Evaluation of Quantification of Margins and Uncertainties Methodology for Assessing and Certifying the Reliability of the Nuclear Stockpile

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Committee on the Evaluation of Quantification of Margins and Uncertainties Methodology for Assessing and Certifying the Reliability of the Nuclear Stockpile, National Research Council
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Maintaining the capabilities of the nuclear weapons stockpile and performing the annual assessment for the stockpile's certification involves a wide range of processes, technologies, and expertise. An important and valuable framework helping to link those components is the quantification of ...
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Front Matter	i-xii
Summary	1-3	(skim)
1 Overview	4-17	(skim)
2 Use of the QMU Methodology	18-33	(skim)
3 QMU and the Annual Assessment Review	34-38	(skim)
4 Comparison and Contrast of the Use of QMU	39-42	(skim)
5 QMU and the RRW Program	43-48	(skim)
Appendixes	49-50	(skim)
Appendix A: A Probabilistic Risk Assessment Perspective of QMU	51-66	(skim)
Appendix B: Committee Biographical Information	67-76	(skim)
Appendix C: Glossary	77-80	(skim)

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how the national security labs were using QMU, including any significant differences among the three labs
its use in the annual assessment
whether the applications of QMU to assess the proposed reliable replacement warhead (RRW) could reduce the likelihood of resuming underground nuclear testing

This book presents an assessment of each of these issues and includes findings and recommendations to help guide laboratory and NNSA implementation and development of the QMU framework. It also serves as a guide for congressional oversight of those activities.

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