Excerpt from Department of Energy Budget Request for Fiscal Year 1997: Hearing Before the Military Procurement Subcommittee of the Committee on National Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session Fully supports at all times, the U S nuclear deterrent With safe, secure, reliable, nuclear weapons while transforming the nuclear weapons complex (laboratories and production faculties) to one that is modern, effluent, and sized to maintain the enduring stockpile A modern, efficient, environmentally sound complex Will allow doe to meet all contingencies identified by dod, economically and expeditiously. Preserves the core intellectual and technical competencies of the weapons laboratories and the manufacturing facilities Without nuclear testing, confidence in the U S nuclear deterrent will be especially dependent upon the competency of the people who must make the scientific and technical judgment related to safety and reliability of u.s. Nuclear weapons and those who must make the weapons and weapons components when needed The stockpile stewardship and management program will provide the tools, and enable the people responsible for maintaining the credibility of the nuclear arsenal, to have the fundamental understanding of the scientific phenomena assomated With nuclear weapons This knowledge and these tools will allow early detection and repair of any problems that may arise With the stockpile and ensure that new people brought into the complex are ready to assume responsibility in the future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.