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Acronym List

3-D three-dimensional

AAM air-to-air missile

ABM anti-ballistic missile

ACM advanced cruise missileACRR Annular Core Research Reactor ADM atomic demolition munitionAEA Atomic Energy ActAEC Atomic Energy CommissionAEHF advanced extremely high frequencyAFAP artillery fired atomic projectile

AFB Air Force Base

AFTAC Air Force Technical Applications Center

A&L aging and lifetimes

ALCM air-launched cruise missile

Alt alteration

ANWFZ African Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone

ANFO ammonium nitrate and fuel oil

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AO action officer

AoA analysis of alternatives

APEX adaptive planning and execution

APS active protection system

AR active ready

AS active stockpile

ASD(NCB) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs

ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian NationsATSD(AE) Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy

B bomb

BA budget authority

BCR Baseline Cost Report

BDA battle damage assessment

BES Budget Estimate Submission

C Confidential

C4I command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence

CAC Compartmented Advisory Committee

CANES Comprehensive Atmospheric Nuclear Environments Standard

CANWFZ Central Asian Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone

CAPE Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation

CAS-D Continuous-At-Sea-Deterrent

CBR chemical, biological, and radiological

CBR congressional budget resolution

CBRN chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear

CCD coded control device

CCJO Capstone Concept for Joint Operations

CDMC Consolidated Uranium Manufacturing Capability

CCMD Combatant Command

CDRUSSTRATCOM Commander, United States Strategic Command

CDS command disablement system

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CEP circular error probable

cGy centigray

CHE conventional high explosive

CJCS Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

CJCSI Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction

CMRR Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building Replacement

CNWDI Critical Nuclear Weapon Design Information

COMSEC Communications Security

CONOP concept of operation

CONPLAN concept plan; operation plan in concept format

CONUS continental United States

CPF contractor protective forces

CR continuing resolution

CSOG CBRN Survivability Group

CSOG-CBR CBRN Survivability Oversight Group - Chemical, Biological, and Radiological

CSOG-N CBRN Survivability Oversight Group - Nuclear

CTBT Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

CTBTO Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization

CTR cooperative threat reductionCUI Controlled Unclassified Information

D-test destructive test

DARHT dual axis radiographic hydrodynamic test

DAS Defense Acquisition System

DASA Defense Atomic Support Agency

DASD(NM) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters

DCA dual-capable aircraft

DE damage expectancy

DGZ desired ground zero

DHS Department of Homeland Security

DHS/CWMD DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction

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DIA Defense Intelligence Agency

DNA Defense Nuclear Agency

DNDO Domestic Nuclear Detection Office

DoD Department of Defense

DoDD Department of Defense Directive

DoDI Department of Defense Instruction

DoDM Department of Defense Manual

DOE Department of Energy

DOE O Department of Energy Order

DOJ Department of Justice

DOS Department of State

DOTMLPF-P doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy

DP Defense Program

DPF Dense Plasma Focus

DPG Defense Planning Guidance

DRAAG Design Review and Acceptance Group

DRB Defense Resources Board

DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency

DU depleted uranium

DUE domestic uranium enrichment

DUU deliberate unauthorized use

DLI direct laser impulse

EAM emergency action message

EDD Extended Deterrence Dialogue

EIVR Exchange of Information by Visit and Report

EMP electromagnetic pulse

EMR electromagnetic radiation

ENDS enhanced nuclear detonation safety

EO Executive Order

ERDA Energy Research and Development Agency

ESD environment sensing device

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FAB-T Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

FBM fleet ballistic missile

FBR fast burst reactor

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

FFRDC federally funded research and development center

FOIA Freedom of Information Act

FOUO For Official Use Only

FPU first production unit

FRD Formerly Restricted Data

FSU former Soviet Union

FRP fire-resistant pit

FWDR Final Weapon Development Report

FPF federal protective forces

FXR flash X-ray machine

FY fiscal year

FYDP Future-Years Defense Program

FYNSP future-years nuclear security program

GA gun assembly

GBSD ground-based strategic deterrent

GEF Guidance for Employment of the Force

GICNT Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism

GLBM ground-launched ballistic missile

GLCM ground-launched cruise missile

Global ASNT Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal

GOC Global Operations Center

GOCO government-owned, contractor-operated

GSP graded security protection

GZ ground zero

HE high explosive

HEAF High Explosives Application Facility

HED high-energy-density

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HEMP high-altitude electromagnetic pulse

