NES Program

DOE-STD-3015-2001

2.1

NES Program

2.1.1 The candidate must have the ability to identify potential threats to nuclear

explosive safety and evaluate the adequacy of controls to assure nuclear

explosive safety. The candidate shall be able to:

Evaluate nuclear detonation safety design and configuration during nuclear

explosive operations including:

Isolation:

Identify when barriers are breached during assembly/disassembly.

Identify when strong links are absent or potentially bypassed.

Incompatibility:

Identify available energy sources and their effects on nuclear

explosive components.

Identify available signals that could drive a unique signal

discriminator.

Inoperability:

Identify defined weak links in various nuclear explosives.

Describe the features and safety role of the weak link(s).

Evaluate the NES contributions of the design safety features of a nuclear

explosive.

Evaluate electrical tester designs, safety analyses, and tester/nuclear explosive

Evaluate special tooling and written procedures used for nuclear explosive

operations.

Evaluate facilities and associated equipment used for nuclear explosive

operations.

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