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APPENDIX J

List of Acronyms

AFTAC Air Force Technical Applications Center
AoA Analysis of Alternatives
ALCM Air-Launched Cruise Missile
ASC Advanced Simulation and Computing
ATM Atmospheric Transport Modeling
AWE Atomic Weapons Establishment
   
BAA Broad Agency Announcement
   
CBM Confidence-Building Measure
CEP Containment Evaluation Panel
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CMR Chemistry and Metallurgy Research
CMRR Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Facility
CTBT Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
CTBTO Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization
   
DARHT Dual-Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test Facility
DAS Deployable Analysis System
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DNI Director of National Intelligence
DP Defense Programs
DSP Defense Support Program
DSB Defense Science Board
DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency
   
ECM Event Classification Matrix
EIF Entry into Force
EMP Electromagnetic Pulse
ESP Enhanced Surveillance Program
   
FTE Full-Time Equivalent
   
GCI Global Communications infrastructure
GNEM Ground Nuclear Explosion Monitoring
GNEMRD Ground Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Research and Development
GPS Global Positioning System
GWACS Ground Whole Air Collection System
   
HE High Explosives
HEAF High Explosives Applications Facility
HEMP High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
HEU Highly Enriched Uranium
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HEUMF Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility
   
ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
ICF Inertial Confinement Fusion
IDC International Data Centre
IFE Integrated Field Exercise
IMS International Monitoring System
INGE International Noble Gas Experiment
ISC International Seismological Center
IRIS incorporated Research institution for Seismology
   
JASPER Joint Actinide Shock Physics Experimental Research Facility
   
kt Kiloton
   
LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory
LANSCE Los Alamos Neutron Science Center
LEP Life-Extension Program
LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
   
MASINT Measurement and Signature intelligence
mb Body Wave Magnitude
MESA Microsystems and Engineering Sciences Application Facility
MJ Megajoule
MOD Ministry of Defence (UK)
MSS Mass Storage System
   
NDC&A Nuclear Debris Collection and Analysis System
NEP Nuclear Explosive Package
NEIC National Earthquake Information Center
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NIC National Ignition Campaign
NIE National Intelligence Estimate
NIF National Ignition Facility
NNSA National Nuclear Security Agency
NPT Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
NPR Nuclear Posture Review
NRC National Research Council
NTM National Technical Means
NTS Nevada Test Site
NWS Nuclear Weapon States
   
OSI On-Site Inspection
   
PAS Portable Air Sampler
PTS Provisional Technical Secretariat
   
QMU Quantification of Margins and Uncertainties
   
REB Reviewed Event Bulletin
RREB Reviewed Radionuclide Event Bulletin
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RNEP Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator
RRB Report Radionuclide Bulletin
RRW Reliable Replacement Warhead
   
SBIRS Space-Based Infrared System
SLBM Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile
SLCM Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile
SNL Sandia National Laboratories
SOFAR Sound Fixing and Ranging
SORT Strategic Offensive Reduction Treaty
SRS Savannah River Site
SSP Stockpile Stewardship Program
STP Surveillance Transformation Project
STRATCOM U.S. Strategic Command
   
UPF Uranium Processing Facility
USAEDS United States Atomic Energy Detection System
USGS United States Geological Survey
JSNDC United States National Data Center
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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:

  • the plans to maintain the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile without nuclear-explosion testing;
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  • potential technical advances countries could achieve through evasive testing and unconstrained testing.

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