HERMES high-energy radiation megavolt electron source

HEU highly enriched uranium

HLG High Level Group

HOB height of burst

HRP Human Reliability Program

HWR heavy-water reactor

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency

ICBM intercontinental ballistic missile

ICD Interface Control Document

IFI in-flight insertion

IHE insensitive high explosive

IND improvised nuclear device

INF intermediate-range nuclear forces

IOC initial operational capability

IS inactive stockpile

ITAR International Traffic in Arms Regulations

ITW/AA Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment

J/kg joules per kilogram

JAIEG Joint Atomic Information Exchange Group

JCIDS Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System

JCPOA Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

JILT joint integrated laboratory test

JIPP Joint Integrated Project Plan

JNWPS Joint Nuclear Weapons Publications System

JOE joint operating environment

JOPES Joint Operation Planning and Execution System

JOWOG Joint Working Group

JP Joint Publication

JRN Joint Atomic Information Exchange Group Reference Number

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JROC Joint Requirements Oversight Council

JS Joint Staff

JSR Joint Surety Report

JTA joint test assembly

JTSMG Joint Theater Surety Management Group

KCNSC Kansas City National Security Campus

keV kiloelectron-volt

kg kilogram

KIDD Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue

kt kiloton

LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory

LANSCE Los Alamos Neutron Science Center

LAP4 Los Alamos Plutonium Pit Production Project

LBTS large blast thermal simulator

LD50 lethal dose for 50 percent of the population

LE life extension

LEP life extension program

LEU low-enriched uranium

LIHE light-initiated high explosive

LINAC linear accelerator

LLC limited-life component

LLCE limited-life component exchange

LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

LPF Lithium Processing Facility

LRSO long-range standoff

LTBT Limited Test Ban Treaty

LWR light-water reactor

MAR Major Assembly ReleaseMBS Modular Bremsstrahlung SourceMC military characteristicMCCS multiple-coded control switch

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MDA Missile Defense AgencyMDA mutual defense agreementMFD military first destinationMG MIGHTY GUARDIANMILCON military constructionMILPERS military personnelMIL-STD Military StandardMIR major impact reportMIRV multiple independently targetable reentry vehicleMK markMLC Military Liaison CommitteeMMIII Minuteman IIIMMPU Minuteman Minimum Essential Emergency

Communications Network Program UpgradeM&O management and operating MOA memorandum of agreementMod modificationMOU memorandum of understandingMPC&A Material Protection, Control, and Accounting

MT megatonmV/m millivolt to meter

NACLC National Agency Check with Law and CreditNAOC National Airborne Operations Center

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NC2 nuclear command and control

NC3 nuclear command, control, and communications

NCCS Nuclear Command and Control System

NDAA National Defense Authorization Act

NDS National Defense Strategy

NDSB nuclear depth/strike bomb

NEWS nuclear explosive and weapons surety

NGE+ Neutron Generator Enterprise Consolidation

NIF National Ignition Facility

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NLCC National Leadership Command Capability

NMCC National Military Command Center

NMS National Military Strategy

NMSE New Material and Stockpile Evaluation

NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration

NNSS Nevada National Security Site

NORAD North American Aerospace Defense Command

NPG Nuclear Planning Group

NPR Nuclear Posture Review

NPT Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty)

NRF National Response Framework

NSE Nuclear Security Enterprise

NSI national security information

NSPD National Security Presidential Directive

NSPM National Security Presidential Memorandum

NSS National Security Strategy

NSTCA Nuclear Security Threat Capabilities Assessment

NSWC Naval Surface Warfare Center

NTD nuclear threat device

NTNF national technical nuclear forensics

NTR nuclear threat reduction

NTRG Nuclear Trafficking Response Group

NTS Nevada Test Site

NU natural uranium

NWC Nuclear Weapons Council

NWCSC Nuclear Weapons Council Standing Committee

NWCSSC Nuclear Weapons Council Standing and Safety Committee

NWCWSC Nuclear Weapons Council Weapons Safety Committee

NWD nuclear weapon data

NWDA Nuclear Weapons Deployment Authorization

NWRWG Nuclear Weapons Requirements Working Group

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NWSM Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Memorandum

NWSP Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Plan

NWSS nuclear weapon security standard

NWSSG Nuclear Weapon System Safety GroupNWTI nuclear weapons technical inspection

