DOE/EIS-0236, Summary Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Correction Sheet
Foreword


S.1 INTRODUCTION

S.1.1 Background
S.1.2 Alternatives Analyzed in this Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Stockpile Stewardship and Management
S.1.3 National Environmental Policy Act Strategy for Stockpile Stewardship and Management
S.1.4 Related Recently Completed National Environmental Policy Act Actions
S.1.5 Other Department of Energy Ongoing National Environmental Policy Act Reviews
S.1.6 Public Participation

S.2 PURPOSE OF AND NEED FOR THE STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ACTION

S.2.1 National Security Policy Considerations
S.2.2 Safety and Reliability of the United States Stockpile
S.2.3 Purpose and Need
S.2.4 Proposed Action and Alternatives
S.2.5 Nonproliferation

S.3 ALTERNATIVES

S.3.1 Development of Stockpile Stewardship and Management Program Alternatives
S.3.2 Stockpile Stewardship
S.3.3 Underground Nuclear Testing
S.3.4 Stockpile Management
S.3.5 Alternatives Considered but Eliminated from Detailed Study and Related Issues

S.4 PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE


List of Figures

Figure S.1-1 Current Stockpile Stewardship and Management Sites

Figure S.1.1-1 Nuclear Weapons Design.
Figure S.1.6.1-1 Public Hearing Locations and Dates, 1996.
Figure S.2-1 Policy Perspective of the Stockpile Stewardship and Management Program.
Figure S.2-2 Stockpile Perspective of the Stockpile Stewardship and Management Program.
Figure S.3.1-1 Nuclear Weapons Complex Sites and Stockpile Stewardship and Management Alternatives.


List of Tables

Table S.2.2-1 Summary of Distinct and Actionable Findings Since 1958
Table S.3.2-1 Stockpile Stewardship Enhanced Experimental Capability Alternatives
Table S.3.4-1 Stockpile Management Alternatives


Summary Volume Acronyms and Abbreviations

A/D assembly/disassembly
AHF Advanced Hydrotest Facility
ARS (X-1) Advanced Radiation Source
BEEF Big Explosive Experimental Facility
CEQ Council on Environmental Quality
CFF Contained Firing Facility
Complex Nuclear Weapons Complex
CTBT Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
DARHT Dual-Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test
D&D decontamination and decommissioning
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DP DOE Office of the Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs
EIS environmental impact statement
FXR Flash X-Ray
HE high explosives
HEPPF High Explosive Pulsed Power Facility
HEU highly enriched uranium
KCP Kansas City Plant
LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory
LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NIF National Ignition Facility
NLVF North Las Vegas Facility
NPR Nuclear Posture Review
NPT Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
NTS Nevada Test Site
NWSM Nuclear Weapon Stockpile Memorandum
NWSP Nuclear Weapon Stockpile Plan
ORR Oak Ridge Reservation
Pantex Pantex Plant
PDD Presidential Decision Directive
PEIS programmatic environmental impact statement
R&D research and development
ROD Record of Decision
SNL Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico
SRS Savannah River Site
START Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
Y-12 Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge Reservation