retained responsibility for strategic and program planning, budgeting and oversight of research, development and nonproliferation activities. NNSA is responsible for the management and security of the nation s nuclear weapons, nuclear nonproliferation, and naval reactor programs. It also responds to nuclear and radiological emergencies in the United States and abroad. Additionally, NNSA federal agents provide safe and secure transportation of nuclear weapons and components and special nuclear materials along with other missions supporting the national security. NNSA relies on contractors to manage day-to-day site operations and to adhere to Department of Energy policies when operating the laboratories, production plants, and other facilities within the complex. Together, the facilities implement NNSA s all-encompassing Stockpile Stewardship program that includes operations associated with surveillance, assessment, maintenance, refurbishment, manufacture and dismantlement of the nuclear weapons stockpile as well as research and development and certification efforts." Condition: Very good.
Keywords: NNSA; Nuclear Weapons; Weapon Design Laboratories; Weapon Production; ICBM; Department of Energy; Strategic Weapons;
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