1. The CTBT is a true zero-yield treaty banning all explosions producing any self-sustaining nuclear fission reactions.
2. The weapon design laboratories are the Lawrence Livermore Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories.
3. The weapon production plants are Pantex (Amarillo TX) AlliedSignal (Kansas City MO) the Savannah River Site (Savannah River SC) and Y-12 (Oak Ridge TN).
4. Experiments will continue on the many nonnuclear components of the nuclear weapon systems.
5. These studies include JASON reports JSR-94-345 (“Science-Based Stockpile Stewardship”); JSR-95-320 (“Nuclear Testing”) and its unclassified summary in the Congressional Record-Senate: S-11368 (4 August 1995); JSR-97-300 (“Subcritical Experiments”); JSR-97-320 (“Signatures of Aging”); and JSR-98-320 (“Signatures of Aging Revisited”) published by Mitre Corp. McLean VA. In addition S.D. chairs and R.J. and B.P. serve on the University of California's committee overseeing national security programs at the Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories.