Optimal and Nominal Nuclear-Testing Programs - Backup Slides [Slides]
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Rawlinson, Stuart Elbert
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Test Site Verification Team: Optimal and Nominal Nuclear-Testing Programs [Slides]
Objectives of the Optimal and Nominal Nuclear-Testing Programs: Define optimal and nominal nuclear-testing programs; Discuss underground development for nuclear operations; Discuss underground nuclear operations, safety, and health; Compare drift complexes of optimal and nominal testing programs; Compare drift complexes for nuclear testing and commercial production; Discuss a potential future look of underground development and operations.
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Optimal and Nominal Nuclear Testing Programs
The intent of this paper is to encourage thought on what the Test Site Verification Team (TSVT) might encounter primarily in terms of observable infrastructure when deployed to assess and verify an explosion, and/or a nuclear-testing program, site, or facility. A primary objective is to present the concept of a continuum of nuclear-testing programs between optimal and nominal end members as defined primarily by their observable infrastructure. Key objectives are: 1. Define optimal and nominal nuclear testing programs; 2. Discuss underground development for nuclear operations; 3. Discuss underground nuclear operations, safety, and health; 4. Compare drift complexes of optimal and nominal testing programs; 5. Compare drift complexes for nuclear testing and commercial production; 6. Discuss a potential future look of underground development and operations. A secondary objective is to interpret the intent of the three TSVT verification scenarios, primarily by defining “consistent with” nuclear or non-nuclear or listing criteria that “verify” nuclear or non-nuclear. Before discussing optimal and nominal nuclear testing programs, an understanding of the three verification scenarios is deemed beneficial.
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