GAO-12-577R Nuclear Weapons
May 4, 2012
Congressional Committees
Subject: Nuclear Weapons: Evaluation of Report on Feasibility of Increasing Air
Transportation of Nuclear Weapons, Components, and Materials
Transporting nuclear weapons, components, and...
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GAO-12-577R Nuclear Weapons
May 4, 2012
Congressional Committees
Subject: Nuclear Weapons: Evaluation of Report on Feasibility of Increasing Air
Transportation of Nuclear Weapons, Components, and Materials
Transporting nuclear weapons, components, and materials represents a safety
and security risk.
House Report 110-652, which accompanied the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Pub.
L.
No.
110-417), directed the
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)1
and the Air Force to conduct a
feasibility study on increasing the use of aircraft to transport nuclear weapons,
components, and materials and to report back to Congress by December 31,
2008.
2
In turn, House Report 112-78, which accompanied the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Pub.
L.
No.
112-81), directed us to conduct
an independent evaluation of the air transportation study (ATS) jointly issued by
the Administrator of NNSA and the Secretary of the Air Force in September 2009
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