Technical Knowledge and Skills - Continued

DOE-STD-3015-2004

NESSG chairs and other members must have knowledge of the effects of abnormal

environments on nuclear explosives.

Supporting Knowledge and/or Skills

a. Discuss the term "abnormal environment."

b. List the categories of abnormal environments specific to NEOs and storage, and describe

the characteristics of each.

NESSG chairs and other members must have knowledge of one-point safety and

related issues.

Supporting Knowledge and/or Skills

a. Describe the concept of one-point safety.

b. List possible conditions that might challenge one-point safety.

c. Describe designs that have been used to make warheads multi-point safe.

NESSG chairs and other members must have knowledge of fusing, arming, control,

and ancillary systems in nuclear weapons.

Supporting Knowledge and/or Skills

a. Discuss the basic components of fusing systems for reentry bodies (RBs), reentry

vehicles (RVs), and gravity bombs, including:

Radars

Contact fuses

Timers

Power supplies

b. Discuss the basic components of arming systems for RB/RVs and gravity bombs,

including:

Environmental sensing devices (ESDs)

Fuse switches

Power supplies

Capacitor discharge units

Ferro-magnetic units

Switches

c. Describe the nuclear explosive use control features typical of U.S. weapons.

d. Describe the following as used in nuclear weapons and the hazards associated with each:

Aeroshell

Bomb case

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