Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan; Draft #5
Washington, DC: United States, Department of Energy, Office of Defense Programs, 1996. Draft #5 [stated]. Spiral bound. Various paginations (approximately 200 pages). Tables. Figures. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Marked Official Use Only but it is understood that that distribution limitation likely expired when the initial plan was issued. President Clinton stated that the "deterrent will be met by ensuring a safe, secure, and reliable stockpile. The objective will be obtained in the future by the department shifting its philosophy forma a capacity-based complex to a capability-based complex." The Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan outlines the new approach to planning and executing the required program. It is the implementation strategy for the Stockpile Stewardship Management Program. The Plan contains the details of the SSMP activities that will fulfill the Defense Programs Mission. It provides the framework to develop and maintain the personnel skills and the support infrastructure necessary to sustain an aging nuclear weapons stockpile. Stockpile stewardship refers to the United States program of reliability testing and maintenance of its nuclear weapons without the use of nuclear testing. Because no new nuclear weapons have been developed by the United States since 1992, even its youngest weapons are at least 25 years old (as of 2018). Aging weapons can fail or act unpredictably in a number of ways: the high explosives that condense their fissile material can chemically degrade, their electronic components can suffer from decay, and the isotopes used by thermonuclear weapons may be chemically unstable as well. The task of its stockpile maintenance resting on the use of simulations and applications of scientific knowledge about physics and chemistry to the specific problems of weapons aging. It also involves the manufacture of additional plutonium "pits" to replace ones of unknown quality, and finding other methods to increase the lifespan of existing warheads and maintain a confident nuclear deterrent. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Nuclear Weapons, Stockpile Stewardship and Management Program, SSMP, Life Extension Program, Stockpile Surveillance, Stockpile Assessment, Stockpile Certification, Dual Revalidation, Weapon Refurbishment, Weapon Design, Weapon Production, Dismantleme
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