This one and a half day course will focus on the nuclear weapons surveillance program; including Why we do surveillance, the interactions with other agencies, the basics of the surveillance program, and NW reliability and the Annual Assessment Process.

Description: The unclassified Weapons Surveillance (WS) Module is designed to familiarize participants with the importance and application of nuclear weapons surveillance.  The online course is broken into 3 sections, each about 4 hours in length.

Each section will cover specific aspects of the surveillance program, including activities that the surveillance program supports, like reliability and annual assessment. 

The course will briefly cover the governing bodies and documents for the NW program before delving into an introduction to surveillance and the agencies involved. Then we will cover all aspects of the surveillance program before wrapping up with a tutorial on Anomaly Investigations. how reliability is calculated and the annual assessment process.  Differences in approaches for surveillance between the physics labs and SNL will be identified and discussed.

This one-day course will focus on essential information designed to familiarize participants with the various processes and approvals necessary to conduct weapon assembly/disassembly and operations at the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) Pantex Plant.

Description: The unclassified Pantex Weapon Authorization (PWA) Module is designed to familiarize participants with Pantex operations and authorizations necessary to conduct nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly to support W88 ALT370 First Production Unit (FPU) and follow-on production to meet US Strategic Navy delivery requirements. The PWA will provide the framework for participants for understanding how they interface, support and ensure the W88 ALT370 is assembled/disassembled safely and is delivered on time to meet NNSA’s commitments to the nuclear weapons stockpile.

The PWA Course will examine why all weapons go through Pantex and why nuclear explosive operations are unique. This module will describe the structure and elements of the Authorization Basis, including the Safety Basis, Independent Reviews, and NNSA Production Office (NPO) Approval leading to FPU. The course will include examples of how engineering and administrative hazard controls are implemented and authorized in tooling and tester design, to minimize risk and meet safety rules. In addition, the PWA Course will cover the nuclear weapon acquisition process with emphasis on Phase 6.5 (FPU), NNSA quality policy, and the Engineering Authorization process leading to Quality Evaluation Release (QER).

This one day course will provide an overview of how these elements relate to NRC, DOT, DOE, and NNSA requirements for designing, testing, and authorizing packages for transport of Materials of National Security Interest (MNSI) that support NNSA’s mission of maintaining and modernizing the nuclear stockpile.

Description: The unclassified Packaging and Transportation Authorization module is designed to familiarize participants with the rules, regulations, and policies that are implemented to ensure safe transport of MNSI.