{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s6115","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f6115.","heading":"Major warhead refurbishment program","text":"\u00a7\u202f6115.\nMajor warhead refurbishment program\nIn fiscal year 2015 and subsequent fiscal years, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report, on each major warhead refurbishment program that reaches the Phase 6.3 milestone, that provides an analysis of alternatives. Such report shall include\u2014\n(1) a full description of alternatives considered prior to the award of Phase 6.3;\n(2) a comparison of the costs and benefits of each of those alternatives, to include an analysis of trade-offs among cost, schedule, and performance objectives against each alternative considered;\n(3) identification of the cost and risk of critical technology elements associated with each alternative, including technology maturity, integration risk, manufacturing feasibility, and demonstration needs;\n(4) identification of the cost and risk of additional capital asset and infrastructure capabilities required to support production and certification of each alternative;\n(5) a comparative analysis of the risks, costs, and scheduling needs for any military requirement intended to enhance warhead safety, security, or maintainability, including any requirement to consolidate and/or integrate warhead systems or mods as compared to at least one other feasible refurbishment alternative the Nuclear Weapons Council considers appropriate; and\n(6) a life-cycle cost estimate for the alternative selected that details the overall cost, scope, and schedule planning assumptions.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s6115.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s6115","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f6115."},{"t":"heading","text":"Major warhead refurbishment program","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In fiscal year 2015 and subsequent fiscal years, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report, on each major warhead refurbishment program that reaches the Phase 6.3 milestone, that provides an analysis of alternatives. Such report shall include\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s6115/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" a full description of alternatives considered prior to the award of Phase 6.3;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s6115/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" a comparison of the costs and benefits of each of those alternatives, to include an analysis of trade-offs among cost, schedule, and performance objectives against each alternative considered;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s6115/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" identification of the cost and risk of critical technology elements associated with each alternative, including technology maturity, integration risk, manufacturing feasibility, and demonstration needs;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s6115/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" identification of the cost and risk of additional capital asset and infrastructure capabilities required to support production and certification of each alternative;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s6115/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" a comparative analysis of the risks, costs, and scheduling needs for any military requirement intended to enhance warhead safety, security, or maintainability, including any requirement to consolidate and/or integrate warhead systems or mods as compared to at least one other feasible refurbishment alternative the Nuclear Weapons Council considers appropriate; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s6115/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" a life-cycle cost estimate for the alternative selected that details the overall cost, scope, and schedule planning assumptions.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}