Technical Advisors

DOE-STD-3015-2004

6.3 NESSG PERSONNEL INDEPENDENCE

NESSG personnel must not:

a. Have current responsibility for the design, development, production, or testing of the

specific nuclear explosive or NEO being evaluated.

b. Have responsibility for advocacy of special interests of any organization or defending

the specific nuclear explosive, facilities, or NEO being evaluated.

c. Participate in the preparation of NESS input documentation, OSR supporting

documentation, NCE input, or the preparation or presentation of briefings.

NESSG personnel must make objective and independent judgments regarding the NES of

the system, operation, or process being evaluated.

7. TECHNICAL ADVISORS (TAs)

The chair may require participation of TAs during the conduct of a NES evaluation. The

objective of TA participation is to support a NES evaluation with expert advice in a specific

technical discipline.

TAs must not:

a. Have current responsibility for the design, development, production, or testing of the

specific nuclear explosive or NEO being evaluated.

b. Have responsibility for advocacy of special interests of any organization or defending the

specific nuclear explosive, facilities, or NEO being evaluated.

c. Participate in the preparation of NESS input documentation, OSR supporting

documentation, NCE input, or the preparation or presentation of briefings.

8. NESS, OSR, AND NCE PROCESSES

8.1 NESSG COMPOSITION

The following table displays the minimum required NESSG composition for NES