Assuring the Safety and Reliability of America's Nuclear Weapons: The Annual Certification Process

Abstract

The current Annual Certification process is a series of formalized reviews, conducted each year with multiple participants from various government and contractor organizations, culminating in a written certification letter from the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to the President that the nuclear weapons stockpile is safe and reliable in the absence of underground testing. The process serves to provide the President, and also the Secretary of Defense through Department of Defense participation, a measure of confidence that the nuclear deterrent is still safe and militarily effective.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA432207

Entities

People

  • Richard H. Perkins

Organizations

  • National War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Department Of Defense
  • Explosions
  • Fissile Materials
  • Fusion Weapons
  • Governments
  • Materials
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Performance Tests
  • Reliability
  • Scientific Theories
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • United States Strategic Command
  • War Colleges
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

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