• DocumentCode
    860048
  • Title

    Maintenance and transformation in the U.S. nuclear weapons complex

  • Author

    Sims, Benjamin ; Henke, Christopher

  • Author_Institution
    Los Alamos Nat. Lab., Los Alamos, NM
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    32
  • Lastpage
    38
  • Abstract
    With the end of "Cold War" the U.S. nuclear weapon design laboratories has new work to do and their budgets remained intact. The paper discusses the different programs and proposals regarding the maintenance and transformation in the U.S. nuclear weapons.
  • Keywords
    maintenance engineering; weapons; nuclear weapon design laboratory; nuclear weapon maintenance; nuclear weapons testing; reliable replacement warhead; stockpile stewardship program; Cultural differences; Design engineering; Global communication; Knowledge engineering; Laboratories; Maintenance; Nuclear weapons; Process design; System testing; Uncertainty;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0278-0097
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MTS.2008.928994
  • Filename
    4623825
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=860048