OAU Organization of African Unity

OCA original classification authority

ODASD(NM) Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters

ODNI Office of the Director of National Intelligence

O&M operations and maintenance

OMB Office of Management and Budget

OPLAN operation plan

OPM Office of Personnel Management

OSCC Open Skies Consultative Commission

OSD Office of the Secretary of DefenseOUO Official Use Only

P3 U.S.-UK-France PA probability of arrivalPAL permissive action linkPBD program budget decisionPBR president’s budget requestPCI pulsed current injection PCTFE polychlorotrifluoroethylenePD probability of damagePDD Presidential Decision DirectivePDM Program Decision MemorandaPLS prelaunch survivabilityPNET Peaceful Nuclear Explosions TreatyPNI Presidential Nuclear InitiativePNVC Presidential and National Voice ConferencingPOE point of entryPOG Project Officers Group

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POM Program Objective MemorandumPOTUS President of the United StatesPPBE Planning, Programming and Budgeting, and Evaluation

(DOE)PPBE Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution

(DoD)PPD Presidential Policy DirectivePPE personal protective equipmentPPI process prove-inPRAP personnel reliability assurance programPRC People’s Republic of China

PRP Personnel Reliability Program

PRS plasma radiation source

PSP Personnel Security Programpsi pounds per square inchPTP probability to penetratePu-239 plutonium-239Pub. L. Public LawPX Pantex Plant

QA quality assuranceQART Quality Assurance and Reliability Testing

RAAC Rack Assembly and Alignment ComplexRB reentry bodyRD radius of damageRD Restricted DataRDD radiological dispersal deviceRDT&E research, development, test, and evaluationRED radiological exposure deviceRG-Pu reactor-grade plutoniumROPA Report on Platform AssessmentsROSA Report on Stockpile AssessmentsRPD Requirements and Planning DocumentRS readiness state

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RTG radioisotope thermoelectric generatorRV reentry vehicle

S SecretSAM surface-to-air missileSAOC survivable airborne operations centerSALT I Strategic Arms Limitation TalksSALT II Strategic Arms Limitation TreatySCN shipbuilding and conversion, Navy

SCI Sensitive Compartmented Information

SCT Stockpile Confidence Test

SD statutory determination

SECENG Secretary of Energy

SEP Stockpile Evaluation Plan

SFI significant finding investigation

SHAPE Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe

SLBM submarine-launched ballistic missile

SLCM sea-launched cruise missile

SNL Sandia National Laboratories

SNM special nuclear material

SORT Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty

SREMP source-region electromagnetic pulse

SRH strategic radiation-hardened

SRHEC Strategic Radiation-Hardened Electronics Council

SRPPF Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility

SRS Savannah River Site

SSBI single scope background investigation

SSBN ship, submersible, ballistic, nuclear (ballistic missile submarine)

SSM surface-to-surface missile

SSMP Stockpile Stewardship Management Plan

SSNS Satellite System Nuclear Survivability

SSP Stockpile Stewardship Plan

SSP Strategic Systems Programs

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START Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

ST&E science, technology, and engineeringSTS stockpile-to-target sequence

TA-55 LANL plutonium facility technical area

TACAMO take charge and move out

TCC Transformation Coordinating Committee

TCG-NAS-2 Joint DOE/DoD Topical Classification Guide for Nuclear Assembly Systems, March 1997

TFF Tritium Finishing Facility

TFNI Transclassified Foreign Nuclear Information

Th thorium

TNF technical nuclear forensics

TNT trinitrotoluene

TREE transient radiation effects on electronics

TRS thermal radiation source

TS Top Secret

TSSG trajectory-sensing signal generatorTTBT Threshold Test Ban Treaty

U Unclassified

U-235 uranium-235

U-238 uranium-238

UCNI Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information

UHF Ultra High Frequency

UGT underground nuclear test

UPF Uranium Processing Facility

UQS unique signal

USAF United States Air Force

USC United States CodeUSD(AT&L) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology,

and LogisticsUSD(A&S) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Logistics

USD(C) Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller

USD(P) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

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USD(R&E) Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

USEUCOM United States European Command

USG United States Government

USN United States Navy

USSOCOM United States Special Operations CommandUSSTRATCOM United States Strategic Command

VCJCS Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

VHF very high frequencyVLF very low frequency

W warhead

WDCR Weapon Design and Cost Report

WETL Weapons Evaluation Test Laboratory

WG-HEU weapons-grade highly enriched uranium

WG-Pu weapons-grade plutonium

WMD weapons of mass destruction

WR war reserve

WS3 weapon storage and security system (United States) weapon security and survivability system (NATO)

WSR weapon system reliability

WSV weapon storage vault