NSDD 28 Fiscal Year (FY) 1983-1987 Nuclear Weapons Stockpile

SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA SECRET 2 4. DOD may designate as retired and, in coordination with DOE may retain custody of nuclear warheads for a period of up to 18 months from the designation date, if necessary to reduce DOE requirements for weapons storage during periods of high production workload at DOE assembly facilities. As a matter of policy, national security requirements, not physical constraints on SNM availability and weapons fabrica- tion capacity, shall be the limiting factor in nuclear force structure. To this end, DOE shall: 1. Assure the capability to meet current and projected needs for nuclear materials and undertake to define the necessary material and production facilities for the 1990's. 2. Request from OMB the necessary funding to meet these nuclear material requirements. 3. With DOD, recommend to me initial operational capability dates and supporting funding levels which are compatible, for the B83, W82 , and MX warheads. 4. Establish, to the extent feasible, a contingency reserve of plutonium above annual weapons requirements sufficient to support approximately one year of new weapon production. The DOE will advise the DOD whenever such a reserve is not available. The FY 1988-1992 Stockpile Projection which was submitted with the Stockpile Plan has been noted; it should be updated to reflect policy and programming decisions and used as the point of departure for the development of future stockpile plans. The next Stockpile Plan should be submitted by August 31, 1982. It should focus on the budget year (FY 1984) but should include a summary of FY 1983 with the Stockpile Plan submission (FY 1984-1988) . A projection through an additional ten year planning period should also be provided. This directive supersedes PD/NSC-61, dated October 24, 1980. SECRET/RES,TRICTED DATA SECRET