Nuclear Weapons: Status of DOE's Nuclear Stockpile Surveillance Program

Weekly Updates

LegiStorm is constantly adding new information on the people, places and reports in our database. In the past week, LegiStorm added:

376 new people
171 new organizations
408 new photos
1234 job history records for people in our database
653 education records for people in our database
1467 contact addresses, emails and URLs (LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.)
3 new people through the revolving door
109 new policy reports
43 new trips to our privately funded travel database
629 new personal financial disclosures
15148 new press releases
11 new town halls
25 new hearings

Caught Our Eye Rss

Some legislators prioritize talk, not action

by Heavyn Lester on 09/23/2024
Former state sen. joins conservative immigration group

by Heavyn Lester on 09/17/2024
Some representatives are burning through their budgets

by Heavyn Lester on 09/16/2024
Burlison hires foul-mouthed comms specialist

by Andy Gottlieb on 09/13/2024
Lobbyist returns to Senate as chief of staff

by Heavyn Lester on 09/12/2024

» More from Caught Our Eye

Follow @LegiStorm

LegiStorm adds House Q2 salaries and expenses

2024-09-05
Latest Senate salary and expense records published

2024-06-10
LegiStorm adds House Q1 salaries and expenses

2024-06-05
LegiStorm adds Q4 salary analytics and turnover data

2024-03-14

» More from our DevBlog

Lobbyists exploit massive loophole to wine and dine lawmakers, aides at fancy getaways

by Politico on 09/22/2024
Vulnerable Dem senator who touts record 'fighting' lobbyists has long history of hiring them

by Fox News on 09/18/2024
Kamala Harris ran her office like a prosecutor. Not everyone liked that.

by The Washingon Post on 09/09/2024
Letter: Van Ostern’s recent flyer

by Concord Monitor on 08/29/2024

Premium Download PDF Now (10 pages)

Report Type	Reports and Testimonies
Report Date	March 13, 1996
Report No.	T-RCED-96-100
Subject	Atomic energy defense activities Missile warheads Nuclear weapons plants Nuclear weapons testing Safety standards Spare parts Strategic forces DOE Nuclear Explosive Safety Study DOE Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Surveillance Program Minuteman III Missile W62 Warhead W78 Warhead W87 Warhead W88 Warhead

Summary:

The Energy Department's (DOE) nuclear stockpile surveillance program uses various tests to detect problems in the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, including defects and failures in nuclear weapons systems and components. This program is increasingly critical as weapons in the stockpile age beyond their originally planned lifespan. However, DOE has not done all the tests that it believes are necessary to ensure the reliability of the nuclear weapons in the stockpile. For some types of weapons, the tests are far behind schedule and DOE's confidence in the reliability of these weapons is diminished. DOE has not done the scheduled tests for various reasons, including equipment problems, lack of space on missiles for testing, the absence of a required safety study, and delays in testing while testing operations were being transferred to new locations. Although DOE plans to get some tests back on schedule within a few years, other tests may not be back on schedule for the foreseeable future.

« Return to search Government Accountability Office reports

Weekly Updates

Caught Our Eye Rss

Social Media

DevBlog Rss

In the News

Nuclear Weapons: Status of DOE's Nuclear Stockpile Surveillance Program