Nuclear Explosive and Weapon Safety Program References 1996
Washington DC: United States Department of Energy, Office of Defense Programs, 1996. Presumed Ad Hoc compilation of photocopied materials. Three Ring Binder. Various paginations (approximately 25 pages). Nuclear Explosive and Weapon Safety Program References 1996 is a three ring binder that belonged to Gene Ives, a weapon program leader: Includes Chronology and the Nuclear Explosive and Weapons Surety Program; Program Status--Presentation to DASMASM Surety Committee; NESS Revalidation Issue--talking points, Oral and Written Testimony--DNFSB Public Hearing December 12, 1996; and Draft Input--proposed by Dr. Kouts, DNFSB Member Letter to the Department--this is a three ring binder with tabbed sections. DOE policy is that nuclear explosive activities and operations shall be comprehensively reviewed, evaluated, and documented to enable informed management decisions to implement the overall objectives of the Department's nuclear explosives and weapons safety program. Edwin E. Ives served as the deputy assistant secretary for Military Application and Stockpile Management, Defense Programs; the deputy (Weapons Stockpile Matters) to the vice president, National Security Sector, of the Sandia National Laboratories. Mr. Ives was involved in the early implementation of nuclear safety features and weapon use control features common throughout the current stockpile and had weapon design responsibility on W76, W78, W80, B83, and W87, as well as on many weapons currently retired from the stockpile. Mr. Ives served for two years as director of development testing, providing testing capabilities in support of development programs. Mr. Ives also spent seven years as director of weapons development at the Sandia California site. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Gene Ives, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Explosive, Weapon Safety, Weapon Surety, Nuclear Explosive Safety Study, Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board, DNFSB, Kouts
[Book #81573]
Price: $125.00