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Appendix C: Authorizing Language for the Study
Pages 69-70

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... the known instances where current peer review practices and design competition succeeded or failed to find problems or potential problems; and (5) such other matters related to peer review and design competition related to nuclear weapons as the Administrator considers appropriate.
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... of the study charge led to it being replaced with the wording shown in Chapter 1: "how peer review practices related to both nuclear and non-nuclear aspects of nuclear weapons should be adjusted as the three NNSA laboratories transition to a broader national security mission."
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