DoD Nuclear Weapon System Safety Program,

Abstract

This Directive reissues DoD Directive 3150.2, dated February 8, 1984, to (1) establish the DoD Nuclear Weapon System Safety Program; (2) issues DoD nuclear weapon system safety policy; (3) reissues the four DoD nuclear weapon safety standards; (4) assigns responsibilities for the management of the DoD Nuclear Weapon System Safety Program, and requires safety to be considered during joint DoD-Department of Energy (DoE) nuclear weapon life-cycle activities under DoD Directive 3150.1 and nuclear weapon system acquisition activities under DoD Directive 5000.1; (5) authorizes the publication of DoD 3150.2-M, DoD Nuclear Weapon System Safety Program Manual, providing principal guidance on execution of the DoD Nuclear Weapon System Safety Program; and (6) assigns responsibilities for the Nuclear Weapons Technical Inspection System and the DoD Nuclear Weapon System Safety Training Program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA320536

Entities

People

  • Benjamin P Smith

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Department Of Defense
  • Directives
  • Inspection
  • Life Cycle Management
  • Life Cycles
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Safety
  • Security
  • Standards
  • System Safety
  • Training
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security