Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear Weapons

Author: Gary L. Jones

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2001-07

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9780756712150

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Within the Dept. of Energy (DoE), the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Programs is responsible for the national nuclear weapons stockpile. This report addresses DoE's management of its National Nuclear Security Administration's Stockpile Stewardship Program. Specifically, it discusses the Administration's approach to the program's (1) planning, (2) new budget structure, and (3) organizational and leadership structure. In addition, it assesses the program's experience with extending the life of nuclear weapons in the stockpile and the management processes used for overseeing life extensions.

Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear Weapons

Author: United States General Accounting Office

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-02-10

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9781985272675

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GAO-01-48 Nuclear Weapons: Improved Management Needed to Implement Stockpile Stewardship Program Effectively

Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear Weapons

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Published: 2009

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13:

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As a separately organized agency within the Department of Energy, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) administers the Stockpile Life Extension Program, whose purpose is to extend, through refurbishment, the operational lives of the weapons in the nuclear stockpile. NNSA encountered significant management problems with its first refurbishment for the W87 warhead. GAO was asked to assess the extent to which NNSA and the Department of Defense (DOD) have effectively managed the refurbishment of two other weapons -- the B61 bomb and the W76 warhead. This report summarizes the findings of GAO's classified report on the refurbishment of the B61 bomb and W76 warhead (GAO-09-152C). GAO recommends that NNSA and DOD take several actions to improve the management of the life extension program, including, among other things, (1) developing and using consistent budget assumptions and criteria for the baseline to track costs over time, (2) comprehensively reviewing military requirements for a weapons system before beginning a life extension program, and (3) assessing the cost and schedule implications for meeting each military requirement.