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This report reviews and updates the 2002 National Research Council report, Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). This report also assesses various topics, including:the plans to maintain the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile without nuclear-explosion testing;the U.S. capability to detect, locate, and identify nuclear explosions;commitments necessary to sustain the stockpile and the U.S. and international monitoring systems; andpotential technical advances countries could achieve through evasive testing and unconstrained testing.Sustaining these technical capabilities will require action by the National Nuclear Security Administration, with the support of others, on a strong scientific and engineering base maintained through a continuing dynamic of experiments linked with analysis, a vigorous surveillance program, adequate ratio of performance margins to uncertainties. This report also emphasizes the use of modernized production facilities and a competent and capable workforce with a broad base of nuclear security expertise.
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