Verification of Nuclear Warhead Dismantlement and Special Nuclear Material Controls

Year
1992
Author(s)
James L. Fuller - U.S. Department of Energy
Abstract
The FY-1991 Defense Authorization Act (Section 3151) required the President to establish a Technical Advisory Committee in order to prepare \"a comprehensive technical report:\" • To examine onsite monitoring techniques, inspection arrangements, and NTM that could be used to verify • Dismantlement agreements with the Soviet Union • Mutual US-Soviet ban on Pu and HEU for nuclear weapons • End-use or disposal of SNM recovered from dismantled warheads