MIL-STD-1822 Nuclear Compatibility Certification Of Nuclear Weapon Systems, Subsystems And Support EquipmentThis document describes standard practices for nuclear compatibility certification of nuclear weapon systems excluding nuclear facilities. Nuclear weapon system compatibility certification authority is derived from the 1953 Atomic Energy Commission AEC/Department of Defense DoD Memorandum of Agreement MOA and restated within numerous DoD and Air Force AF directives.

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MIL-STD-1822A(USAF)

Nothing  in  this  document,  however,  supersedes  applicable  laws  and  regulations  unless  a specific exemption has been obtained.

3.    DEFINITIONS

3.1 Aircraft Monitor and Control (AMAC).

Equipment installed in aircraft to permit nuclear weapon monitoring and control of the following critical functions:   (1) safing; (2) pre-arming; (3) arming; and (4) fuzing of nuclear weapons or nuclear weapon systems.

3.2 Aircraft Compatibility Control Drawing (ACCD).

A controlled drawing prepared and maintained by the National Nuclear Security Administration's Sandia  National  Laboratory  (NNSA/SNL);  SNL  designs  and  integrates  the  nuclear  weapon's safety and security systems.  The ACCD establishes the extent of compatibility and restrictions between a nuclear weapon and an aircraft.

3.3 Arming.

Operations  that  configure  a  nuclear  weapon  or  nuclear  weapon  system  so  application  of  a single signal will start the action required for obtaining a nuclear detonation.  Arming is a critical function.

3.4 Basic Certification Requirements Plan (BCRP).

The  BCRP  is  a  preparatory  Certification  Requirements  Plan  document  containing  nuclear certification  tasks  (including  compatibility  certification  tasks)  and  schedules  prepared  by  the AFNWC's certification management organization.

3.5 Certification Requirements Plan (CRP).

A document containing nuclear compatibility certification tasks and schedules submitted by the Single Manager to the AFNWC's nuclear certification organization; the CRP also contains other certification tasks discussed in 1.1c.

3.6 Combat Delivery vehicle.

In the context of this document, a combat delivery vehicle is a human or automated airborne controlled  vehicle,  with  its  installed  equipment  and  components,  used  to  deliver  a  nuclear weapon(s) on a target.

3.7 Compatibility Test Units (CTUs).

CTUs are NNSA/SNL engineering tools that represent electrical and functional characteristics of a war reserve (WR) nuclear weapon.   CTUs come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and quality of WR electrical/mechanical components (see A.3.6).

3.8 Critical Nuclear Weapon/Weapon System Functions.

The functions listed in the DoD Nuclear Weapon System Safety Standards are critical to nuclear weapon system safety.  The functions which are explicitly stated are:

(1) authorization, (2) pre-arming,

(3) arming,

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