Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / Sandia National Laboratories / Los Alamos National Laboratory / NNSA / Officers Group / Nuclear Weapon System Safety Group / /
Country
United States / /
Facility
NNSA Headquarters / /
IndustryTerm
produce test hardware / oil filters / transportation / materials and equipment / fielded and planned support equipment / gas-transfer systems / use control equipment / required production line equipment / manufacturing process / /
Organization
Project Officers Group / Defense Threat Reduction Agency / Nuclear Weapons Council Standing and Safety Committee / National Nuclear Security Administration / Department of Energy / Department of Defense / DoD DRAAG / office of the Secretary / /
Position
President / Secretary of Defense / senior OSD official / Lead Project Officer / Secretary / /
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Life-Cycle D.1 Overview Nuclear weapons are developed, produced, and maintained in the stockpile, and then retired and dismantled. This sequence of events is known as the nuclear weapons lifecycle.