@BOOK{NAP12849, author = "National Research Council", title = "The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Technical Issues for the United States", isbn = "978-0-309-14998-3", doi = "10.17226/12849", abstract = "This report reviews and updates the 2002 National Research Council report, Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). This report also assesses various topics, including:\n\n the plans to maintain the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile without nuclear-explosion testing;\n the U.S. capability to detect, locate, and identify nuclear explosions;\n commitments necessary to sustain the stockpile and the U.S. and international monitoring systems; and\n potential technical advances countries could achieve through evasive testing and unconstrained testing.\n\nSustaining these technical capabilities will require action by the National Nuclear Security Administration, with the support of others, on a strong scientific and engineering base maintained through a continuing dynamic of experiments linked with analysis, a vigorous surveillance program, adequate ratio of performance margins to uncertainties. This report also emphasizes the use of modernized production facilities and a competent and capable workforce with a broad base of nuclear security expertise.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12849/the-comprehensive-nuclear-test-ban-treaty-technical-issues-for-the", year = 2012, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }